W celebrated his 15th birthday 2 months ago and with that, a new interest in the medical field. If that ends up being the direction he wants to go, then I'm glad he figured it out now. It's a good age to get things going. I just ordered a high school biology program and microscope for him and he can't wait to get started on it. The other subjects are still moving along the same. He's been continuing with his language arts program and paragraph editing books, and math is currently a bit informal. He's reviewing Algebra 1 for the CAT-E he's taking next month. After the exam we're going to start doing TT Algebra 2 and science in the evenings together when I get home from work. I got new US and world history books and we'll start on those, too.
W has chosen his entire curriculum and schedule based on what he needs for his immediate future, college readiness, and career plans. He is such a great example of how unschooling works. Now that he's seriously considering what his future could be, he knows how to take charge and get things in order. As always, I facilitate, encourage, and make suggestions/recommendations to help move things along but he has such a strong sense of independence and maturity and goal-setting that I don't really need to do much. Homeschooling high school is so incredible. I'm amazed at what I'm seeing with W.
He's also in full volunteering mode lately. 2-3 times a week he works with the beginner and intermediate kids' classes at the Muay Thai gym. He takes his own classes 3x a week as well.
And we checked off 2 more cuisines on our Great Restaurant Adventure! Brazil and Britain. I'll make separate posts about those.
J is graduating from her dance conservatory at the end of the month. B and I got to see a couple of awesome showcase performances this semester. She has been working at a major competition dance studio this year teaching and choreographing 5 different classes and age-groups of non-comp kids. I really want to see the recital - J is also in a teacher's dance number. Other than that, she's been modeling, getting head-shots, and getting ready for the real performance world.
K has moved on from the upscale hair salon in Queens to a more upscale salon in Manhattan. This is what she was waiting for. It's right in the Theater District just north of Times Square. She went on a really nice vacation with her boyfriend to Punta Cana last month. It was her first one requiring a passport. Both girls also just got their driver's licenses together - not very necessary in NYC, but handy nonetheless.
It's so fun watching the kids becoming independent, successful, and happy adults who follow their dreams and love their lives.
2 comments:
What an awesome family we such great futures. My daughter lives for dance. She just got into Junior Company and is teaching dance classes from our basement dance studio. It is fun to watch them grow.
Blessings, Dawn
Thanks! Congrats to your daughter!
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