Not - I hasten to add - because he always gets it right. Indeed, it's the ones that he doesn't quite nail that give me the greatest pleasure.
Last night, for instance, he and The G organised a tea party, in his bedroom, for all their favourite soft toys. The B compiled a guest list that included his preferred primate. Having noticed that a certain 'Munky' was amongst the attendees, I couldn't help but chuckle.
He also put together a menu that featured 'peetsa' (this despite the fact that 'pizza', along with 'Metro' and 'Asda', was one of the first words he ever learned to read).
In recent days, it delights me to report, he has noted that 'pirates are nortee', polar bears are 'meen' and that he likes to 'reed'. Earlier this afternoon, feeling the need to document the colour of the pen that he had been using, he wrote 'I dun blew'. Realising he had made a mistake, he crossed out his erroneous effort and, in its place, wrote 'I dun bloo'. Genius.
Joking aside, I happen to think that this is all rather impressive . . .
Encouraging too, because it shows that he is paying attention at school, that he is applying the correct principles and using the rules that he has been taught in an attempt to work out the words he wants to use.
It's an unfortunate fact that English, being the illogical language that it often is, doesn't always follow the rules. But I can hardly fault The B for that . . .
Encouraging too, because it shows that he is paying attention at school, that he is applying the correct principles and using the rules that he has been taught in an attempt to work out the words he wants to use.
It's an unfortunate fact that English, being the illogical language that it often is, doesn't always follow the rules. But I can hardly fault The B for that . . .
That is absolutely, honestly, brilliant. And he looks like another author in the making too, what a well structured story. You should be proud.
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