Think i might be hoping the other guy did better. not sure – so indecisive!! It was midday though, so kinda ruined the whole day. the morning with the preinterview worries, and the afternoon coming down from interview high – poor buggers, having to listen to me on my soapbox expounding on education!! [btw, this is just a tack on to present post, no radical huge change! more hours though]
The violin strings game from bonners, so the violin is restrung. so had lost her music book – so have looked at the first tune a day book, and done lesson 3. rather stupidly [especially since I spent a proportion of the day saying I was god's gift to education] it hadn’t crossed my mind that SB’s reading of music is situation specific – ie she can find the piano note associated with the musical representation, but has ‘not a single clue’ [how she put it] what that note may be for violin. Her first violin basically uses the letters rather than the musical representation. Its obvious NOW of course! However, lesson 3 starts with d string notes, and actually she is quickly stringing them together.
Oh well, also today there was lots of playing with duplo and lego – S built a pyramid amongst other things, and both girls enjoyed both sizes, the kids k’nex also made an appearance and the marble run.
SB read a book about 5 brilliant scientists from scholastics great black heroes set, and was partcularly taken by how many things you can use peanuts for, and wants to make peanut soap. recipes please!! She also did some singapore maths [having done on line CIMT yesterday – sarah, do i need to send you money [how much] and address??], french on education city – leading to a discussion on whether it counted as french or education city – chose to tick education city on timetable!
we read a story about st nicholas, the st nick bit from while the bear sleeps, and have slippers out in hope. Also the usual bedtime reads. Have found my 13 days of christmas as a read aloud this year. Obviously a MUCH older book – the one I had as a child!
BB and I did some more christmas stamping -v over the top coverage of the card! in the end we were playing some complicated game where the stamps were friends, having picnics etc… SB was at rainbows. Fair bit of christmas carol singing. SB reprised her solar power experiment [under desk lamp] and we talked about electrons again – she seems to have got atoms comfortable in head, and electrons moving along like newtons cradle [well, ok, its not quite, but it sort of makes the flow of current make sense!]
BB still awake. she is such a cutie – i was singing and stroking her forehead n a sleep encouraging way, so she stroked my forehead and gave me lots of kisses!
Think thats it?
“BB and I did some more christmas stamping ”
Small does stamping.
He will probably be doing it for Christmas too.
luckilly ours , on this occasion, of the messy ink variety. she is rather more proficient at the foot variety.
yes an address reminder would be great, Helen, alhtough I probably have it lurking somewhere. Have a few things to post today so must get that off to you!
Joe’s music reading is the same, he can do it (sort of – by counting up from middle C) in isolation, and on the piano – on violin the fingerings don’t seem to relate to real notes for him yet. Trouble is I find myself getting really confused when I have more than one child in the room and I end up calling out violin fingerings instead of notes to the wrong child, honestly, it’s very confusing! Or I say ‘D’ and he plays open D instead of 3 on A, if you see what I mean. Must work on this. I guess one day it will all just sink in and begin to come together on its own, well that’s what I’m hoping!
oh, and when will you hear about the interview? hope you are happy with the outcome.