* 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 →

* 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 →