Notes--

1. "Laps" today were just running up/down our stairs since it was raining out.
   
2. The project listed at the bottom of the page is a project from Tapestry of Grace. She picked the Spinning Jenny to do her project on. I printed up some information sheets for her to read through and some images for her to cut/glue as desired. The project is all up to her. We selected a due date of 4/21. I gave her the criteria and she's off and running.  She knows I'll help her with a direct question(s) she may have but otherwise won't give my input.
3. Today was her first day of memorizing Rudyard Kipling's "IF" poem. We just completed a study of Kipling and I selected this poem to conclude that study. Today she did a straight read through a couple of times then worked on memorizing the first stanza.
4. DD was thrilled to get an A+ on her math test.
   
5. This is the first time we're using her PDA as a "book source" for reading. I didn't want to print up the online text of Five Peppers Abroad and knew I had seen in online for the Palm However, since she's running a Pocket PC I had to install MobiReader and get a version for that. It worked and she's been reading from her PDA for this book for a few days now. Usually I assign a page count or chapter, but this time I have to assign "by time" since the PDA pages are merely a few lines of text. LOL It's working just fine for her though, and I think she enjoys the "change."
   
6. She'd finished up listening to Oliver Twist as an audio book a few days ago but we just got around to the TOG discussion questions today. This was a Dialectic level assignment in TOG but since our DD was already familiar with the storyline (having read an abridged version a few years back and seen the movie a few times) I thought she could handle the unabridged audio book. She said she didn't mind it but thought it was "a bit drawn out in places, kind of rambling on" (LOL) She also said she thinks kids a bit older than her would like it and should give it a try. She gave wonderful answers to the TOG discussion questions (wish I'd thought to record them!) It's nice having a handful of "starter questions" that then continue nicely into a socratic discussion. I really enjoyed listening to her thoughts and insight of the plot and characters. It was neat to see how she'd internalized the plight of Oliver and all that he went through.
   

Well, I suppose that wraps up today's lessons. I need to call up to DD (who is weaving and listening to THE WOODBEGOODS on her PDA via Audible) to remind her to get her volleyball stuff on. The kitchen smells delicious: chili and cornbread is done, fresh veggies are cut. I need to call DH to ask him to pick up some more milk on his way home. We'll be stopping by the library on our way home from Volleyball as we have six things on hold that have come in! (HOW EXCITING!!)