We are back at school here in the Lewis home. This week we finished our second week of homeschooling, all in all it's going well.
Autumn started chalk dust geometry late, we had to wait on the book I had e-bayed, so she has completed a weeks worth of lessons. She loves the chalk dust series and is very happy to watch the teaching DVDs :) She is working through a lesson 4 x week in her editor in chief book, I love it for teaching grammar and attention to detail. Reading/ vocab and spelling are going very well. In science she is reading Exploring the World of Chemistry, she had covered two chapters on metals. Geography is going slow, we have covered a weeks worth of lessons in two weeks, mostly due to some time issues with the need to go into town so often right now (Zach's PT, both boys having had mono, ect..) I just started dictation with Autumn and Zach to work on writing skills. Here at home her mood has been very stable, she is helpful and pleasant to be around. (although she has had issues with behavior while out of the home).
Zach is half way through his unit one life pack in math mostly it is review work. He has almost finished his first biography Sitting Bull, he is on track in his grammar workbook, reviewing comma usage. He has completed two lessons in spelling workbook, this is the hardest for him, (using the dictionary to look up parts of speech, usage, ect). We are a bit behind in geography & science we just competed week one's lessons. He started guitar lessons this week & is really excited to learn more.
Caden finished unit 1 in HOD, he was sick several days so we broke week one into two weeks. We will start unit 2 on Monday. We are almost finished with his first biography read aloud, Helen Keller, he really loves this story. He is continuing to improve on his reading skills and doing very well. In math he has mastered counting money & counting by 5, 10, 2's.
Everyone (mom included) is finding it difficult to stick to their routine & chores, this is the area where MOM needs more SELF DISCIPLE (and prayer) to get us all to stick to it...
Next week we are adding BIBLE study each day, also Tuesday school starts soon.