Today we did
- work
- world
- house
- also
- little
- friend
But what will happen if I accidentally (or accidentially, as I just typed, only to get a squiggly red line to suggest I might think again - or "squiddly" - you see how technology protects you from my random spellings) ... anyhow, what will happen if I accidentally teach him my way of spelling diary when I'm feeling pretty confident that diary should have two Rs? Or insist that Brain ought to be Brian?
Lots of people can respectably duck out of helping with maths homework. Being rubbish with maths is nearly a badge of normality.
No one actually cares if you know the capital of Slovenia - Ljubljana by the way. And really no one values if you know General Rommel's first name (Erwin).
But spellings have a special place in fidgety people's heart. It's as if there's a little Daily Mail Reader inside us all.



