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An Update from the Schoolroom

An Update from the Schoolroom

As the weeks pass by, we’ve been making steady progress with DJ’s school work. Not much new to highlight in a post, but building slowly on what he already knows.  As DJ has been working through the Addition Tables booklet I could tell that he was rather frustrated in his inability to write several of his numbers well. So we’ve been practicing writing them to boost his confidence. This photo is a candid shot of his glee at how well…

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Learning on the Road

Learning on the Road

Where have we been?  Not in the school room!  We took a mid-session break and went to Orlando, FL for a week. Of course the excitement was so high there wasn’t much accomplished in terms of school work the week before or after our trip. But I have come to embrace the belief that “learning happens everywhere”. So here are some examples. Practical Life DJ learned to drive a car at Lego driving school and he received a drivers license….

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Science using BFSU A/B-1 & A-2

Science using BFSU A/B-1 & A-2

A new curriculum that we have added this year is the book Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, Volumn 1, Grades K-2. This will be the core of our science studies for the next few years. At first I thought DJ was still too young for it but after reading a few reviews and scanning the table of contents, I realized we had already done some of the lessons through our Montessori work (living vs nonliving, plant vs animal, land &…

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Weeks 32-33: Homeschool Science Fair

Weeks 32-33: Homeschool Science Fair

DJ participated in his first science fair this week and it turned out to be way more fun and more educational than I could have imagined!  I selected three possible projects for DJ to choose from and he chose a study on taste. He also participated in the presentation of 3 of his friends’ projects. DJ’s Project: Taste Research: We began researching the subject by reading the book “The Five Senses” by Maria Ruis. Most of the book is a typical…

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