I am getting such a kick out of my 9yo son’s journal entries. (We are using From Heart to Page for inspiration.) I am posting today’s entry verbatim* (as always); he has no misspellings today! He did use “gonna,” but he informed me that he knows that it is slang for “going to.” I let that one slide. He misuses the word “impressed” somewhat; he is using it as synomymous with “liked,” but said that he didn’t want to use the word “like” again. That impressed me! 
I like school a lot. But most kids think school is supreme boredom. I mainly like school for my long time breaks, but I am also impressed with some of my school work too. I like to do “read alouds” with my Mom, and my brother Grant and of course, myself. My math is pretty good too, but it’s also kind of hard. I think my favorite subject in home-school is probably my English. I’m struggling this year with what I’m doing right now, Journaling. So long, I’m gonna do more school!
*There’s probably a better word for me to use than “verbatim,” but I can’t think of it. I just mean that I’m copying exactly what he wrote, misspellings, grammar & punctuation mistakes and all.
