This school year I was hoping to have the kids give more presentations on a regular basis. However, once the school year started, I realized there was no way I could help everyone prepare and practice their presentations and keep up with all the other school subjects, so we adjusted. This month Clara gave a science presentation on dolphins. Then we added a few other things that the kids were ready to do: Clara performed a piano piece. Anna sang an original song she wrote for spelling, played a flute piece, and read us three chapters of a story she’s writing. Isaiah read a poem he’d written for Omnibus and played the recorder with Clara and then Anna. Becca read part of a poem she’s working on. Micah played a piano piece (this was an impulsive decision, and when I asked Micah when the last time was that he’d played the piece, he said at the June recital!). Micah, Ezra, and Becca read the monthly family newspaper, and Maria joined in on the recorder playing.