By Donna

Our home focus was to finish the school requirements of this academic year. Jason’s memory theme this month is Proverbs 3: 1-12. Hopefully it is now “written upon the table of his heart” and thus able to permeate his thoughts in years to come. He has also done much artwork with our neighbors, and invested time in learning the guitar and piano. Both he and Gloria have made ‘beaucoup’ of progress in their Portuguese language studies – a real victory indeed. [click pic to enlarge]

Gloria spent a myriad of hours practicing 52 new scales ranging from A flat minor to G flat major, studied the composers, music styles, and dynamics of the classical, baroque and romantic eras, improved her sight reading and sight singing and perfected three beautiful pieces for her exams with the Royal School of Music. She is confident that she passed the exam, even though the results will only be revealed in August.

Gloria before piano exam.

Gloria has also been journaling, an art form in which thoughts are journaled through pictures, collages, etc. It has been a fun and challenging journey which is just beginning, as she has yet many entries to make.  Besides the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic and science, we have had a great year of learning experiences and we are looking forward to doing new things this summer!

Gloria journal

Gloria and cat