CONTINUATION OF DAY 3

Artist Study - we tried a bit of our first one on Friday, but Fina was very stressed out, trying to memorize (by repeating) things while she was looking at the art (so she wouldn't forget).  Think "Red hat, tree, bridge, house" muttered over and over again.  That wasn't the point. So, this evening, she decided she wanted to paint her own version of the painting. Here is her project.

Not exactly a faithful reproduction (cue the pink lips and heart), but I was pleased that she took the initiative to start such a project after supper. She did look at Corot's The Bridge at Nantes while she was painting. Sort of!

What I'd like to do next is for us to just look at the painting and talk about what we see (without the stress of covering it up). But I am happy she took a stab at painting her own version in watercolour.

In other news, at supper Fina was able to retell many of the things we learned today to dad. That was VERY encouraging. She even recited the  "Rain" poem (not perfectly, but she knew it much better than I did!) for him.