School is going surprisingly well. We seem to have hit quite a few weeks all at once in TOG that are light. Most of our history, literature and Bible reading are the same. We've not been doing many hands-on assignments the past few weeks. I've promised the kids that if we get the core done, we'll work on the extras this summer.
Arielle has been working on a State notebook. She chose Alaska, and it was fun to see her compilation. She used Enchanted Learning quite a bit. She also made a "dog" book for Stacia (2) to work in during school from worksheets on Enchanted Learning.
Nolan has TAKEN OFF with reading. I knew it would eventually happen. We are about a year behind where I'd planned to be with phonics. This is to be expected. We delayed phonics for two years do to his speech therapy. NOW he's got 12 steps left of his Raceway Program and then he'll get his TROPHY. HOWEVER, he's begun to read his children's Bible. I mean - A LOT! ON HIS OWN....I'm so excited. I feel like he's really off to a good start now academically. Praise God. I'm quite sure he'll be at grade level and beyond by the end of the summer. All of our children have taken off like this when the timing was right for "them"....some at 5, some at 10 or 11.
Jamin has finished Math U See Geometry. WHOOHOO! This program has really worked for our family. I'm glad we switched. Our plan was for him to take the other half of an Algebra 2 credit this summer....but now he is asking about taking Algebra 2 at the local university for dual credit. I'm looking into that. I think he's decided to try to take some writing classes, and such next year at the local university as a SR instead of graduating this year. Technically, he's a Junior this year but has way more credits than needed to graduate. Our advisor and he had been talking about graduating a year early and spending next year writing.
Jared is entering a few writing contests. He is also looking into a missions trip for the summer. This will mean a HUGE push for his landscaping business NOW.
Josiah turned in his big term paper on FDR today (worth 27% of grade). One more oral presentation and a final and he'll be done with this English class. He's looking forward to it. He also had a history exam today (worth 20% of grade). It's hard to believe he's wrapping up his first year at college. He's looking into traveling with Spokane's Master's Commission to Boston in June. They do a tour called "illumatrek." They visit historical spots and learn the spiritual foundations of our country....ending up in D.C. He has plenty of money in his account to pay for next year of college, move out this summer, and do this trip. LOL
That's about it for school.
5 comments:
Great to read of how Nolan has taken off in reading!
It's encouraging and gives me hope that our AJ may one day too. AJ is done w/speech therapy now.
The MC history trip sounds like something I would really enjoy! GREAT job to him on saving enough $$ to move out, pay for college, etc. FINE YOUNG people you're raising over there!
Hang in there Darshia...thanks Cindy.
De'Etta, it is always so encouraging to read how your young adults are doing. You and Mike are doing such a tremendous job with them.
Great news about Nolan's reading. I think it is great that you can be "relaxed" about letting them go at their own pace. This is a lesson that I am learning the hard way this year.
Interesting to read your post higher up the board about how you got started homeschooling, then this post about homeschooling these days. Kids becoming independant and making life choices, all good!
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