Jayden was all for our kids learning to "Spell better" because they are quite bright. Though, some didn't think it was an issue. We know the reason they do it - other littles do it, they want to be accepted, and that's the way they feel comfortable. Because they're surrounded by a lot of teens/bigs they typically can write statements out that are "complex" in a sense. Especially when relaying a system 'problem/question/situation' because they can hear people talking about is they type. I suppose - they type how they think it should be spelled that way - and they type how they speak because when they sound it out that's how it sounds. (Hence draw=dwa or something.) But our littles are and strive to be smart - so all but 2 of them are really liking the idea of "typing better". Dani (again, the first child to arrive) is like a sponge and she herself is multiple (her big is Danielle) so once we sat down and decided "we're going to type better" she just ate it up! Right now she's copying "big typing" and can teach the other littles what she learned fairly quickly. They want to be like "outside kids" and Dani commented "I've been here for years and my spellings just got worse around other littles not better". Given - they are *still* 4/5 years old will have their mistakes. It's hard for them to remember we just want to get better - they don't need to be *~PERFECT~* because I've seen a LOT of kids her age (4) spelling and her "lilspeak" is many times better then their writing. But you can see (in our kids) that they don't struggle so much with the grammer, they just struggle with spelling. So we're torn on the issue of teaching them. To many (outsiders) they do a lot better then some outside kids. So some of them want to stick with the way the spell - others are just sucking up all the knowledge they can and copying words down and remembering them. Again, they're smart enough to, keeping them at their level and not helping them progress (like Dani who's been around for years) hurts them. We shall see as time goes on! Those who want to will learn - those who don't - they're not hurting anyone. Kay'
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I suppose - they type how they think it should be spelled that way - and they type how they speak because when they sound it out that's how it sounds. (Hence draw=dwa or something.)
But our littles are and strive to be smart - so all but 2 of them are really liking the idea of "typing better". Dani (again, the first child to arrive) is like a sponge and she herself is multiple (her big is Danielle) so once we sat down and decided "we're going to type better" she just ate it up!
Right now she's copying "big typing" and can teach the other littles what she learned fairly quickly. They want to be like "outside kids" and Dani commented "I've been here for years and my spellings just got worse around other littles not better".
Given - they are *still* 4/5 years old will have their mistakes. It's hard for them to remember we just want to get better - they don't need to be *~PERFECT~* because I've seen a LOT of kids her age (4) spelling and her "lilspeak" is many times better then their writing. But you can see (in our kids) that they don't struggle so much with the grammer, they just struggle with spelling.
So we're torn on the issue of teaching them. To many (outsiders) they do a lot better then some outside kids. So some of them want to stick with the way the spell - others are just sucking up all the knowledge they can and copying words down and remembering them. Again, they're smart enough to, keeping them at their level and not helping them progress (like Dani who's been around for years) hurts them.
We shall see as time goes on! Those who want to will learn - those who don't - they're not hurting anyone.
Kay'