soo, what have we been doing?
well, the girls have added another thing to their schedule! BB decided she was old enough to do ballet, but the class time in the village was wrong for us. however, also in the village there is modern/latin dance class, which happens to fit. it’s an hour long, so we wondered how BB would go, but she loved it, and has been showing us the cha-cha-cha since! SB thought it sounded good, so is doing it as well! BB has also decided to add in judo, but wants to start this term before SB moves up. SO current standing SB: mon ballet, tues swimming and ‘modern’, wed brownies and judo, thurs gym, fri alt week golf 1:1. BB: tues swimming and modern, wed ? judo [?? might try rainbows again]
SB has done some ballet and music theory practice for respective exams. more worried about the ballet than music theory… she has done lots of colouring in of the victorian house [as has BB]
and a few bits and pieces, but i think having a pause after a full on home ed week last week! we have continued on with SoTW, falling a bit behind with maths i think [she is on singapore 4A] but has decided to give mathletics a go after visiting the deependers. BB has done a bit of letter work, and her reading is definitely easier now! [we are still cvc-ing!] we are enjoying the songbirds books tho. they seem to suit her!
so onto today. latinetc! the main business was music theory with gina, as exam this sat [eek!] i think she will pass if reads question properly! i took BB and L to play with waves whilst the others were theorising! and they worked v nicely together. We had been asked to bring some ‘classics’ books, and when theory was finished, i detailed c into reading. later in latin, they did reenact some of them.
I also took along these, which i think are fabulous, but better for an adult to read to child. really well written, and we have certainly enjoyed them and i highly recommend!
did wave and water experimentation with the older group, and this went down well, and they looked at most of the various properties we could assess – and some additional things besides!! chris joined us – in from his speed awareness course [tut tut!] and a bit of french that was a lovely time! SB had a balet prac for the dnce as part of the carnival, but judo cancelled [to bb's disappointment]. i was grumpy with all as had to clean out rabbit hutch – second time ina row, and SB [with BB a bit] are supposed to keep an eye on that! rabs are happy and healthy tho, and still friendly!
BB and i did some more sciency things – we did some of her primary electronics kit – i watch to make sure she doesn’t short circuit, but she hasn’t yet! and then made some bouncy balls from the elastics kit. we are now watching the oddly accented [ie american] disney animal robin hood!
added illiad to amazon order now.