* let rabbits out for a wander around the dining room, since it’s too cold for them outside today* the plan for today has changed – Nannie isn’t coming in for swimming, so I will take B and K out … Continue reading →

* did some washing up for me so I could cook breakfast* helped me put the rabbits outside* used construction paper and the dinosaur stickers Nannie gave her to make a landscape* visual memory – tackled “mistake” without any difficulty … Continue reading →

* vacuumed the living room* played with Katy* read the whole of OFTFRFBF to Nannie* looked at the rainfall radar, and we were pleased to see lots and lots of rain heading our way! B asked if the rain would … Continue reading →

* word-building practice: did four graded worksheets on -ack word family, which I printed off from a new site I found with awesome free printable literacy resources* writing: I agreed that the worksheets probably counted as writing, especially when you … Continue reading →

* writing: look/cover/write sentences from One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish* watched BTN and Our History: National Parks [Attitudes to the natural environment have changed over time: using the Royal National Park in Sydney- the first national park … Continue reading →

* “weightlifting” – we tried using a timer and found that when she was actually focusing, she could do the ten words in less than five minutes with no mistakes.* reading – 50 pages of One Fish Two Fish Red … Continue reading →

Saturday:* went out to Murrumbateman to visit Pa and to attempt to catch our chickens* she and K stayed with D&M while E and I went to D’s housewarming party* tutoring with D Sunday: * Mama-daughter bonding over breakfast at … Continue reading →

* collected B from D&M’s mid-morning* “weight-lifting” – started working on magic E words; also wrote down and illustrated a few examples in her exercise book* Scouts 6:30-8:30 – went canoeing Other stuff wot I forget.

* spent the day at Dennis and Margaret’s* tutoring with Dennis

* optometrists appointment 10:30-11:00. Optometrist said her focus was fine, bar a little residual tightness, and she should not need to continue wearing glasses (just as well!). She also showed her how to measure out safe reading distance – for … Continue reading →