I wish I had a picture of this, but it turns out that JillyBoo decided to use her St. Martin's lantern holder (which looks like a plastic fishing rod with a small, battery powered light at the end) to put on a fire show, a la Triberg fire falls show for a large group of small stuffed and plastic animals. She brought the lantern holder to dad, with an order to "fix it!" He fixed the bulb, asking, "Is this broken bulb the result of crazy dancing or thrashing about?" To which she replied, "I was doing a show for my animals!" Well, that explains it. This just goes to show that her initial three questions to start of our homeschooling year are enduring!
(The picture to the left is a random shot of one of our good ideas-Alaskan Sled Dog as German sled puller. It's a great gig-you get treats!!)
Next up, I ended up using my fave bookseller, ABE Books, to purchase a used copy of the Kindergarten version of Handwriting Without Tears, which also goes by, "Letters and Numbers for Me," if you're searching for it on eBay or your fave bookseller. I found it for abot $6 on abebooks, vs. 2 copies for $18 on eBay. To buy the book from the HWT website, it was $7.50 for the workbook, and an additional $7.50 to ship to an APO, which is outrageous!
On a Suzuki note, we had a great practice today and JillyBoo was very self-motivated to play. I find it challenging to determine the difference between a motivated and an unmotivated day, as she usually gets so much positive attention on either type of day! Her teacher has informed us that JillyBoo will actually get to start fingering (FINALLY! YEY!) after months of playing open strings. Her next lesson is Weds, so I can't wait to see what new and challenging exercises we have before us for the next month or so!
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