Week 2—TERRY
Posted by Sherry on August 24, 2010
Terry-
History/Geography/Reading
We are working on Sonlight Core 3 (secular), he really loves this core so far. He enjoys reading and he enjoys me reading to him. I am even learning some history that I had no clue about. This core so far makes learning actually fun!
Math
Math is not so bad either for Terry. When I pulled him out of 5th grade last public school year he came home barely able to do division because he did not fully have his multiplication down. Now my son made straight A’s. So what does that tell you? Well here in Texas they teach testing.. moving on to what I am doing for math for my son.
I have started him in 3rd grade math in this program Math Mammoth. I like this math already. She starts algebra concepts with addition and subtraction. She also makes sure they fully understand how they got the answer to the question. This is a thinking math and my son loves it. He is a thinker.
Writing
I actually bought a writing book so I would not be so mad at his poor writing skills. In school neatness does not count so I have to reteach him. Yes neatness does count. You should be writing neat your 8′s should not look like q’s and no we are not in public school anymore so I do care how you write. This is what I went with Hand Writing Without Tears. I ended up getting mine from Sonlight just because it was easier. I might peruse the website for when income tax comes and really get what I may need more of. Luckily this book is working out and he is starting to be neater on his other work.
Science
He likes to look up random animals, evolution and science experiments on the internet so for now I am leaving science to that.
Everything Else
Right now we are relaxed about schooling. If they need to do more like get back started on foreign language I am going to introduce that back on Friday and set a schedule for when he should be doing his Japanese. We are using Rosetta Stone for that. Also will slowly be incorporating punctuation, and grammar soon. Lot’s to do.. Fun to be had!
