He called out at 2:15 at night. I went in and he was soon back to sleep. He woke up at 8:20. We read Juna’s Jar, actually finishing it this time. He wanted to play Minecraft, but said, “First I’ll say good morning to the piano.” He played “Fairy Flight” and has the first three lines down smoothly. He went out to Carly and said good morning, then asked her to come see all three lines.
We then worked on more. He knows the fourth line. He then asked about Glissando vs. portamento, which he had seen in Notion, so I looked that up. He then played the piece in 5/4. That was pretty cool. After that he was changing up the rhythm in all sorts of interesting way. I then taught him how to play it in 7/8, dropping the last eighth note of each measure.
We finally played Minecraft after 9. After playing we had oatmeal, then did more piano practice. Earned a star. Muscle memory was a word of the day. He then spent time looking for pieces in Supersonic Piano. I showed him how to bookmark them so I could then send them to Carly to print later.
I took him upstairs and measured his height on the chart. Did actually calculate the height yet though. I took a shower and he watched Phineas Rage. We then did math time and investigated the tan(x) equation. We used the section in the trigonometry class in Brilliant and I put pictures in Paper and we figured out the math for why the asymptotes are the way they are. We then did music time and he got the fourth phrase of the song.
I made lunch, a tuna sandwich and pickle, and Carly came in for lunch. He showed her the first half of the song, then went outside with her for a few minutes while I was working on sending her an email with the music to print. He found a bone, a vertebrae of something, in the dirt and brought it in and put it in a bag. We read Juna’s Jar again, at his request. I got snacks together for a little outing. On the piano I taught him that moving the left hand was a mirror of the right. He was shocked when it clicked for him: he had his mouth wide open and said “Faint”.
We then got out on our bike ride. Didn’t go too far. Just over towards the strawberry fields, then up to the park on Vatikim. Empty, as usual. He played around a little on the playground, then we had a snack. He went on the swing a bit, then we headed home when he needed the bathroom. We were home at 2:45. He went to the bathroom, then went outside on his own. He still had his helmet on, and closed the door behind himself. He was out there for a good 30 minutes: singing and humming much of the time.
He came in, Carly headed to school, and we played Minecraft, then did more piano practice. We then did writing and reading time: he wrote the first half of the alphabet, then read two books to me from Rivet, after rejecting Hooked on Phonics, calling it boring.
Carly got home, and he first wanted to do more piano time, so we worked on the two remaining lines of it, then I went up to work. He used five stars with Carly to do Minecraft, and ate artichoke, broccoli, noodles, and a few crackers for dinner. They then spent a long time talking with Vivian and Colin. When I came down they were doing a ccience lesson together, watching a BrainPop video together through Zoom: August was the know-it-all, Vivian the studious one, and Colin the class clown. He would ask silly questions: One time it was “Banana (something).” But he also asked, “I have a question, Ata: How the body works?”
Eventually they hung up. Carly headed upstairs and he and I did a Brother and Sister game. He was asking me math problems, and I realized that he needed to know about order of operations. So we watched three different order of operations songs (on PEMDAS). He found those pretty funny. We then watched a video on Xeno’s paradox: Xeno:https://youtu.be/EfqVnj-sgcc
He asked, “Can I have the calculator?” When I asked why he replied, “Oh, reasons.”
When Carly came down we called my parents and August opened the presents that had come from both them and Dee. Dee got him a swim shirt and suit and a pair of planet socks and a snorkel set. My parents gave him a couple kites, a paddle ball kit, and a science kit that makes a nightlight with crystals on it. We talked to them a bit more, then said goodbye and headed up to a bath. Carly still had work to do so I gave him a bath.
He was still hungry and I had told him in advance that he could have crackers and peanut butter after his bath. But then I realized he hadn’t had pie today. Nor had I. So we went down and each had a slice. Back upstairs we discussed the feelings posters. It was interesting, because there were a few on the negative side, like sleepy and scared, but especially determined and confused that he said he really liked. I brushed his teeth, he said good night to Carly, and we listened to Stories Podcast’s “King of the Frogs” and Circle Round’s “The Enchanted Paintbrush”. We listened to Philip Glass, and he fell asleep after 10:30.
Figuring out trig graphs:
Smashing:
More Fairy Flight progress:
Playing outside on his own:
School time with Vivian and Colin:
Birthday presents 1:
Presents 2:
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