Start of School

October 1 -- first day of school. (And I forgot to take the picture by the mailbox! Need to do that tomorrow!)
Scout is officially a freshman in high school (gasp!) and PinkOne is a seventh grader (yep, skipping 6th grade). We have a full schedule this year with more to come later I'm sure.

SCOUT
Math - Teaching Textbooks - Algebra I
LA - Apples Daily Spelling Drills ; writing & more writing. Currently working on an essay competition thru our library on local history.
History - Middle Ages 1180 - Columbus with Story of the World & Sonlight readers
Science - Apologia Physical Science & Science Club (twice a month group labs)
Bible - still reading through from the beginning (started last year) should wrap up early spring
Art - class once a month with group; sketching on own; possible study of classics with project for each
Physical Fitness - Boy Scout Personal Fitness badge

PINKONE
Math - Teaching Textbooks - Pre-Algebra
LA - Wordly Wise 6000; Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs; lapbook/unit studies
History - Middle Ages 1180 - Columbus with Story of the World & Sonlight readers
Science - Apologia General Science & Science Club (twice a month group labs)
Bible - still reading through from the beginning (started last year) should wrap up early spring
Art - class once a month with group; possible study of classics with project for each
Lots of dance!

Catching Up--Science Fair

The kids participated in a Science Fair for the first time this year. Our core homeschooling group held the fair with the criteria that the Human Body be the subject. We had a high school science teacher and an elementary school student teacher be our judges. They had to do the experiment, write a paper, create their presentation board, and present their project and answer questions for the judges. It was a great learning experience for them both.


Scout's question was "Does reaction time very between age groups?" I was impressed with the report Scout wrote. His writing has come a long way this year. He got Second Place by a mere 1.5 points.








PinkOne's question was "In optical illusions do different age groups see different things?". She worked really hard on her presentation board with die cut letters, etc. Her written report was pretty impressive too. In fact, she got First Place with a perfect score. Yep, beat the big brother on that one.