This week we finished week 5 of the World Geography guide. I really like how this guide is put together. I like the alternating of the lit books with the BJU book. He finished A Christmas Carol and went back to BJU lit and found that he actually did a better job of answering the questions than he did when we fist started back to school. I think by reading A Christmas Carol he got tuned in to noticing details that he wasn't noticing before. I thought he did a good job on his last written narration for A Christmas Carol.
In Science he had 2 labs to do that he did at night with his dad. The first one was a to scale model of the solar system so he could look at how to calculate large measurements. They went to the most open place they could find, but still couldn't fit the last 2 planets. Here he is showing Mercury from the Sun
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| Here is Jupiter to the Sun which you can see in the distance. |
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| Here is Saturn to the Sun and the Sun is the way far off tree |
The other experiment they did involved motion and forces. It was a much easier set up.
One highlight of the year for N. is the Practical Happiness book. He reads it on day 4 and annotates it and then he and his dad go somewhere early Saturday morning to discuss it. They are really enjoying this time together and my dh says N. is really doing a good job discussing it. I love that they are getting this time to discuss things that matter.
In World Geography N. did a few different activities discussing latitude and longitude and this also gave him practice with a compass and a protractor.
Here he is drawing lines of longitude on an egg so he can see that the center one looks straight until he turns the egg slightly and that same line then curves. This wasn't the easiest task to do with shaky hands, but he kept his sense of humor about it.
In World Religions and Cultures he is reading "Mimosa", about a woman who heard very little of the gospel message,but managed to still hold on to a belief in an all powerful loving God, despite living in India in a Hindu family. She has tragedy after tragedy occur and yet still believes. What an example this has been for N. A few times he has come out and asked me a question to make sure he is understanding it right. It seems so hard to believe all that happened to her and yet she still has faith. Given the events occurring in the world right now this study could not have come at a better time. He is reading about what it takes to stand firm in your faith when people all around you are trying to get you to change your mind and denounce God. That kind of faith is becoming very real to him.
He was struggling with Logic, but now that I know it matters more if he is giving his best effort and if he understands the concepts than if he gets all the questions right I think it will be more enjoyable for him.
He is loving Getting Started with Spanish and was very excited to hear someone speaking Spanish to their son in the store and he was able to understand a few words.
Our days are full and he it is a challenging program, but I see him grow in independence and maturity each week.
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