Our leaves are really coming down here now and since the time has changed I really feel as if we're coming into that sleeping time of the year....
We only have one more week of school until we take off for Thanksgiving. While my older son will be home from college, my husband will be out of state, taking care of his elderly father. We are all sort of bummed about the need for him to be away and our inability to go with him.... Our parents are all older now, however, and I expect that we will be called on increasingly to care for them. It would be so much simpler if we could only get them to come here and be nearer us, but I'm afraid that will never happen....
Oh, well....
On the school front, only Spanish was really disrupted by voting this past week. My son used the free time afforded by that to catch up in the Spanish workbook that we use at home. He hasn't had time to work in it the past several weeks due to the amount of homework his teacher has been assigning. I really like the amount that they are writing in Spanish this year. I think their reading/writing skills are really growing. (And speaking of voting - only about 25% of voters in Kentucky showed up at the polls for a governor's election. I thought folks were more charged up than that right now....)
Math was pushed back to Wednesday morning. We're discussing possible geometry texts for next year and I'm trying to look at some different ones to decide what we'll use. I've got to get copies to the teacher so that she can choose what she wants to use for his class with her, too....
He has started work in his Latin Grammar book and I hope that it will progress smoothly. He liked the video lessons that went along with the Latin Primers. I wish they had something for the grammar books, too. I think I am going to put him into an outside Latin class next year that uses Cambridge Latin....
His Lit class if finishing up Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week. They are going to be doing some sort of research papers the next two weeks. I'm not quite sure why research papers always seem to fall over the holidays, but I guess it really won't matter that much this year, as we won't have any company.... After their papers are completed, they'll be doing a study of A Christmas Carol through Christmas....
I've just heard that the Vienna Boys' Choir is going to be performing at Norton Center on the 20th. I'm debating whether or not to try to go see them as a holiday treat....
My son's piano studio is finalizing preparations for an early December jazz recital. I love all the music they've been playing since summer and can't wait for it!
He finished up his fourth art class this week. Next week we're going to a glass studio to do some glass fusion. I can't wait to see how those projects turn out!
His soccer has finished; awards have been handed out; they didn't sign our team up for first session indoor, so we have to wait to find out if they'll sign us up for second session, which starts in January. His PE class comes to an end next Thursday. What to do for exercise? He has become suddenly interested in working out at home, so at least he's exercising regularly (while I'm reading aloud, LOL, while he's watching TV, etc.)....
We've been finishing up books already begun this week, as well as adding in some others:
Florence Nightingale, Lucy Lethbridge; The Lord Fish, Walter De la Mare; The Wright Brothers, George Sullivan; Helen Keller's Teacher, Margaret Davidson. He's about half-way through Bold Leaders of World War I, Red Reeder (short bios of numerous individuals from all over the world).
I forgot to mention last week that I have also continued reading excerpts from The Encyclopedia of the United States at War (Scholastic): the aftermath of the Indian Wars; Spanish American War; various topics pertaining to WWI.
We worked on mapwork and other activities related to our history studies. We generally cover this type of work in bulk on Fridays, if we don't have a field trip, or add it in little bytes throughout the week.... He's doing a little copywork right now, too, and we are trying to concentrate more on his memory work. He's working on the first 16 Presidents (and adding in the next 8 within the next week); he's memorizing the "Gettysburg Address;" and he's memorizing "The Charge of the Light Brigade," as well as "Oh, Captain! My Captain!"
He also started History of US, Volume 9 (three chapters), and The Yearling, Rawlings, this week.
I'm working on getting caught up in grading and going over work with him. I like to have my things in order, if possible, before we break for Christmas....
Regena
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