Shh!

My youngest son and I are doing "All About Spelling" for his spelling curriculum.  We just started it this week.  Even though he reads large books (he's reading Deltora Quest right now), he reads slowly and needs to work on sounding out the big words somewhat.  So I started him at the very beginning to make sure that all the gaps get closed in as we go.  So anyway, on the letter tiles, there is a section with ways to spell the sh sound, which can be spelled ti, ci, si and sh.   He was fascinated by this because he hadn't realized there were so many ways to spell this one sound.  Then last night, he wanted to read his book and my daughter wouldn't be quiet (a complete role reversal from the usual) and so he got index cards and wrote "ci" on one, "si" on one, "ti" on one and "sh" on one, and would hold one up when she'd talk to tell her to "shh".  She keep talking and talking and talking and finally, when she wasn't looking, I took one of the cards and wrote "I keel you!"  (from Achmed the dead terrorist comedy routine) and the next time she talked, he held that one up to much hilarious laughter.