As I mentioned earlier in the week, the goldfish got moved to a bigger tank this past weekend. Last week, Sweet Daughter had the opportunity to do some creative writing in school. She wrote about her fish needing a new home and asked if she could guest blog tonight, so here is her contribution -- fresh from first grade complete with creative spelling.
"I have a pet goldfish. Her name is Goldie. It will be four days intell we give her a bigger tank. She use to live in a pond. Now she lives with us. She is very crazy. She bumps into the tank alot. I hope we get her a bigger tank. She is bigger then you wood expect. She is way big. Bigger then a regouler goldfish."
At first, I was horrified by the spelling, but then I realized it was a creative writing exercise she did for fun, and it was all about the story. What better way to stifle creativity than by criticising something they haven't learned to do yet? Better that she enjoy the process, and the spelling will come in time.
That was cute, and she has a future! She's already a better speller than some out there!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's great! That's excellent work for her age!
ReplyDeleteAnne McCaffrey wrote about that very thing, the creative magic, that "schooling" tends to suppress. It was a short story, "A Proper Santa", in the collection "Get Off The Unicorn".
ReplyDeleteI read that recent study shows people learn a new language fastest -- from someone with their own dialect. After learning the language is the time to go back and learn "proper" pronunciation and usage.
Blessed be!
NFO nails it in one - she has better spelling, punctuation, and grammar than some high school graduates.
ReplyDeleteVery cute. And I'm quite impressed with the spelling. Those are some big words for a first grader. My wife teaches college, and I've seen some of the stuff she has to grade. Your daughter is already doing better than a good many of the college students.
ReplyDeleteCUTE!!
ReplyDeleteAnd well.. some of 'em are still good words. Just not quite in the right place. She could drop out now and have a dandy career as a spell checker. :)
Someday I'll be putting her Pulitzer Prize-winning novels on the shelf in my library!
ReplyDeleteAs a former 1st/2nd grade teacher, I can assure you that you did the right thing in not worrying about the spelling! Some parents become so crazed about proper spelling that they actually create what I used to call "writer's constipation." The kid wouldn't write anything for fear of spelling something wrong. One parent actually had the nerve to bring me a very sweet note her daughter had written her before going to bed. It said basically that she loved her mommy; she was the best mommy in the world. Mommy asked me if she should have CORRECTED THE SPELLING and asked her daughter to write the note over. SERIOUSLY??? I loved Susan's story!!!!!
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