Weds, Thurs, Fri, can’t quite tell where one ended and the next began 🙁
This is mainly because I’m struggling atm. Bump is big and uncomfortable (and pleasingly wriggly!) and the strain on my back is pretty much constant now. I’m tired as I’m sleeping badly and backache is wearing me out and eroding my always limited patience.
That was my winge for the day, please feel free to ignore.
Anyways, we have managed some productivity in between bouts of selfpity and afternoon naps 😉 Big finished her reading quest by sitting and reading Gold (Lady Grace Mysteries)
. It’s historical fiction, mysteries set in 1570, and right up her street. To the extent that she got another 4 out of the library when we took that one back 🙂 Quite like the way the author is doing single word alphabetical titles, and having just looked on amazon, Big will be pleased to hear there are plenty more than we found in the library so far.
Small managed to read The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
which takes him up to five books. He does enjoy reading, very much so, but very few things have the pull to get him to finish them. He got a Magic Treehouse book out and has read two chapters, but really doesn’t want to finish it just to get the medal. Which I’m pleased about on some levels, but I’m worried that he’s not going to react well if Big gets a medal and he doesn’t.
We also fitted some maths in – more of the singapore. Small and I did 20 minutes work on regrouping, which may well have been enough for him to crack it, while Big worked through some more of her section on regrouping as well. I do want maths to be a regular feature of our week – Big is reluctant atm, but that’s because her confidence is low, and I want that to build which I think it will with regular practice. Plus the books for the next couple of years have arrived as well so we’d better get somewhere with it.
The main feature of the latter part of the week has been IT though. Small has decided that he wants to be a website based around one of his superheroes, which should involve games and downloads, along with videos and possibly music. So he’s been planning it out on paper, and today doing a mock up using Paint.net. Not to be outdone, Big wants to make a virtual world along the lines of buildabearville or club penguin. I’ve suggested that she needs to start with programming, so today she was on Scratch using LearnScratch tutorials and lessons.
So there’s been reading, IT, maths. A bit of walking about, I’ve cooked a couple of meals from scratch again and we’ve discovered that Small will eat onion cooked in passata sauce, and cabbage but not if it’s been bubble and squeaked. Small steps forward.
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