Fina recited some of her poetry while I was preparing breakfast. She is going to recite "Fairy Bread" at our next co-op meeting. She is continuing to work on "Now and Then," she knows the first two stanzas.
We did our morning prayer and listened to some Brahms through breakfast.
We bought Fina a backpack this weekend (she wants it to carry around her water bottle and to gather items she finds when we are playing outside!). It was the best $7 we ever spent. She has had it with her all day and she loves it!
We finally got back into some math. Chapter 22 is skip counting by 5s. Those little skip counting songs really work. She know 5 through 50 without any trouble. We did 22 A, B and C. And 22X from the extra activities booklet. She is doing a great job!
We are singing "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow" at our Co-op as our hymn. So we sang that a few times this morning as well
She did two episodes of her cosmickids.com yoga. (You would think it would help her to be less hyper, and active and excited, but not really!)
We read Exodus 3:4-17, Moses and the burning bush. Fina narrated the first part well. Then she "couldn't remember" anything else. Right... Oh no, my mistake. I was actually supposed to read Chapter 3: verses 1-4 plus 17. Yikes! We reread the correct part and she was able to narrate it very well... Oh my!!! (Not my worst homeschooling-mommy fail ever, trust me!)
Cursive letter g. She did a great job with it! We also wrote: gas, gab, gag and gaga.
We read pages 19-28 of Janice Weaver's Husdon, our Canadian replacement to the Benjamin Franklin biography by Ingri D'Aulaire. We read it in chunks, with narrations / discussions throughout. We had the globe with us and we looked at Henry Hudson's trips where he tried to cut over the Article Circle to try to get to China and his other voyages. I am surprised at how much Fina is retaining about Hudson. It is great!
We read two Aesop Fables. The moral to the "The Farmer and the Stork" is that you will be judged by the company you keep, even if you are not guilty of their crime. And "The Sheep in the Pig" is a cute story about a pig getting caught and squealing so hard because he knows he is headed to the butcher's. The sheep don't understand why he is making such a fuss, but that is because the farmer merely wants their wool. "It is easy to be brave when there is no danger." She narrated both this short fables very well.
We spent some time reciting some poetry. She also learned stanzas 3 and 4 of "Night and Day." She can now (just about) recite the first 4 stanzas.
Yes, this is how we recite poetry around here!
Then we decided to have our elevenses (some little fruit maple tarts we made last night) with some tea. While we sat, we continued listening to Brahms. Just another few weeks and we will be moving on to our next composer, so we had better keep up with our listening!
Then Fina wanted to play some Rush Hour Jr (we have it on loan from our friends). She did cards 18 and 19. It is a great thinking puzzle. She is really enjoying doing them. We have purchased the regular, non-junior version for her. We will loan it to our friends for a while, once we receive it. She will move on to it once we are done with the Junior version. A good trade, I think.
We have our outdoor play group tomorrow, and it is supposed to be a balmy zero degrees, so that will be great! Fina is wanting to get outside to play this afternoon once we have lunch. Her little friend K will be coming to play in our yard once she gets home from school. Should be fun!
Thanks for reading about our day. Does anyone have any comments about the labels? Do they help at all?
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