* keyboard practice* experimented with her gear building set* I looked up Canberra Nara Candle Festival information and Floriade schedule* 2 pages of her handwriting book* reading: Dr Seuss’s ABC* watched BTN: famous Australians overseas, eg. Steve Irwin, Crocodile Dundee, … Continue reading →

* addition practice; looked at addition with regrouping again (interactive mini-lesson and practice with Base-10 blocks)* shared reading: Shrek 2 story book* phonics game* playdate at Taylor’s* keyboard practice* independent reading: Dr Seuss’ ABC* Paul introduced her to rebuses* helped … Continue reading →

* played Sasha with a litter of puppies; talked about how the alpha bitch in a wolf pack is the only one who has puppies and that the rest of the pack helps care for them, and how access to … Continue reading →

B has been complaining of a tummy ache all day so we haven’t done any formal academics. * helped us clean out the bunny cage and isolate the bunnies in the bathroom when they started eating the newspaper (when we … Continue reading →

* made breakfast independently.* entertained the baby while I had a shower. K pulled B’s hair during a disagreement and B and I discussed developmental reasons for why she might have taken out her frustrations that way.* rearranged the dog’s … Continue reading →

* made breakfast and a pot of tea for herself (independently)* discussed how to finish off the facing on her doll’s T-tunic; she decided not to turn over and tack the hem on the facing since you can’t see it* … Continue reading →

• tidied up in her room; culled her clothes in order to make it (hopefully) less chaotic • decided not to go to HENCAST craft day because she has a bad earache • watched TV • sewed up the top … Continue reading →

• Beth sorted all her Goosebumps books into numerical order and reshelved them neatly • listened to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier while working • RCWC sight words; wrote and illustrated sentences using them (figured out how to add -s onto “come” … Continue reading →

• 2 x pages handwriting • started letterbox lesson; B got confused about what I wanted and shut down, so we had a break • watched BTN (research switching to LPG?) • RCWC sight words; wrote sentences using the words … Continue reading →

9-9:30 • handwriting 9:30-10 • reading with expression: Red Lips (poem by Beth) • word mapping: little; girl 10-11:30 • Beth drew a detailed face, with shading, and some attempts at drawing a house from different perspectives while I read … Continue reading →