I like doing week or day experiences in our homeschool. Since the lad is busy working beside me, I thought I'd take an opportunity to talk about some of the things we are doing today.
We started off our day doing Veritas Press. This has pretty much become a standard thing in our household. The boy just loves this program so very very much. :)
We started off our day doing Veritas Press. This has pretty much become a standard thing in our household. The boy just loves this program so very very much. :)
We then started our work on our math journal. The lad has been REALLY skeptical about doing this, but by the time we had finished our sheet today he was starting to understand why I want him to make one.
I have to admit, I love how he used his drawings to demonstrate how the different math operations work. This is one of the reasons why I chose to do this math journal, the encouragement of creativity.
We took a break from doing sit down work to go read some books. We have just finished Poking Holes in the Darkness... it was kinda sad to say good-bye to Jaki and her family on the mission field. It was a good look at some of the things that folks have to deal with on the mission field.. being part of a different culture, with odd foods, weird customs, needing to deal with fear and suspicion and over time.. changing it all as people come to know the Lord and seeing what a huge difference it makes.
We also are continuing to work through our World War 2 book,a nature book (today we learned about the rainforest with FLYING FROGS!), and chapter from Story of the World. It was funny when I read that chapter. MOM! I know that man! That's Prince Henry the Navigator.. and then proceeded to tell me everything. Neat when things intertwine in a child's learning. Showed excellent recall on my lad's part as well.
For another review he read two chapters of Stone Fox in preparation for the book study part. He's not sure what he thinks of Stone Fox at this point.
We had lunch while reading a novel the lad is totally into about Dragonets of Prophecy. It's a fun read. :)
We finished up our day using Jump Math and doing the daily 1/2 hour reading. :) It was overall a good day.
We had lunch while reading a novel the lad is totally into about Dragonets of Prophecy. It's a fun read. :)
We finished up our day using Jump Math and doing the daily 1/2 hour reading. :) It was overall a good day.
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