* played the memory game with -ain cards; brainstormed words which sound like “ain” and showed her how there are two main spellings (-ain and -ane) and some exception spellings (-ein, -eign, -ayne)* watched Take on Technology (ABC, 10:00); Our … Continue reading →

* got home from farm ~10am, then looked after K while I showered, and ran about getting stuff packed for the zoo field trip* in the car, asked if Band-Aids came in black as well for people who don’t have … Continue reading →

* let the chooks out* watched The Colony* visual memory: words using -ain and -ail* watched We Are From: Turkey (ABC, 10am)* word building: more worksheets on -ain and -ail; playing Memory with -ain and -ail picture/word cards* reading: more … Continue reading →

* walked the dog* watched BTN and Our History* maths: we looked on the packet of milk powder to see how to make it up. The pack gave the quantities to make up 1L of milk: 4 cups of water … Continue reading →

* went out to check on the chooks and discovered that Susan had gotten out of her cage and that Zebedee had tried to Make Friends with her. We caught her and put her in the inside cage, and luckily … Continue reading →

* fed chickens and checked for eggs* writing: wrote about the visit to the Egypt exhibition yesterday; I suggested she use the technique of finding the spelling by copying from the exhibition brochure, so she did. She spelt “home” and … Continue reading →

* delivered back from farm 9:20ish* visual memory: had no difficulty with words like “regular” or “quasar” or “sonar”* writing: edited “The Knights of the Round Saucepan”; wrote me a letter complaining about how much she hates doing this* went … Continue reading →

* fed chickens and checked for eggs* we had to take E to work, then went for a quick ogle at Little Red Engine. After that we headed straight to the Belconnen Library for storytime, which was a bit of … Continue reading →

* fed chickens and checked for eggs* helped tidy dining room* fitted tangrams back in their frame* word-building: -ar worksheet and wordsearch* editing/proofreading letter to Nanny Frog; we read through it first to see if it said what she wanted … Continue reading →

* took K out to feed the chickens, and found an egg* wrote the first draft of a letter to Nanny Frog. I explained that we were going to do a draft/edit/copy process and that perfect spelling was not the … Continue reading →