A Cat and A Dog Makes My Household Complete

Yup, I’ve got a cat and a dog at home. What’s so special about these two pets you may ask? Well, you don’t get a SINGING CAT and a SPELLING DOG very often, do you?

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Have you guessed? No? Read on.

The singing cat can sing whenever I feel sad and she always cheers me up with her voice and her close snug against my arms. Her eyes, yes, her eyes can make anyone’s heart melt.

The spelling dog is one special dog that goes for spelling competition. He would always spell on the stage and gets a medal for doing extremely well.

Have you guessed this time?

The singing cat is 2 ½ years old. She is the youngest and she is my honey angel. Yes, she’s my little daughter whom I love dearly. She likes singing and music.

The spelling dog is 4 ½ years old. He is the middle child and he is my sweetheart. If you remember, Wayne is the most difficult child at home and he refuses to learn his spelling. Now, with this new role – “the spelling dog”, he loves spelling. I see the transformation with my very own eyes, from “Mummy, I don’t want to spell at home. I’ve learnt in the school.” To “Mummy, can you please say: Spelling dog, please spell JAGUNG (corn in Malay)?”

We love role play. This time, the role play turned out to be favoring me, giving me a chance to instill the interest of spelling in my middle child. He learns without stress and I’m dancing around happily when he can spell many words correctly. Woohoo!

Form Words With Alphabets

Do you remember how I taught my son spelling? Here’s another way to teach spelling in a fun way.

All you need is some alphabets printed out on paper.

What I did was to put all the alphabets in the middle of the table and started the activity by asking my children to spell their own names. Boy, were they excited. They started picking the alphabets that made up their names and arrange them.

The activity can be continued with other words. One thing I observed was that the attention span of children is short and thus, the activity cannot be too long.

A short session where children can fully concentrate and benefit is always better than a long session where children are bored and cannot absorb. Let our children learn without stress, without pressure.

Learn Spelling Without Stress

He is just plain lazy.

He only likes to play.

He’s going to have spelling next week and he refuses to learn.

What should I do?

One day, when I was bathing him, an idea came to me. I told him that we were going to play a game, a game that requires him to use his fingers. So, we started.

Me: Follow me, b-a ba, j-u ju, baju (baju means clothes in Malay language).
Wayne: b-a ba, j-u ju, baju.
Me: Now, write “baju” on the wall with your finger.

He happily made some strokes on the wall, thinking it was a game. There, that took care of his spelling. So, we did this every time he took his bath.

On top of that, I printed out the words separating the syllabus and told him we were going to play matching game. It was a success! He could match all six words.

So, with two types of “games”, he managed to learn his spelling. He enjoyed. My mission accomplished. Both were happy!


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