LOL! The dinosaur bit sounds like something Brooke (my 6 y.o.) would say. At this point, she’s just glad that she got rid of that nasty C+ in Spelling by scoring 100 on 3 tests in a row.
I’m trying hard to viciously fight the bad spelling gene my husband possesses and so far, I’m winning. (Our oldest boy, Steven, has a 97 average in Spelling and his older sister, Kelly, who’s almost 13, has an A- in the subject). I’m letting them roll with the good math gene that Dad also has. It’s a keeper ;)
Pat is brilliant at spelling and anything else one can learn with photo-memory. Anything that takes actual thought is harder, because he doesn’t think the way ordinary humans do.
I haven’t attempted to teach James to spell, yet. I think he’ll just stare blankly at me and mumble about dinosaurs, but I could be surprised.