January 28, AO yr 1, week 11

On Tuesday, we had our outdoor playgroup. A wonderful success. We are so blessed to be surrounded by like-minded moms. The kids had a great time. We were out for 4 hours.

On Wednesday, we went to the library to work in the afternoon. We did a lot of free reading in the morning and free play time. Halfway through the afternoon, our good friend L came to pick Fina up to play at her house, outside with her kids. It was plus 3 (incredible for January in MB!) and they played for a few hours. I picked her up and we came home and she got to play for another while outside in the dark with her friend K. She was outside for 4 hours. I'm so thankful L was able to help me out. I did not Fina to miss out on such warm weather. They got to build big boulders, though no snowmen. Again, not a common occurrence in MB.

Today, we started our homeschooling day with some cursive writing. We finished reviewing the letters. She is trying very hard to maintain a proper pencil group. It seems better.

The red is mom's writing, reminders of some of the letters. 

She wants to write Shakespeare tomorrow, so we had to learn k and p.

I read the next poem to her from When We Were Very Young, titled "The Four Friends." A cute poem. Fina recited her two poems from this book very well.  I didn't use the memorization box today, but I certainly will.

We sang our folksong "Home on the Range."

She recited all her Shakespeare passages to me. We continued working on the Theseus and Hippolyta passage. She knew the Theseus perfectly and wanted to learn Hippolyta's response to him, so she did. In just a few minutes, she learned the whole response.

Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities.

And there was a Bonus passage, so she learned that too.

Puck Act III, Scene 2, 474-476

Jack shall have Jill;
Naught shall go ill;
The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well.

This one still needs a bit of work. But in 10 minutes, she learned all these lines. It is just incredible!

That is it for the passages from A Midsummer Night's Dream.  She really has a facility for recitation. I'm excited to see what the future will hold for her. She certainly has artistic leanings.

I read from Judges 6:11-24 and she narrated back to me.

We continued with our math. We did 28B, C, D and E.  We went back to continue with telling time.

I read a short passage from our Italian kids' bible.

It was a shortened school day, but it was a good day for sure.

She got to play outside after her friends came home from school. It is a lovely, sunny day here!