and easy but full homeschooling day

Today I had a taste of what homeschooling might be like for us when Z is older and more independent.

I was experiencing a lack of energy today so instead of sitting with Z at the table and guiding her through her lessons I let her handle things, and, for the most part she did.

I think she started with reading over her new script during breakfast. (For the Shakespeare thing)

Then she choose to do her "I love math" book. She measured things and did some problems with a calculator and read some math stories with problems and puzzles.

She played the piano a lot. She sat down at it for twenty minutes two times today but she still hasn't practiced. She wanted to compose her own things. I said that was great as long as she gets to her practice at some point.

For Japanese she read to me the three books we created, sang four songs, practiced telling time in Japanese and practied her hiragana handwriting.

Then I did read to her, a story about Leif Ericsson "discovering" America and she read aloud from the free book she got from Barnes and Noble for their summer reading program.

Z also wrote and drew some pictures in her new diary. She also named her diary "Sally". Isn't that funny? So instead of Dear Diary she'll have Dear Sally. *heh*

In the afternoon she went online to the scholastic games site and played science games about insects and animals.

Then she took an online Harry Potter Quiz - with questions like "What is the password of the prefects bathroom?" and "Where was the first class that Harry taught?" We have been listening to the series as audio books again. we are up to Prisoner of Azkaban.

Now we are watching Clash of the Titans. It is funny that Z chose that movie. I must have watched it 100 time one summer as a kid. We bought it for Z last fall when she was really into reading Greek myths.

So, during my lazy day we did:
Memorization
Math
Piano composition
Japanese
American History
Read Aloud
Listening to audio books
Writing
Insect and animal science
Harry Potter reading comprehension
Greek Myths

and it is only 4:20.