We went to fina's homeschooling dad's university for the day. We went to their library's used book sale and got a bunch of stuff, including a piano book. Fina painted the afternoon away.
After supper, Fina was looking at the piano book, which just happened to be the beginner book I needed. She asked if she could start her lessons. And so she did! She was so deliberate, trying really hard, without complaint. She enjoyed it so much! (I need to make sure all the lessons remain this way!) I love that homeschooling affords me the possibility to let things happen at their right time. An impromptu first piano lesson, of her own volition, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit in helping me find that book. I had been reluctant, just picking up books as I happened upon them. Fina was open. And God provided the rest. There are just some moments in life that seem perfect. That lesson was one of them.
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Tuesday
This morning, Fina washed her hands and was ready to have a piano lesson at 7:30! I told her she should have breakfast first.
After breakfast, we had a piano lesson. We used Alfred 1A, we learned page 8 yesterday and page 9 today. I'm also going to use the Bastien Performance Primer Level for extra practice as we go along.
And we had a little open piano investigation time. Fina loved it. I feel like I have been waiting for this moment for 20 years!
We continued our school day with our Bible reading, Matthew 4:1-11. Fina narrated it well.
She did 15 minutes of math and was able to complete 15E with time to spare.
She recited her various pieces and we worked on elocution etc with the recitations. She can be very dramatic and we might as well give her the place for that!
We read "King Lear" from Nesbit's Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare. Fina narrated it throughout. Yes, they all die at the end, but we enjoyed it!
We read the next Spanish nursery rhyme, "Almendras y turrón." Fina's pronunciation is very good. Though she can't really roll her Rs. She gets that from her dad!
She worked on her cursive / copywork.
We read the next two poems from The Oxford Book of Children's Verse, "Truth the Best" and "How to Write a Letter" both by Elizabeth Turner.
We sang our hymn and our folksong. Tomorrow, we will be starting a new hymn and folksong.
Fina spent some time working on her single crochet stitch for her handicraft. And she spent some time painting a pony for her "drawing." We have a separate notebook for this, and she is free to paint what she wishes.
Today was our outdoor playgroup, and Fina was outside playing for more than 6 hours.
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