This is actually 2 weeks in review. The weeks seem to fly by. N. continues to just move right on through the guide. We countinue to tweak just a little bit here and there to make things easier for him to complete the guide as written.
The Bible study is very good and one day a week we have a discussion during the chapter review assignment. It is a good time to make sure he understands what he has learned. I do grade his daily work, but because the teacher's guide is very detailed in it's answers I just make sure he has the idea that they wanted, even if he doesn't have all the words. Still hoping to find a way he can type his answers for bible. He did do that for one day this week and the difference was amazing. When he doesn't have to grapple with the challenges of his writing, he does very detailed responses vs the 4 word sentences he usually does. He uses the Bible app on his Ipad. This is nice because he can switch versions if he needs to.
In World Religions he is reading Queen of the Dark Chamber. I found this to be a very good book and so far he seems to like it also. The bookmark he does after each reading helps me see the connections he is making between this book and his life.
In Science he is studying Acids and Bases and he and his dad did an experiment looking at the ph of various chemicals and things around the house.
In Literature he is back in the BJU lit book. It isn't his favorite, mostly because he struggles to come up with the answers to the questions at the end of the story. He and I do those orally and that way I can figure out if he truly didn't understand the story or if he is just struggling to explain what he read. Each section begins with a painting and they use that to teach a literary term. This time there was a picture by M. C. Escher. N. has very strong visual perceptual skills so he found this picture fascinating and one day at lunch I found him researching more M. C. Escher paintings. One of the great things about homeschooling is that if he finds something he finds fascinating he can just stop and take the time to find our more about it.
He had a project this week of this Octahedral Globe. He really enjoyed the history projects in the younger guides, so when something like this comes up he really enjoys it.
He also did a review map of Europe for Mapping the World with Art. He is really understanding how all the European countries connect now.
In World Geography he read about the search for a Northwest Passage by Frobisher and also about Sir Francis Drake. He still struggles sometimes understanding A Book of Discovery so I downloaded an app called Voice Dream that will read Epub books out loud, highlighting each word as it goes. I figured we would try and see if it helps his comprehension and sure enough it did. After some trial and error he found a voice he likes and it happens to be a male with an Australian accent. There are some software programs out there that will do this also, but they are very expensive so we will do it this way for awhile and then figure out if it is beneficial to him. At this point I am always on the look out for things that will help him in college.
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