We read one page from our Italian bible for kids. La Bibbia raccontata ai bambini, by Card. Gianfranco Ravasi. This bible has very nice illustrations, and a wonderfully rich Italian. It isn't easy, but it is good quality writing. (I though I'd try to pull out our Italian kids' bible in an effort to be more intentional about doing foreign language studies.)
We also read two stories from The Red Fairy Book. Fina is just continuing to love these stories.
We have our outdoor playgroup today. You know, it is only a million below, so we are going to try to see how long we can last out there. Some very brisk air will do us good, I'm sure.
A friend of ours told us her husband heard on the radio that they are looking for Nicholas to contact him to do an interview. How funny is that! So he quickly ran out the door to school to get this done. At least one more Bowie interview for him today.
I'm thinking about looking into the Baltimore Catechism for Fina. Our catechism from church is ok, but I see a lot of Charlotte Mason people have gone back to the Baltimore catechism. That should be interesting. I will look into it in the next little while and use it in addition to our parish catechism.
Wednesday January 13
Our outdoor playgroup went well. It didn't end up feeling quite that cold. It was sunny and the winds were calm, so we did quite well.
On Wednesday, we went to school with dad all day, in order to hear him speak at chapel. Fina spent a lot of time painting. They have an open area with acrylic painting supplies always available. Fina loves it there.
Thursday January 14
We went back to school with dad. Fina and I sat in on his first lecture of the term of his Popular Music course. Fina was very well behaved. She didn't care that much for it. However, when dad went around the room asking the students what their favourite music was, Fina had me answer "The River Lea, by Adele." So there you have it! And she got to paint some more. We rushed home in order to go work at the library for a few hours in the afternoon. Fina had fun, as always.
She just loves signing in books.
She was able to get in a short outdoor play time before supper. We have continued reading from The Red Fairy Book. She is beginning to recognize the tropes (the prince consults the moon, then the sun, then the wind) which is great!
Friday January 15
We read some more of our Italian bible for kids. We also read a bunch of stories from The Red Fairy Book. Fina also went out to play by herself for an hour this afternoon, with her stroller from when she was little and an umbrella. You know, you do what you've got to do!
We had an ok weekend. We had some I-cannot-stand-still issues in church again. I'm going to tackle that starting Monday. And we hope to restart our homeschooling a bit more in earnest. We have to finish up week 10!
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