Miss Mae
is a blitzball legend
Word Engineer

Hi! I don't believe I have said hi to you yet, so here I am, saying hi to you.

I get so confused when I see people saying Alayna in their posts. But you seem pretty cool!

HURRAY I AM SO EXCITED

I want to rep your Let's Read posts but we can't in blogs! aaaah!

Let's Read is a genius idea in contrast to Let's Plays. Way to go!

Thank you for that.. That actually gives me a lot of insight to the situation- making sure that she's okay, and making sure that she knows if she doesn't succeed on that level, doesn't mean she's less loved or stupid.

I absolutely see what you're saying. And my daughter, I can imagine, would feel the same way. It's a tricky situation for me personally because my sister has custody of her right now (long story). And because I don't get to see her as much, I'm more about lifting her up and being okay with her imperfections. I want her to be a little girl and enjoy her time as a kid while she can. Yes, she needs rules and discipline and all of that, but my sister is a lot more strict than I am with her. If that makes sense at all.

You'll have to give me tips and stuff! I mean.. I know it didn't go well for you, but yeah.

I kind of worry about too much pressure being put on my daughter, but my sister & I have been working with her from Day 1.. She was reading on a kindergarten level by like age 3 or 4- we did letters & letter sounds, then sight words & combo letter sounds (like "sh", "ch", "th", etc). But we never talked in those annoying "Baby voices" with her even when she was a baby. Honestly, she was talking very well by age 2 because of that.. ahahha- I had the most epic video of her singing "Man In The Mirror" by Michael Jackson when she was 2- she sang it perfectly, sitting cross-legged in front of my little stereo I had connected to my iPod, echo mic in hand..

But yeah, I'm pretty confident that she can handle it. She's a very well-adjusted kid and mature beyond her years!

Thank you!! My sister actually works at the school she goes to- she's a literacy coach now, but has been a teacher for around 20 years- she taught 1st grade for 12, ESL for like 5, and switched to literacy coach like 3 yrs ago, and I myself worked in ESL with her (when she taught ESL) for 3 years as an educational assistant.

So she has a ton of support and guidance on both of our parts.

My book currently has 1,000+ words.

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