latinetc

my keyboard being a bit awkward about placing the l’s, so forgive me if some are missed out!

wed = latin etc day. i liked that fact after serious amounts of reminding, SB took her clarinet and music, but gina pointed out that she took no reeds!!! i remember turning up to a violin lesson with an empty case, so can’t comment much! lol!! we drove to latinetc listening to a new french cd. we do a lot of listening to french cd’s when i drive! this series is supposed to help you speak with a better accent, and is more repetition based. SB had asked for something a bit different, and i saw a good price on it and had a go:

it isn’t such a good price now, and the series is quite expensive!! what did we think?? well even bb had a go at the repetitions when slow. SB and i kept going as they got faster and faster. i think we were both enjoying it! i don’t think it is a good only resource tho for children, and maybe even adults! but my current plan is to randomly or sequentially put on one of these for all the journeys in my car [as they are usually under 30 mins hops]

which will cover our diverse likes and needs, and me we don’t get particularly bored with anything, and hopefully move on!! we tend to listen to french at least once on longer drives when i am in the car too… I must get back into the habit of reading them a french book at least once a week tho. my list of to do gets longer doesn’t it!

ok, back to latinetc – we were actually early!! french, latin, music theory and bells, and nearly clarinet went on. I got to chat a lot with merry, which was v nice, as we are often in separate rooms! And i did science, which was fun. the group that we call the littlies is maturing into a very sensible, considered and careful group that are a real pleasure to be involved with. they listen, concentrate and try, question me and think around the subjects with great enthusiasm. we first looked at broad beans we have been growing at home through a light maze, which was felt to be quite cool. they then set up the flowers in coloured water experiment. we then opened up our bacterial plates. those which had had nitrofurantoin on them had grown bacteria. those with amoxycillin had grown a mould… we rediscussed antibiotics and their sensitivities for different bugs. they then all very carefully scraped and transferred a small portion of bacteria [slides off easily] or mould [has grown into the agar] to a microscope slide. dropped with a pippette a single drop of water on it, and most of them then successfully put the coverslip on top. we then looked at all of them. the full sunshine meant we could do this at power 200 as well. [and yes we had gloves on, washed hands and dettol wiped the surfaces!] i repeated this with the older group. we then all looked at the flowers, and segments of the stems under the microscope too. i think the groups, at least for science, should get a name that isn’t age or ability related, perhaps i will suggest different 6 names to each group to poll from [atoms, quasars, comets, molecules, mitochondria etc!]

back at home we had great fun making way over the top birthday cards for dad!! and SB made him some mixed fruit and nuts dipped in chocolate. those dried mango slices cut up are delish!!! BB started her easter egg. must do SB’s too! brownies and judo finished the day!

today has been a tots and nots day. clarinet with reeds with gina! music theory paper. some house tidying and bits and pieces in the afternoon, and then lots of huggles and snuggles when i came home from work! 2 new coats fo SB from ebay [age 10-11!] which she is v happy with, and some isopropyl alcohol for an experiment… also our new toothbrushes! SB loves her electric one because it vibrates rather than whizzles. BB not so sure! i get to try ours out tonight!