16 June 2012

AEIOU link party June 2012

Greetings all,
Welcome to this month's AEIOU: a mid-month-link-party of self-belief, improvement, acceptance, love & learning!!  It's a get together to celebrate life's highlights.  Your AEIOU might go a little something like this . . . 
Awesome – something you baked/ created/ photographed/ a bargain you found
Exciting – share your news/ event/ holiday/ a gorgeous butterflies-in-tummy moment
Interesting – teach us information/ discovery/ facts/ a chance to show off your quirky side
Opportunity – embrace the unknown/ put yourself out there/ show off a new experience
Understanding – learning to appreciate/ forgive/ love/ unleash what helps you grow
. . . you might like to do a full AEIOU or just one or two particular themes . . .

To kick things off, here is my AEIOU for June.
Awesome - i constantly find surprise images the children take on my camera.  Isn't this incredible . . . a breath taking sunset against our new car.  What 10 year old thinks to grab the camera & photograph this beauty?? 
Exciting - unexpected parcels of love in the mail, thank you Tania & Jane!!
 Interesting - my husband is making up all sorts of delicious, interesting & spontaneous juice combinations with the new juicer . . . think celery, carrot & apple . . . i'm his happy taste tester.  Note to self: use a straw, or you go out in public with a big orange smile!!
Opportunity - i love these new Le Creuset casserole dishes & have plans to really enjoy dinner for the rest of the year because MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN POSTED BACK TO CANBERRA UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!  I can't believe this unpresedented opportunity either, takes the edge off living apart for 4 years!!
 Understanding - this sweet girl has the most understanding teacher, we are blessed to have her educating our children.  She's one of those guitar playing, ethereal teachers who is strict but lovely & kind to the children . . . even spends her lunch hour & after school coaching children who are struggling with a topic (in our case spelling) from the goodness of her heart.  She's only in her 2nd year of teaching yet understands children innately, an incredibly gifted & natural teacher.  Anyway, she has been teaching our 3rd girl to practise the weekly spelling list in a very different manner - rainbow words - where you write each letter of a word in a different colour, over & over, building muscle memory in your fingers.  Sure enough, since our daughter has applied this method to her learning, she has had only one spelling mistake in the past month + she's willing to attempt more words on the list, beyond the 20 recommended (some weeks there are up to 30 or 40 words)!!  Teachers play such a pivotal role in children's lives, every child deserves a super special teacher at least once in primary school.  FYI true to form, her twin sister has experienced a mid year teacher change, 5th year in a row at this school, yet copes brilliantly, always said she could teach herself.  We're so extra proud of our children when they triumph through a challenge.  I'm not a natural speller so totally emphasise with my daughter.  Our other children are robots, see the word once, it's locked into their memory forever.  I wish!!  
Love Posie

15 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

i love that reflection photo - A is for AWESOME!

Maxabella said...

Home until Christmas?? That is such wonderful news!!

I will get around to linking up on this fantastic linky one day, Posie. I really love the feeling behind it - such a celebration of life right now. x

Mum on the Run said...

How absolutely brilliant that Hubby is grounded for the rest of the year!!!!
It just warms my heart to read your appreciation/recognition of your daughter's teacher.
Will link up - but I can't believe a month has passed by that quickly!
:-) xx

Jan Maree said...

Love all the points particularly the wonderful teacher! I agree, there are never enough of those and I come from a family of teachers! And JOY OF JOYS. I can't believe the HANDSOME ONE IS HOME TILL DECEMBER! Now that is the best news I have heard in a while! YAY for the Posie family!!!

Virginia said...

Great snippets to share, Posie. Love that sunset!

Kids over a number of grades seem to love rainbow writing. In a 3/4 last year and a 2/3 this year, rainbow writing is one of our weekly spelling tasks after LSCWC. Every Monday at the moment. I've extended it a little - with their five words they have to do alphabetical order rainbow writing. When it works, stick to it!!!

Thanks for sharing. )

Virginia said...

Great snippets to share, Posie. Love that sunset!

Kids over a number of grades seem to love rainbow writing. In a 3/4 last year and a 2/3 this year, rainbow writing is one of our weekly spelling tasks after LSCWC. Every Monday at the moment. I've extended it a little - with their five words they have to do alphabetical order rainbow writing. When it works, stick to it!!!

Thanks for sharing. )

Virginia said...

Great snippets to share, Posie. Love that sunset!

Kids over a number of grades seem to love rainbow writing. In a 3/4 last year and a 2/3 this year, rainbow writing is one of our weekly spelling tasks after LSCWC. Every Monday at the moment. I've extended it a little - with their five words they have to do alphabetical order rainbow writing. When it works, stick to it!!!

Thanks for sharing. )

Virginia said...

Great snippets to share, Posie. Love that sunset!

Kids over a number of grades seem to love rainbow writing. In a 3/4 last year and a 2/3 this year, rainbow writing is one of our weekly spelling tasks after LSCWC. Every Monday at the moment. I've extended it a little - with their five words they have to do alphabetical order rainbow writing. When it works, stick to it!!!

Thanks for sharing. )

Virginia said...

Great snippets to share, Posie. Love that sunset!

Kids over a number of grades seem to love rainbow writing. In a 3/4 last year and a 2/3 this year, rainbow writing is one of our weekly spelling tasks after LSCWC. Every Monday at the moment. I've extended it a little - with their five words they have to do alphabetical order rainbow writing. When it works, stick to it!!!

Thanks for sharing. )

Cas said...

what a gorgeous little snippet of your life posie :) love the rainbow concept!! she sounds like a very vibrant teacher. enjoy thathusbnad too :) must link up cheers

Marian Hazel said...

Fantastic. I love your positive attitude.
But til CHRISTMAS!! You guys must be beside yourselves!

Anonymous said...

Oh yay! Husband home until at least Christmas. That is wonderful news for you and your family. Brilliant!

fee @ chipper nelly said...

hooray for handsome husbands at home! and yes, that's an awesome photo.
lovely post jennie
fee x

Jane said...

Hello Sweets I'll join in sometime soon - I promise. I'm so thrilled to hear of your news about hubby. How fabulous for you. And I'm delighted my parcel arrived safely. Smiling in Hobart J x

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