W had an amazing time camping with the scouts this weekend. The weather was perfect. Friday night was a bonfire and Saturday was a full day of activities. These weekends are for the whole family. I'd probably go along, but my girls have too many weekend things going on, and besides W gets to do some male bonding with his dad. Unless, of course, his friend's cute sister wants to follow him around and admire his shooting skills.
We are zipping through the Flash Kids Math 5 workbook this week. My new favorite thing in the world is
Khan Academy!. I love it and cannot say enough good things about it. W watches a 10-minute video, we discuss it a little, and he does math problems in his workbook - there are math problems he can do on that website, too. I may even show the site to J for her high school math.
This week's reading so far have included : A Child's History of the World, Marco Polo, The Princess & the Goblin, and Science Lab in a Supermarket. And he continues with Spelling Skills every day. That book has done wonders for his reading ability. He does several pages of activities for 40 new words and 2 pages of grammar each week. The best part is that he loves it! I also pulled out the HOP Master Level. There are 4 levels of difficulty - blue, green, orange, then red. Each one is supposed to be more difficult than the last. We first got the program in November of 2009 and at that time he was struggling through the blue level, which is the easiest. We put it away for a while and then last week I pulled it out again to see what he could do. I grabbed the last story card from the 4th and hardest level (red) and he read the card with no problem. WOW! I mean I knew his reading improved since I recognized his dozens of dyslexia symptoms and we jumped into a multi-sensory reading approach, but the strides made in only 2 years are really incredible. I love homeschooling.
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Looks like you had a lot of fun.
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