Battle Spell

Phil really is genius with Pip and his homework.  He's patient but persistent and often comes up with ways to make it fun for him.  Here was one awesome idea in action.  I like to call it "Battle Spell".  They'd each take time drawing elaborate battle scenes (they started as simple tanks, then evolved into ships, planes, helicopters, submarines and airships) and then Phil would write a sentence on the top portion of the board.  If Pip read it successfully, he could bomb Phil first.  Otherwise Phil would bomb him first.  Pip's earnest effort to draw a battle zone was impressive.  His glee when he read the sentence and bombed Phil filled all our buckets.

Here's a pic:

And a couple of videos.