Here’s weeks 4,5,& 6.
Leena-
Leena-
She is doing well overall. Some of her grades have slipped a little, but that’s okay. It’s been a good lesson in responsibility for her. I’m not so much worried about the academics part of it right now, but more of the taking ownership for herself, her life, her actions. You know things that will benefit her in the real world.
We’ve switched World Lit programs we’ve gone from a whole books approach to a textbook. I might be banned from participating in the forums at The Well Trained Mind by my classical friends over there, but I think this approach fits her learning style better. I’ve found a really great book that has all of the elements and stories I was looking for, while still allowing us the flexibility to change things as needed.
Xan-
Math- He’s doing very well and progressing nicely in math. Who’d ever thought I’d be able to successfully teach someone else math. Ok, granted, it’s 4th grade math, but still. My goal for the upcoming months is to incorporate more living math, or real life math, using my Family Math and Kitchen Math books.
English- Grammar is great. A few weeks ago I was ready to jump ship to another program, because I thought that he just wasn’t getting the Rod and Staff, but I stuck with and it is definitely paying off. He’s really getting it now and that’s great.
Writing is not going as well as I’d like, however, so I’ve had to rethink a few things and I’m going back to using my original plan of using Write Source for 4th grade which teaches format writing during the school year and Writing Strands or something fun over the summer.
Science- Xan’s favorite subject is science so I’ve made this more a focus than history, which is my favorite. We studied cells this past week and made a cell- mold. He had a blast! My suggestion to anyone who tries this, use yellow jello. We used the green which looked light colored on the box, but not so much in real life. Here check out the pics.
We’ve switched World Lit programs we’ve gone from a whole books approach to a textbook. I might be banned from participating in the forums at The Well Trained Mind by my classical friends over there, but I think this approach fits her learning style better. I’ve found a really great book that has all of the elements and stories I was looking for, while still allowing us the flexibility to change things as needed.
Xan-
Math- He’s doing very well and progressing nicely in math. Who’d ever thought I’d be able to successfully teach someone else math. Ok, granted, it’s 4th grade math, but still. My goal for the upcoming months is to incorporate more living math, or real life math, using my Family Math and Kitchen Math books.
English- Grammar is great. A few weeks ago I was ready to jump ship to another program, because I thought that he just wasn’t getting the Rod and Staff, but I stuck with and it is definitely paying off. He’s really getting it now and that’s great.
Writing is not going as well as I’d like, however, so I’ve had to rethink a few things and I’m going back to using my original plan of using Write Source for 4th grade which teaches format writing during the school year and Writing Strands or something fun over the summer.
Science- Xan’s favorite subject is science so I’ve made this more a focus than history, which is my favorite. We studied cells this past week and made a cell- mold. He had a blast! My suggestion to anyone who tries this, use yellow jello. We used the green which looked light colored on the box, but not so much in real life. Here check out the pics.
Everything you need for a Cell-o Mold
Voila! The final project
History-We are stuck on history and having a hard time moving forward. We are still on early civilizations. So it looks like we’ll have to step it up a bit so we can move on to Egypt where all the really cool projects are.
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1 comment:
Awesome Cell model idea!!! We will definitely be trying this one. It's encouraging to hear how you are making adjustments that are so so tailored to your children and their needs right now.
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