Sept 26, AO year 1, week 17

ETA: I worked on this in the evening, and then went upstairs to put Fina to bed. I had intended on coming back downstairs, after adding the labels to it, to post it, so you would get your email notification at midnight.  Well, I cuddled up with her and fell asleep! So here it is, early in the morning on Tuesday!

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Today we had a shortened day, for everyday life reasons (I had to work at our local library for the morning while Fina stayed home with dad. Fina also has a cold, so she took the opportunity for some rest and relaxation!)

After lunch, we started with some recitation. Fina recited "Now Fair Hippolyta" and "What country friends is this." She learned another line of this last one.  Would you like to see it so far? There are only another few lines remaining of this passage from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Act I, scene ii, lines 1-5 and 49-52

VIOLAWhat country, friends, is this?
CAPTAIN     This is Illyria, lady.
VIOLAAnd what should I do in Illyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drown’d.—What think you, sailors?
CAPTAINIt is perchance that you yourself were saved.
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VIOLAI prithee—and I’ll pay thee bounteously—
Conceal me what I am, and be my aid
For such disguise as haply shall become
The form of my intent. I’ll serve this duke.

Fina still needs to learn these last two lines. She learned the "conceal me what I am" line today.

We sang our hymn.

We read chapter 14 of Paddle to the Sea. She gave the best narration of this chapter. This was the first time she really connected with this book. She wanted to read the next chapter and, against my better judgement, we did. Well, the narration was ok on chapter 15, but nothing like that of chapter 14. It is as if chapter 14 is some wonderful space of connection. Who knows why!

We sang our folksong. We read the next two poems from Now We Are Six, "The Charcoal-Burner" and "Us Two."

We then finished reading Lamb's retelling of Shakespeare's As You Like It. I stopped throughout for Fina to narrate it. This was the best narration session we have ever had. She remembered so many vivid details and narrated in a wonderful prose of her own. I wish I had recorded it.

Then Fina got a chance to make some lemonade with apple juice and water (following a recipe in this book).  And she played outside with her friend K for a couple of hours.  We had a great day!

Tomorrow we have our outdoor playgroup. We will try to do some work in the morning before going.