The kids are enjoying their co-op experience - for the most part. Marcus is in the Gr. 6 Science and Writing classes and in the Gr. 4 Social Studies class. He gets a ton a homework. This week he needs to rewrite a paragraph from an outline for writing, write a dialog between two cell organelles for science, and research/do a write-up on a famous Canadian for social studies. AND I'm still trying to fit everything else into 4 days - not 5. I have not figured out what I can cut from our schedule yet. I like it all.
In general this was not a good week. I killed our crystals. It's a long story and I hope to still get Marcus to write a report as soon as he has time and before he forgets, but in short - DO NOT use OZONATED water. See pictures at the bottom if this post. So sad.
I ordered a novel study for each of the kids. Danae will do Poppy and Marcus will do Hugo Cabret. I ordered it from Moving Beyond the Page. We have done some of their units before and I really liked it. We will start on this in early December.
I wish I had the guts to un-school and just let the kids read. Then I think I should at least do math and writing. Hmmm, and vocabulary and spelling…and a little bit of science. And this and that - then I realise that there is just no way I can do it. It's to bad, just think how clean my house could be if I just let them be.
Before and After
In general this was not a good week. I killed our crystals. It's a long story and I hope to still get Marcus to write a report as soon as he has time and before he forgets, but in short - DO NOT use OZONATED water. See pictures at the bottom if this post. So sad.
I ordered a novel study for each of the kids. Danae will do Poppy and Marcus will do Hugo Cabret. I ordered it from Moving Beyond the Page. We have done some of their units before and I really liked it. We will start on this in early December.
I wish I had the guts to un-school and just let the kids read. Then I think I should at least do math and writing. Hmmm, and vocabulary and spelling…and a little bit of science. And this and that - then I realise that there is just no way I can do it. It's to bad, just think how clean my house could be if I just let them be.
Before and After