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Bedtime Conversation
I just had an amazing conversation with our daughter tonight, while tucking her into bed.
I asked her, "How do you think your homeschooling day went today?" (no REASON for the question, mind you, just popped out.)
She replied that she thought it was a good day that could have been better. When I asked how/why she said she should have focused more on her math instead of piddling and fidgeting around. That sometimes she just starts looking out the window or at the window ledge (has a few things on it) and gets distracted. Not DOING anything, not THINKING about anything but just distracted. And that just slows her down since her mind stops thinking about numbers for a moment. Then it takes a bit to get back to the math problems. I commended her on such a "mature observation about herself" and told her I completely understood what she was talking about. She said that would be a thing she tries to work on. (Her own, not prodded by me.)
So then I asked her if that was a "good" homeschooling thing or a "bad" homeschooling thing. She said, "Not really either, just something I thought about why my day took a bit longer than most other days." I nodded.
Next I asked her to tell me something she liked about today, that went well. She said she was happy to only miss one on her (daily) spelling test and that she was glad she did so well on her grammar.
A "bad" thing she said was when she "tried to read The Swiss Family Robinson by herself! We giggled about that, as it was on her assignment sheet as a read aloud by MOM. Which even then, I gave up (as my voice was giving out) and ended up downloading the audio book to my PDA (Thanks Kay, for the troubleshooting!!!!) and now we'll continue just following along in the book and listening to the audio. (I've opted to have her follow along WITH the book since the edition of this story we're using is an EDUCATOR CLASSIC with wonderful margin annotations of definitions, explanations, and illustrations. Just FYI.)
Then she gave me an oral narration of today's reading of Island of the Blue Dolphin which was a very good narration, I must say. She really enjoyed the book and even more so because her HSer friend that lives the next court over said she recently read the book, too!
Anyway, I tucked her into bed and clipped her new book light ($4.79 after the 20% off teacher discount! and the exact size, and look for that matter, of an iPod Shuffle, from Borders Books. We both got one this weekend) to her curtains and it hangs perfectly for reading in bed. I kissed her goodnight (Daddy is on duty tonight and won't be home till later) and gave her 15 minutes of book light reading.
Just a quick little note to let you know its such a treat to read your blog while I am underway......and an even bigger treat to see all the images when I finally get home to a decent connection that allows the pictures to upload. Curious how the indoor park was...liked reading about and seeing the pictures of [my niece] Chemistry project. :) Work is of course ridiculously busy.....shimmer of light ahead though...our big inspection is next week, then hopefully after that, the workload will die down a bit. Oh and also, I am looking forward to what you have in store for a NEW background....Valentines Day has come and gone....DO I sense Four Leaf Clovers? Its probably a bit too early for a spring theme, since you are in COLD Chicago. Anyway- I love you and miss you all. Will be calling you this weekend. Love you seester!
Edited by PeakmoreAcademy on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 3:33 PM
As a Sonlight mom (who often loses *her* voice reading as well), I'm just wondering where you find the audiobook to download. This would be a terrific stop-gap measure when needed.
We have the Educator Classic "Treasure Island" that my mom got as a supermarket premium in about 1969!! They are super and I wish I could find more of them. Where did you download the audio book?
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Edited by PeakmoreAcademy on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 3:33 PM