Weekly update for the week of 10/15/2012

   This has been a very busy 2 weeks.  N. continues to plug along in Rev to Rev.  He still really enjoys it.  This is really his first time studying in depth American History since he didn't come home until he was 10 and we started with Preparing Hearts for His Glory as our first guide.  I have to remind myself of that because things that I think he should already be familiar with, he isn't.  If he hasn't had exposure to something then his reading comprehension isn't near as good.  We ran into that some these past 2 weeks when he was reading some things in "George Washington's World." 

For storytime we finished reading "John Paul Jones-Pirate Patriot".  I have to say this was one of the tougher storytime books we have done.  Neither one of us is at all familiar with boat terms so it was hard to follow at times.  The epilogue at the end that filled us in on what became of him was very sad.  We have just started "The Reb and the Redcoat".

For history projects he did a stain glass window painting using the Old North Church Steeple as a model.  I really like this painting.

He also made a Liberty Hairstyle.  He found it hilarious the different things the French did to their hair.  He decided to put a canon and a ship in his hairstyle.

 He continues to love Exploration Education Science and he seems to be getting exposure to some tough concepts. 

The big news this week was that he earned his Black Belt in Karate!!  It has taken him 6 years, but he has stuck with it, even though it took him much longer than a neurotypical kid.  He even had to write a 500 word essay.  Thank goodness for the IEW writing program last year.  It was a pretty painless process due to all he learned doing that program with RTR.  He also had to break a board with his hand and with his foot.  I am very proud of him.