The incident, now referred to as ‘Choona Gate’, occurred a couple of months ago. At first, it was the usual post school chaos, full of meltdowns, squabbling and demands for snacks. I was about to start getting tea on, completely unaware of the shit storm that I was about to be engulfed in.
Lulled into a false sense of security, I was delighted with the older child’s enthusiasm to do a bit of writing. She wanted to write the menu for dinner. Great I thought. It wasn’t just great, I was actually ecstatic, as so far there had been little enthusiasm for any form of reading or writing. Am all over this. No problem, I thought.
This is where it starts to go horribly wrong.
Explanations fail miserably. I mean, how can it make sense to a five-year old, when to be honest there’s no solid rules! We are now in meltdown.
After twenty minutes or so, things calm and we are writing again.
So yes, yes, I should have let her write it phonetically. My fault. It would have been avoided. In my defence, it made sense to me, to teach her how to spell the tricky words straight off rather than correct her further down the line. I now know differently.
From now on, we will only be eating jam, ham and eggs for our dinner, until we move through to the next set of sounds.
After finishing the menu, she decided she wanted to write the date.
It was Tuesday.
FML
Threesypeasy 
Brilliant. I love choooonaa #fridayfrolics
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We do too. But it’s banned from the house….I just can’t cope with anymore phonics meltdowns! X thanks for stopping by
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Lol to be fair to her the English language has some really nonsense rules attached to it! Choona officially off the menu! #FridayFrolics
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I know! It’s a nightmare … ultimate respect for teachers! They need a medal for having to teach 30 five year olds this nonsense! Thanks for stopping by x
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Hahaha, it’s a nightmare. Even more tricky when they arrive at secondary school and still insist that tuna is spelt -ch- 😉 #FridayFrolics
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Oh give me strength! I think I’ll be shaking in the corner by then. More fun to come then 😭 xx
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Love it!Both of mine are know it alls.I dread homework it’s just a tantrumfest.#fridayfrolics
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It’s great fun isn’t it! I have the middle boy starting in September and the youngest starting next September ….I’m actually terrified of the triple homework traumas xx thanks for stopping by
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May the force be with you xx
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Oh my GOD this is brilliant!!! Jam ham and eggs. And the last bit. Oh heaven help my bladder and the frigging downstairs loo that hasn’t worked in years which I REALLY need right now I laughed so much.
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Oo your poor bladder! Ha x glad you enjoyed…… I was laughing and crying during that incident. It hasn’t got any easier…..phonics are the bane of my life at the minute . Thanks for stopping by x
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Haha. I love the cartoon! It’s so funny how the littlest things can turn into the biggest melt downs. 🙂
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Thankyou x Yes, it was a traumatic hour of our lives! Thanks for linking up #FabFridayPost
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Love this – we’ve been there so many times. Choona is brilliant. I can’t tell my kids how to do anything! #FabFridayPost
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I fear this is just the tip of the iceberg for us! I’ve left her to spell stuff phonetically recently and its been calm but am now trying to encourage the correct spelling on words so watch this space for ‘Tuesday Gate’, ‘knickers gate’, ‘island gate’…oh i could go on forever 😂😂 Thanks for linking up #FabFridayPost
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It certainly is a crazy language to try and make sense of isn’t it? My kids now just ask “is that one of those weird doesn’t follow any of the rules words?” accompanied by an eye roll.
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Haha brilliant this is exactly what we’ve been saying …. ‘this is one of them weird words’. I’ve never really thought about the complexities of it before until now that I’m trying to explain it ..aargh! Thanks for linking up #FabFridayPost
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