The past 2 weeks of homeschool group science classes have been great. I think W is learning a lot. This week his group was all about lights and lenses. He's also happy to reconnect with friends he hasn't seen in a few years. It's interesting to see a new dynamic where they have moved out of being little kids and into being teens and almost-teens. I'm not seeing the exploring, running, and manhunt games W would partake in endlessly. This interaction is more subdued and they mainly stand around together chatting. There's some silliness, some more consciousness about how they look, and a lot more communication. I like it - it's very cool to watch (from a long distance away, of course, lol).
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| At the science class |
The week was also full of academics. In science we did an experiment that explained about variables and how an egg floats in salt water. I notice that a lot of the science experiments we do are pretty simple, but now W is at an age where it's more than just fun to do. He gets it and writes out nice lab reports (on paper! - but if he'd rather use the white board sometimes, then I'll just take a picture, lol). Math was more stuff with decimals, percents, and fractions, grammar was verbs' present & past tense and present & past participles.
W is doing lots of out-loud reading at his theater class. His confidence is growing and thankfully, he's not as self-conscious as he used to be. Having to "cold read" and memorize for this class is fun and doesn't seem like a chore. I can't wait to see him in the June performance.
Wow, this school year is almost over already.
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