Well, I didn't want to bribe the girls with candy but, a girls gotta do what a girls got to do. They listen for about 30 minutes more when they know candy's involved, so it's been for the best. My biggest struggle has been the alphabet. I started out doing easy words (ex. cat, dog, pan) but quickly realized I can't even help them because everytime I make an "e" sound, they hear "ee" which is "i" in spanish...follow me? the vowels have been the biggest struggle, and seeeing as how you can't spell an english word without one, I found it necessary to bite that one in the but. So for the last few days we've been working on vowels only.  Today went really well. We have spelling tests on Fridays, usually focused around the letters we've been working on all week. Today went really well, which I was happy about because this week has been really frustrating for me. Here's a picture of on of their tests!

Any suggestions are definitely welcome...activites, ways to teach, how to be more patient... anything.