Week in Review 4/27/2015

This really isn't a week in review it is more like the entire month of April in review.  We have just been busy living life and I just forgot to blog.  N. is now in week 33 of the WG guide, so the school year is truly winding down.  The challenge has been to stay motivated.  I don't know that either one of us is as motivated as we were a few months ago, but I think that is pretty typical for this time of year. 

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to the past month.  He made an Africa Cookie.  It looked really good before he baked it, but once it baked it looked more like a pinterest "nailed it" photo, but we had a good laugh about it and it still tasted good.

 His World Religions notebook is now finished and it looks great.  Such a great keepsake/portfolio of what he learned this year.  He typed most of it, but sometimes it was just easier for him to dictate to me.

 He is now working on his World Map project.  This isn't easy for him, but he so far he is rising to the challenge.  I love that these type of multiple day projects are included in the guides.

One big adjustment we made the past few weeks is we are now stretching his TT Geometry lessons out over 2 days.  The lessons were taking 2 hours a day and that is just too much.  Now he works about an 1 and 10 minutes the first day and finishes up the next day.  This has made a huge difference in the flow and enjoyment of the day.

In A Book of Discovery he is learning about the exploration of the Arctic and Antarctica.  This has been fascinating.  We are listening to the audio drama of Shakelton's voyage and both of us are listening in and learning so much. 

One other big thing is that he had his end of the year co-op performance.  He and his buddy performed the song "Moses Supposes" from Singin in the Rain.  His goal was to perform a backflip off his vault at the end of the song.  He practiced for weeks in the yard.

Finally show night came and they did a great job and he landed his flip!  Such a testimony to the power of God that he is even able to do something like this with his CP.

I love that he has time to pursue the things he loves.  I hear people say that the WG guide is so full it gives no time for dc to pursue other things.  We haven't found that to be true.  He has plenty of time for all the things he loves and is getting a very solid education also.