* gardening
* collected snails in the garden, while I read from a book of snails by Sally Moffet Kellin. B now has a few snails in a large jar in the dining room. She found one which had part of its shell missing, so that you could see the mantle underneath. We think we can also see it breathing, since the shell is missing in the approximate area where the lung is positioned, according to the diagram we looked at
* went shopping at Belconnen SVDP: I bought myself a pair of 3/4 length pants, K a T-shirt and little cardigan, and B a new skirt and some material for her shirt-making ambitions, as well as the usual bunch of books
* went to Belconnen Mall to get ingredients for dinner
* keyboard practice
* independent reading: Green Eggs and Ham
* shared reading (with E): Boo to a Goose
* discussed with me that she hates being told that she has to read, but she loves reading when she gets to choose when/what. We came up with a deal that she would try and read more often, and that if she did so, I wouldn’t make her sit down and practice reading. If she doesn’t, I reserved the right to remind her…