"How do you spell 'bleach?'"

Lately, Elena has been asking how to spell things. We've found it much more effective to write things out for her rather than to verbally tell her how things are spelled. Often, we use her chalk and slate to spell things out. She has happened to ask for several words lately that use the "ea" long-e sound as well as /ch/, so she's slowly getting more comfortable with those. I haven't seen her read them in a book yet--I suspect that she'll be excited to see them in writing when they come up.