Lils has decided to continue her communications via email with the fairies… and she’s added Merida. I think Lily combines Merida (Brave) and her archery, brilliance, determination and fire with the fairies and their spirit and talent. Periwinkle went missing around Thanksgiving. Fairies depart and return at will around here, and we’re still never certain […]
Writing, Spelling, Generating Words
This past week we have seen Lily increasingly working out how to write/spell/create words. She’s choosing to read when she wants to know what something says, she’s using phonics (sounding what she can) and asking for help with digraphs. One of my favorite parts of watching this development, knowing how little guidance or instruction is […]
That Snake Lives in Australia
We opened the Wildlife Journey binder today to the first animal displayed. which happened to be a Green Tree Python. Lily worked through Green and Tree just fine, and we learned Python together. Then, I waited while she reviewed the page. Within a few seconds, she pointed to the map that has the country of […]
Lily gets her own breakfast
Oat O’s…. milk…. bowl, spoon… appropriate amounts, and no spills. Awesome dude. She can also wind up the vacuum cord, actually do the vacuuming, takes the clothes out of the washer and places in the dryer, dryer to hamper, and works with me to hang her clothes in her closet. And, we care […]
Oh, THAT'S Why… It's French!
Tonight Lily asked me to read a few stories to her before bed. She indicated specifically that she wanted a French book or two… Why, I don’t know, but that was her preference. In effort to aid me in choosing her book of the night, she hopped out of bed and went to her library, […]
Rules Above Dignity
I might more accurately title this post, “My Aversion to Social Conformity”, or perhaps, “Drone Living: Resistance is Futile, Unless You Can Think For Yourself”… I digress. _________________________________________________________ I have been reading a book lately that I want to begin to dissect over the next couple of months. I have found it articulate and eloquent, […]
Let's Build a Boat
This morning, while we were watering the sunflowers in Lily’s labyrinth (maze eventually, after they grow a bit), she decided she wanted to build a boat. She brought to my attention a rock that she had placed in a bowl, and asked for a bin of water. I decided we’d have some fun. 🙂 […]
Creating Her Name
This morning Lily was playing with the letters on the fridge and decided to build her name. Her full name. Until today, I was unaware she knew how to spell Cecily. She’s been able to spell, read, and write Lily for the better part of a year now, but this is the first we’ve seen […]
Adiemus. Really.
This conversation has associated posts here & here. _________________________________________________ Ok, so, I already suspected it, but, now I know. Lily seems to have inherited a fun trick from Russ. With music coming from both of us, and it being aural and sight, it’s not a surprise she’s exhibiting a somewhat natural knack for it.. But this was […]
Break Through
I remember THE day when Savannah suddenly found that she could read the words quickly enough to make sense out of an entire sentence. She’d been trying for a couple months, after only having learned the alphabet itself in the same 3 month (total) duration, and though she had learned the various things I could […]