Light Wednesdays

Wednesdays are light on the curriculum because Wednesdays are always my husband's day off of work. When he's home, our daily routines are thrown askew. I accommodate the unpredictability of Wednesdays by keeping our workload light and focusing on adventure and relaxation. We do pick up Saturday as a school day so we end up doing even more work than the public school during a week. Just don't tell Reo that.

English Literature:
Reo began reading his Sunshine State Book, Tesla's Attic, Book One of the Accelerati Trilogy by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman and we discussed his first impressions of the book.

Mathematics:
Reo earned a couple new medals on Khan Academy for Pre-algebra. We call that an easy day. I take advantage of the Classroom/Coach features in Khan Academy to monitor and assist all my kids through their Khan Academy based learning. While it is not the core of Reo's curriculum, it is a great tool praised by public, private, and homeschools throughout the United States.

Music:
We began talking about the history of music on our continent with the original people on this continent, the Anishinaabeg, from the Great Lakes region. Instead of delving into the Classical composers right away, I wanted to give Reo a knowledge for how intimate and vital music is to cultural and personal identity. We outlined the uses of music for the Ojibwe people and the strength it gave them. We listened to some of the ceremonial music that is still performed today and discussed how it made Reo feel to listen to that music.

Creative Writing:
Yay! Journal writing! He was just as happy with it today as he was yesterday. Reo did find a subject to write about after a few minutes of thought. I haven't reviewed his journal but I know he contributed a substantial amount of words today.

The rest of the day was a Teacher Planning Day. Under normal circumstances, I would have launched Adventure Class for the remainder of the Wednesday, but last night after my daughter's softball practice, my right ear clogged up. I've been in pain and unable to hear out of that ear all day. Adventure Class will likely take place on Sunday when I drag everybody to the beach with me for an overdue and sorely needed Relaxation Day. In the meanwhile, I got a number of U.S. History quizzes ready for upcoming lessons and got us prepared for the remainder of the week. Allons-y!