Thursday Thirteen #9 - Abby's list

Thirteen Things about Abby's List! My first-grader has been writing words like crazy lately. She wrote the following list during the first part of the church service last week - mostly by herself. At school, they've been teaching them to write the words how they sound, so here is Abby's schedule of everything she had to do last Sunday, as thought of, sounded out and written by my 6-year-old! Can you tell what it says? "Sunday" - I did help her spell this one so other than the backwards 'S', it's pretty self-explanatory. "Church" - I helped her with this one too but told her afterward that I wanted to actually listen to the service so she was on her own for the rest. "Lunch" - She spelled this one all on her own! "Quit-toime" - Otherwise known as 'Quiet time', LOL. And also known as, 'you and Hannah please keep the noise level down so that you don't wake up your baby sister!'. "Sak-toime" - 'Snack time' - Abby's favorite time of the day, well after breakfast, lunch and dinner that is. "Play" - I think it's funny that she scheduled herself specific time to play. And she even spelled it correctly! "Dinr-toime" - This one would be 'dinner time', of course. "Play" - More 'play' time! :) "Jame-toime" - Any guesses? Her 'e' isn't silent here, so it's 'jammie time'. "Books" - We typically read books as part of the bedtime routine. I didn't know that she knew how to spell it... 'Sugl-toime' - Think creatively... Make the 'S' frontwards and add a few letters to make 'snuggle time'. They get 3 minutes to snuggle after books are done. "Bush tch" - She knew she was running out of room so had to put this one on two separate lines. But together they are 'brush teeth'. "Bed-toime" - She managed to just squeeze that one in there! :) I am so astonished at how improved her spelling is after just a few weeks of school. We can generally read and follow along with what she's trying to say when she writes things like this list. She thrives on structure, so it doesn't surprise me at all that she scheduled out her whole day like this. :) Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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