Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Writing
She finished the workbook on uppercase letters today. The lower photo is her first complete set of letters that were written and not traced.
Learnin's at the Cottage
For whatever reason, Rachel worked through almost an entire 39 page workbook on writing uppercase letters this week. She had previously done about seven pages over the course of several months. Then, I showed her the book while I was cleaning my office last week. She claimed it and dashed off to work in it. A week laster, she has completed all but the last page. Her uppercase letters are coming along nicely!
She also had some great nature encounters this week. In addition to the new bunnies at home that we've been peeking at every day, she saw a water snake and we caught two different types of fish. She loves the wiggly worms we use as bait. Whatever we caught, we put in a large bucket for her to touch and look at, before we released them back into the lake.
However, the best moment was Monday morning when we went down to the protected water garden David constructed this spring at the edge of the lake. Using rocks as a water break, the area on the protected side has sprouted waterlilies, arrowroot.....and frogs! Rachel and I went down and caught baby frogs and looked at them. She loved it. Later, while sitting on a rock in the beach area, a frog hopped up and sat next to her. She sat very still and watched it.
We also watched hummingbirds fight over the feeders and can identify the Heron's cry now, which signals that it will fly past.
And, last but not least, she got to see a Hellgrammite at the bait store. Sorry, but I don't have the guts to use those as fish bait. The man who owns the bait store said they were a natural bait. I pointed out that they had wicked pincers. Don't they hurt you? His response was "Only if you squeeze them." Ok....how does one put them on a hook without squeezing them?
Photos upcoming....if I could just find my card reader!
She also had some great nature encounters this week. In addition to the new bunnies at home that we've been peeking at every day, she saw a water snake and we caught two different types of fish. She loves the wiggly worms we use as bait. Whatever we caught, we put in a large bucket for her to touch and look at, before we released them back into the lake.
However, the best moment was Monday morning when we went down to the protected water garden David constructed this spring at the edge of the lake. Using rocks as a water break, the area on the protected side has sprouted waterlilies, arrowroot.....and frogs! Rachel and I went down and caught baby frogs and looked at them. She loved it. Later, while sitting on a rock in the beach area, a frog hopped up and sat next to her. She sat very still and watched it.
We also watched hummingbirds fight over the feeders and can identify the Heron's cry now, which signals that it will fly past.
And, last but not least, she got to see a Hellgrammite at the bait store. Sorry, but I don't have the guts to use those as fish bait. The man who owns the bait store said they were a natural bait. I pointed out that they had wicked pincers. Don't they hurt you? His response was "Only if you squeeze them." Ok....how does one put them on a hook without squeezing them?
Photos upcoming....if I could just find my card reader!
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