The child, looked at the pencil curiously, but could not see anything special. “But . . . it is exactly the same as every other pencil I saw in my life”. “It is all in the way you look at things. There are five qualities in that pencil that, if you will be able to maintain...
Discussions–(All the grands) As I went about my day with the grands, I would point out words to the grandsons that started with short vowels and have them repeat the word and isolate the vowel sounds. For example, as I gave each grand a bowl of applesauce for a snack, we would disc...
The first said, “I had a ___ house built for Mum.” The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer (经销商) send a ___ to her.” The third said, “I built a beautiful ___ for Mum.” The fourth said, “You know ___ Mum loved reading poems and you know she can’t ...