This morning we started off our day with waffles for breakfast. Papaw bought Doodles and I a nifty waffle iron for Christmas. He searched everywhere for a specific one that we had mentioned wanting. On Christmas Eve, he popped into the store to pick up a few things for me and lo-and behold, there one sat. Needless to say, waffles are very popular in the mornings here now.
After breakfast, Doodles had a spelling test and did very well. She missed two words out of 24. One of the words missed, was a bonus word. She was very excited because this was her first week learning twice as many words.
Doodlebug is very dramatic and loves performing. She loves to dance and put on plays for the family. I decided this morning to read a play with her from this book. We read “The Fisherman and His Wife.” It was quiet fun. We started with writing all the words from the vocabulary list on the chalkboard and going over them. Then we pulled out our markers and highlighted our parts. Since it was only she and I, we each had a few parts. It was fun to hear her change her voice to suit the characters she was reading for. Reading the play with her, was a wonderful opportunity for her to practice her use of punctuation and really express herself. Text book reading can get dull from time to time. Reading plays always seem to get her excited about reading. We may just have us a little actress here. It may be time to check into into children’s theater soon.
Basketball season will be wrapping up here in a couple of weeks. I guess it is a good thing, since Doodles’ ice skating class starts on Thursday. She has been skating a few times since Christmas. Santa brought her a pair of ice skates and she loves them. I love the fact that she doesn’t have to get adjusted to a different pair of skates each time we go. I can tell her skating is improving since having her own skates. We did invest in a pair of knee pads for her. This past Friday, she fell and really bruised one of her knees. She has no fear when participating in a sport and she will do things that most of us would not. If she falls, she just jumps up and keeps going. I will feel much better this week that she will be wearing knee pads.
Doodlebug loves her Teaching Textbook Math 3. She ask to do extra lessons most days. She loves sipping on a bit of hot cocoa in her pj's while working on her math lessons. I am in search of the Teaching Textbook Math 4. I would love to buy a used copy of this software. If you know anyone that has it and would like to sell it, please have them to drop me an email. I am very big on buying used curriculum when I can.
We are having a good time with her school work and we've been sticking to the books the past couple of weeks. I have realized that we have to change things up a little here and there and try and do something new each day. We rotate subjects but that still isn’t as exciting as adding art and more hands on activities.
She is working on new paintings for her room. The ballerina paintings have to go. She wants to change things up a bit. A sign she is growing up much too fast for me. I will be storing her ballerina paintings away for her.
Tomorrow, after finishing up our lessons for the day, we will be looking at yeast under a microscope and making homemade pretzels using yeast. I will try and post a few photos later in the week.
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