Fractions & Friends

This week we rowed Harold and the Purple Crayon and cut out pictures of food for Mane's notebook (like Harold's pie picnic in the book). Then we divided the food into fractions and talked about...well...fractions. Mane was pretty proud. She also got to watch some of her favorite Harold movies this week, and we checked out the Spanish version of the book from the library.

Today we played with magnetic letters & practiced some of the letter blends Mane has been learning in her reading book (shr-, squ-, -ank, -ink, -onk, -unk, -ang, -ing, -ong, ung...). And Mane read me a book at the library. She was quite successful and proud of herself. That's twice in the very recent past. I'm glad to see her feeling so successful!

Now it's time to find some friends... Seriously. So, I contacted a homeschool group leader in our area, and we plan to visit the group next week. Hoorah for us! Last year we tried unsuccessfully to find a group that fits for us. I'll spare you the details. It just didn't work. This group is a 45 minute bus-ride from our house, but it's on our bus line - meaning we don't have to transfer buses and stand out in the cold anywhere waiting for the next bus. I'm totally willing to do that, as it gives us time to read books, talk, look out the windows... It's good. For those of you who don't know, Mane and I are without a car during the weekdays as Mango needs the car for work.

Before anybody jumps all over the socialization question, I will say that what Mane needs is simply friends, not socialization. She is being socialized just fine at home, but she's getting lonely. She wants some kids, especially girls, close to her own age to play with. I'm hoping this group fits the bill for us. Right now she hangs out a lot with littler people, and though she loves that, she could use some plain ole friendship.

I'll keep ya'll posted on how it goes.