We read from some free reads for a long while in the morning. (I need to stop doing this. We always end up with a difficult school day after doing this. It is as though she gets too emotionally overwrought (I mean, we were reading The Littles and their Amazing New Friend, not some dramatic epic tale or anything) and just can not make it through her day!
We read the Gospel reading for Sunday, Matthew 5:13-16, and Fina narrated it.
I read our last story from Fifty Famous Stories, "The kingdoms" and Fina gave a good narration of it.
I tried reading two sections of "King Alfred Learns to Read" from Our Island Story. She was completely unable to narrate either passage. And then she pitched a little fit. So I put the book away and gave her the feeling that she had missed out on something wonderful by allowing her mind to wander. We'll see how that works!
She did 13 C and D from her math book. She did it.
We then did some nature study. Fina painted her Betta fish and his bowl. I tried to paint a nuthatch.
Today was definitely not a stellar day. There was a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth (hers and mine!) Thankfully we made it through!
Fina went outside to play for a few hours during the evening with her little friend K, which I was thrilled about! So all was not lost!
There you go, homeschooling moms. Regular days are just regular days!
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