This is the first time we have studied history that I actually know something about. We are now heading into the portion of history where I was alive. He is up to Lyndon B. Johnson in the president study. He enjoyed learning about JFK and did a nice written narration on him. We finished the book Freedom Walkers in story time and are now reading Team Moon. It is written in a different style than what I am used to, but it is a very interesting book.
In Science he is really enjoying Evolution: The Grand Experiment. Since we have visited the Creation Museum and listened to Ken Ham debate Bill Nye this is a topic of interest right now. The DVD combined with the book make things very easy to understand and give N. lots of food for thought. This goes along very well with the Genetics experiment kit. This week N. and his dad did an experiment where they separated the DNA of a tomato. It started out a little rocky due to not quite enough liquid, but dh added a little water and then everything went great. N. types up his labs on the ipad and this works pretty well. We have a bluetooth keyboard, but he prefers to just use the virtual keyboard. I am not sure who found this experiment more fascinating dh or N.
In literature he continues with the Bob Jones Grade 8 lit book and is reading an adaptation of Ben Hur. He is enjoying the story and we have had some good talks about revenge and what the bible says about revenge.
In the state study he learned about our state, national and local government. He knew more about this than I thought. I guess just from all the history reading he has done.
He also is doing well with his Economics study and is reading about starting your own business. Since he says he would like to run a gym for kids with special needs some day this is a good introduction for him into the world of running your own business.
All in all we continue to have good weeks.
