Our home school support group is having a Spelling Bee next month. My daughter wants to participate, so we signed up and got the list for second graders. We've been using it for our spelling list instead of Abeka's weekly lists, and using Spelling Power methods to study the words.
One step in Spelling Power when you study your words is to "close your eyes and visualize the word in your mind and then write it using big arm motions in the air." So we were going through the steps and I told my daughter to close her eyes and try to see the word in her head. She said, "I can't." So I thought I would try. Turns out I couldn't either. But, if I keep my eyes open I could see the 3 x 5 card in front of me and see the word on it. (And no, I wasn't holding the card in front of me .)
But, I was thinking... I can close my eyes and visualize a tropical beach or skiing down a mountain side, so maybe I am using a different place in my mind. I'm going to have to see (no pun intended) if I can figure it out.
I do think my daughter enjoyed the fact that I couldn't do something either, though.
Oh, and have a Happy Easter.
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