10/07/2026
Last night I lost my patience with my 7yo over . Made her write "respect" over and over because I was tired — and she was too, phonics class till 9pm straight after childcare.
After her bath we ground it out until almost midnight. She still couldn't get it. I cut my losses and we went to sleep. This morning — still couldn't spell it.
So I opened a tool I built a few months ago and made her a 30-second story instead: a Robot riding an Elephant, a Squirrel sitting behind the robot and eating Pizza that tastes like Egg, the egg cracks open and a Cow falls out onto a Tree... R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
A few tries later, she had it. Grinned and said "so easy, easy peasy, lemon squeezy."
Building this because I keep needing it myself.