"The hen sits"

Faith: I can't read that.
 me: yes, you can. You've read every word before.
 Fatih tries again, gets stuck on sits.
me: ( covering the last s) try this.
Faith: sit. I uncover the last s
Faith: The hen ... sits.
me: Great job

Faith frowns. "The hen can't sit. It can't lay any more eggs. God has already given it all the eggs it needs."

me: Well, maybe she isn't trying to lay eggs. Maybe she's been chasing her chicks around all day and just needs a rest like people moms.

 Faith looks at me like I'm quite the cluck myself and she's obviously not buying that but at least being courteous. Yesterday, she had trouble with the /e/ sound in "eggs" because we don't SAY '/e/ggs'. We say '/a/ggs" (with a long a sound). We skipped the eggs and used the elephant picture as our standard for the day. The things mom's need to say to get over those learning bumps.