Sometimes what looks like a mistake…is actually a moment of meaning in the making. It started with a spelling assignment. A child was working through their words—sounding them out, thinking carefully, and trying to make sense of what they heard. When they got to the word nutrition , they paused and wrote something close: “new-tri-cion.” It wasn’t correct. And in that moment, we worked through it together. The child learned the correct spelling— nutrition —and we talked about