This week, we learned about rhythm in our Sol-fa lesson. Fina wrote out the rhythm for the poem "Peas Porridge Hot." The Zs are to represent quarter rests.
We have taken up our piano lessons in earnest and things are going very well.
Skiing
and
Skating!
Zoom in and look at the love in those closed eyes!
We don't have trouble getting out to play in all kinds of weather, but we haven't gotten our act together for picking up with our nature journalling. It is too cold to take my hands out of my mitts to write our entries. I need to figure something out. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
We are making our way through Mapmaking with Children by David Sobel as part of our geography lessons. We have been doing the hands-on activities of building models, making maps and creating treasure hunts. Fina has taken to this and made a treasure hunt for me, writing down clues and having me follow them, as well as drawing a map with me having to follow the arrows on the map to follow the path to the treasure.
Fina took some scraps and sewed a blanket, a pillow and a mattress for Alfred. And she has been picking up her knitting and her crochet regularly throughout the week.
Not that serendipity is a driving force in my life or anything, but it is lovely when it happens. This morning we were reading in Calico Captive about a May Day celebration, where the habitants put up the may pole and tells about all the festivities surrounding the holiday. And then, during our history lesson from Brown's The Story of Canada, we read about the feudal system equivalent brought about in New France, with the seigneurs, the habitants and the very May Day celebration. You can't plan things to work out like this!
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