A Week in Review (09/19-09/25)

I can’t believe this is only already the third week of school! We’ve made a few changes around here; the biggest one being that school does not start until 8:00. The Goobers like to start school early so they can keep their afternoons free, but a 0500 start time is just ridiculous. I’m tired of waking up to cranky Goobs, shoddy work, and a messy kitchen. No more.

Our favorite beach has man o’ wars, rip currents, sharks, a beautiful view, and plenty of shade.

Math: JellyMan did lessons 102-105 of Saxon Advanced Math. (JellyMan is doing 10 pushups for every missed math problem.  He may never be a mathematician, but he will have beautiful shoulders!) Anemone finished Saxon Algebra 1 and is happy to be moving on to Algebra 2.

This 6” praying mantis was hanging out right above the doorknob. I opened the door anyway.

Latin: JellyMan memorized lines 1-11 of Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline, redid exercises 2-3, and completed exercises 4-5 of Henle Third Year Latin. Anemone did a lot of review, plus exercise 297 of Henle Latin First Year.

This old theater is absolutely gorgeous inside.

Greek: JellyMan redid most of chapter 1b and completed chapter 2a of Athenaze Greek Book 2. Anemone completed week 6 of Elementary Greek Book 2.

Rainbows don’t suck.

Logic: Anemone finished chapter 2 of Traditional Logic 2.

Palm trees don’t suck, either.

English: JellyMan caught up on some rhetoric assignments he “forgot.” (I didn’t bother checking the stupid figures of speech worksheets because all he had to do was fill in the blanks. Classic rookie mistake. Homeschool Rule #1: Grade the work. Yes, all of it.) He also rewrote a paper. Anemone did lessons 92-96 of R&S English 8 and continued reading The Hobbit. 

Anemone likes to do pointe shoe repair in her dinosaur jacket.

History: JellyMan listened to lectures 4-6 of The Teaching Company’s Early Middle Ages, reviewed chapter 8 of Spielvogel’s Western Civilization, and read half of Thomas Cahill’s Mysteries of the Middle Ages. He also started reading Livy, but that’s on his own time. Anemone redid her outlines from last week, then researched the development of the polio vaccine and wrote the first draft of a history/science report. (I even remembered to have her conduct a few telephone interviews. Homeschool win!)

We have a lot of wind here in Hawaii.

Science: JellyMan watched lectures 7-9 of The Teaching Company’s Understanding the Universe and finished chapter 2 of The Cosmos. Anemone read sections 2.1-2.2 of Miller & Levine Biology (if this book was written to make the student ask “Why?” over and over and over again, the authors did a stellar job. Honestly. Why not scrap the big-ass lizard picture so you have room to explain valence electrons?) and the relevant bits of Science Matters.

JellyMan looked cute up in his light booth.

Fine Arts: Piano lessons and seven hours of practice for both. The piano teacher asked Anemone to be the Master of Ceremonies for the recital (a surprise!), and Anemone agreed (a bigger surprise!). JellyMan spent 4 hours at drama class and 16 hours working the light booth. (I watched JM chatting up pretty girls the play last night, and being told I look amazingly young the lights were the best part.) JellyMan is also doing a lot of research on literary witches for his troupe’s Macbeth project. Anemone spent three hours observing technique classes at the ballet studio. She swears up and down her shin splints are healed, so she also danced for three hours. So far, so good. (This is the first time she’s had to deal with any kind of physical limitation. She hates it, but I’m proud of the way she is handling it - she only made us all miserable gnashed her teeth wailed kicked and screamed moped for a week!) The Goobs went to see a play presenting three of Aesop’s fables; JM’s drama teacher thought it might be helpful for her students to study the different techniques actors use when performing for a young audience.

JellyMan is kindly demonstrating a scuba sign for “sea turtle.” I’m not sure what Anemone is doing.

Unresolved Homeschool Problem of the Week: I’m so wrapped up in my 10th grader that I tend to let my 7th grader skate. Anemone has absolutely no problem with this, but it can’t go on indefinitely. She needs more of my time, whether she wants it or not.

Comments

[Kristy]

Gorgeous photos, as usual.

[Tressa]

Your unresolved homeschool problem of the week also happens to be mine! Wow! I focus so much on the older two that Freckle Face really gets left in the dust. He still needs a lot of my time. It is so difficult switching gears 20 times a day to help whoever work on whatever subject. M is needing less and less of me, but My Girl needs a lot of my time. A lot. I am only one person.

Great pictures. Love the beach. I love beaches with shade. Nice. And I can't believe how big the Goobs are. sheesh. Tell them to stop growing up already.

[Applie]

Your kids are so cute. Love the turtle sign. I am happy to hear that Anemone is healed and back to ballet.

[Donna]

Lovely photos!! =) When I think of Hawaii, I don't think of old buildings, so that's neat to see a picture of one.

Our kids are the same number of grades apart. I probably paid more attention to the older one's work too, but that must've gotten better, my younger one did okay too. The older one graduated and moved away, then I had all kinds of time for the younger one. I'm just rambling - I'm very tired at the moment.

I'm glad A is feeling better. JM looks like he is enjoying what he is doing too. =D