What a treat to read this. A brief glimpse into a truly delightful education and childhood! Thank you Eloise.
As someone who longs to have learned a second language as a child, I can only imagine how hard it is for you not to share that with her right now! It makes me think of Raina Telgemeier's graphic novel "Ghosts," in which the mother notes she didn't learn any of her mother's native cooking methods--tortillas, empanadas--in time to remember them.
I mention this because you said ipads are kicking around anyway, my 7yr old loves a perfectly spelled list/story/paragraph. She will take the ipad and have Siri spell every word out for her. F. might enjoy this approach occasionally now and then for her projects.
I so agree the time passes quickly regardless of how it is spent!
This was actually so helpful. I get so much out of routines and just repeating into the pleasure of a common pursuit. I actually find that our reading turns into incredible and deep conversation. We rarely only read a book straight through as it is. Reading those longer books together also brings up so many discussion touchpoints in even unexpected places. My son used to be so intent on mythology, and we also read many Bible stories. They allowed for endless invocation at all kinds of moments in life, and they served well to turn any mundane development into something of profound and archetypal magnitude, or at least a great inside joke.
What a treat to read this. A brief glimpse into a truly delightful education and childhood! Thank you Eloise.
As someone who longs to have learned a second language as a child, I can only imagine how hard it is for you not to share that with her right now! It makes me think of Raina Telgemeier's graphic novel "Ghosts," in which the mother notes she didn't learn any of her mother's native cooking methods--tortillas, empanadas--in time to remember them.
I mention this because you said ipads are kicking around anyway, my 7yr old loves a perfectly spelled list/story/paragraph. She will take the ipad and have Siri spell every word out for her. F. might enjoy this approach occasionally now and then for her projects.
I so agree the time passes quickly regardless of how it is spent!
Funnily enough Ghosts was her book club pick this month! I found that part really poignant. And F loves Siri so that's a brilliant idea, thanks! xx
This was actually so helpful. I get so much out of routines and just repeating into the pleasure of a common pursuit. I actually find that our reading turns into incredible and deep conversation. We rarely only read a book straight through as it is. Reading those longer books together also brings up so many discussion touchpoints in even unexpected places. My son used to be so intent on mythology, and we also read many Bible stories. They allowed for endless invocation at all kinds of moments in life, and they served well to turn any mundane development into something of profound and archetypal magnitude, or at least a great inside joke.
Those inside jokes are so precious! I love having those shared memories and reference points xx