He had a science experiment that was a carry over from the week before that involved building hydrocarbon molecule models. It was fun for me to listen in as he and his dad discussed various things. Since my dh is an engineer that works with environmental remediation he was able to tell N all kinds of interesting facts. In addition to the fact that N. needs a set of steady hands to do some of the experiments, these conversations are the reason we chose to have him do the labs at night or on the weekends.
In World Religions he has just started reading Japan Diary, which I already read and enjoyed. I like that he is learning about all the major religions of the world. This is so timely considering all that is going on in the world.
Grammar went a little better this week. I had considered switching out of Rod and Staff because of his struggles, but for now I have decided to finish up this year with it. It is just hard because I know he is giving it his best effort, but sometimes he just really struggles to remember all the labels and concepts. He has told me that grammar makes him feel stupid and that is the last thing I want. I have told him that all I ask is that he try his best and that it is ok if he misses a lot of them, that we will just keep plugging at it. The fact is he won't be an English major and to me it isn't important if he can correctly label gerunds and infinitives etc and easily discern which sentence is complex, it matters if he can write a paper that uses what he has learned.
Logic has also been more of a struggle lately. I think because many of the fallacies are so similar and he gets confused about which is which. He always knows it's a fallacy and can describe what seems wrong about it, but he can't always match that to the definition. I love the books he is using but I do wish in the answer key it would say why it is a certain fallacy instead of just listing the answer, because sometimes I really struggle to figure out the why even after looking back at the descriptions and examples.
This week though I was reminded of how much he really is taking in even though he doesn't talk about it much. As we are planning at trip to Washington DC he got excited when he heard that there is a painting by DaVinci there. He also has definite ideas of places he wants to see based on the historical events we have studied that stick out in his mind. We also watched the movie 42 and he was very moved by it. I know it is because of all he studied in MTMM last year. He truly is more well rounded than I give him credit for and probably much more so than most boys his age.
Hi! I visit your blog quite often and am so encouraged and appreciative of all of your updates of your precious son going through HOD. Especially now that he's in the HS guides. My son is wrapping up MtMM and will be heading into WG next year, so your blog posts will be so helpful! It isn't as common to find homeschool blogs for HS, so it truly is an added blessing that you are blogging about HOD in HS! Blessings to you and your family!
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