Day 12/180: Poetry/Spelling and Socialization

Yesterday, Friday, was house cleaning day.  My messiness threshold was exceeded and drastic measures needed to be taken.  Partway through, I took a break and was browsing Facebook, when I saw a request for recommendations of secular poetry for memorization.  Totally ready to procrastinate, I searched out last year's poetry/spelling book and was replying with a list of some of Jane's favorites, when Jane happened to come downstairs.  Apparently poetry/spelling is more fun than room cleaning, because it took over the rest of our morning.  After reading several options, we started on Jack Prelutsky's The Hippopotamus.  Did you know there's a song about spelling Hippopotamus?

Besides hippopotamus, the other word Jane recognized as difficult to spell was "prominent", so we practiced both, and then I read the first stanza of the poem while she wrote it out, making sure to spell all of the words correctly.  She wanted to illustrate it, so we used big paper.

We'll finish the second stanza next week.

Then, an IKEA trip for organizational supplies and such was required.  On the drive, Jane read Boys Are Dogs, a brilliant thrift shop find, chosen entirely by her.

Some socialization at Smaland was followed by more car reading on the way to a homeschool meetup water gun fight in the park.  Then home, for some play time with the neighbors.  Jane finished the book on the way home, and decided we need to find the sequel, Girls Acting Catty (Annabelle Unleashed)

While I made supper, she and her Dad played Titanic, the board game, trying to get to a lifeboat before the ship sinks.  Then, some history of Irish castles on Netflix, followed by ukulele time.  Today, we made it to a song that involves playing both chords and melody together.  Whoa.  It might take a couple days to master this one.  Finally, Little Women and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy read alouds.

P.S.  Before Jane started cleaning in the morning, she procrastinated by reading Muse magazine.  Science!