pivot
Last week, we were working on dictionary skills. It sounds oh so basic, but for a kiddo with auditory & visual processing issues, dictionary skills can take lengthy periods of intentional study to master. This isnโt my first rodeo teaching dictionary skills. Iโve learned that patience can persevere, hopping on alternating feet can help a student master helping/linking vs action verbs, & keeping the lessons short & chill takes the pressure off both parent & student.
I had a short list of words for us to hunt down, mainly springlike words that also had vowel team combos. While hunting for ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ we came across ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ต.
๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ
๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ
๐๐ /ห๐ฑ๐ช๐ท.ษ๐ต/
๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
๐ด๐บ๐ฏ: ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
I kind of chuckled & rolled my eyes at myself a bit. You see, in this dictionary, ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ is smack dab in between the words ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ & ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ก.
In the pivots of life, Iโve often viewed it as an emergency. A sort of hot vs cold mentality. It occurred that the pivots of life arenโt the composition of catastrophe, but more the transition to our next steps, the places that can be difficult but provide clarity in our fogs.
There was struggle in this lesson, things that felt unbearable or just plain difficult. It seemed the word ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ was more a remimder for me than him. We took a break & walked the flower garden, discussed that like the rose, we all have roots, blooms, & thorns; but, also like the rose, we all have real beauty. We shouldnโt forget that truth.
We finally found ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ & ๐๐๐๐ง & ๐ก๐๐๐ & ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐จ. I could see his confidence rising, his chin tipped a bit higher, a relief emerging showing his work. We didnโt need an about face pivot, we needed a transition in our thinking. It made all the difference.
