* 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 →

* crafty stuff: brought out busy box, and she and Katy spent over an hour making Christmassy-themed stuff (and a hideous mess)* wrote her requests on the shopping lists, and copied the correct spellings* went to Margaret’s 1:00-5:00 while I … Continue reading →

* pottery 11:00-12:30* “weight-lifting”* practicing cursive writing* swimming 4:00-4:30* returned overdue library books* independent reading: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish* shared reading: Laura’s Pa (Little House Chapter Book series)

* went for a bike ride* talked about carbon emissions from plane travel, and how we can use Greenfleet to offset carbon emissions. I checked using the Greenfleet Tree Totaller last night and it will cost $4.70 to offset the … Continue reading →

* played syllable bingo: first I called and she found them on her board/s, then she called. She extended it while calling so that she was reading blends from the posters on the wall as well as the list of … Continue reading →

* watched ABC schools’ TV: BTN (drought package, Korea kids, Point Nepean, kids’ training, Mars); Our History (Isolated Schooling)* reading: mental “weightlifting” to improve her visual memory* keyboard practice* gardening* drawing: used How To Draw Really Cool Things (or whatever … Continue reading →

* gardening* keyboard practice* homeschooling group pottery lesson 11:00-12:30* went to Margaret’s 1:00-3:00ish while I had a massage* decided not to go to swimming lesson* anniversary dinner @ Belluci’s and Rubee’s; read some of K’s board books to her

* keyboard practice* spent most of the morning, on and off, watching our spider weaving an egg case and laying eggs. I found a factsheet on huntsman spiders at the Australian Museum Online site (also another couple of webpages about … Continue reading →

* independent reading: Green Eggs and Ham. She read it as soon as she woke up (7ish), commenting that she knew something much better than just getting up and going downstairs to watch TV. When she’d finished reading, she said … Continue reading →