This Week… Discovery Directed Learning Begins

Setting a Course for Video Games

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Bible:

Continued on in Judges with Jepthah going to war with the Ammonites followed by the misunderstanding between him and the Ephraimites. I love how BSGFAA leads the child not only on a discovery of the historical events of the Bible but the application for their lives today. Little Man discovered that sometimes you have to consider both sides of the situation, ask questions without getting angry before hand and forgiveness.

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Literature:

We continued reading through Tirzah. It is interesting to read the story of the Israelites grumbling and complaining over water and food from a personal perspective rather than reading solely from scripture. Doing so puts a human perspective on the situation. I wonder if I were thirsty in a desert would I stay strong in faith, like Tirzah’s father or would I grumble and complain like her uncle Shobal?

Gifted Learning:

So I’m going to be leading him in some discovery directed learning for a while. I asked him if he could choose anything to learn about what would it be and he said “Video games.” Now, I know many of you are thinking what a waste of time that would be. But I know my son. He draws video games MORE than he plays them. He makes up stories about video games. So I’m starting him into a discovery unit study.

This week we stared with the basics. You can’t have video games without, some source of electricity. So I am using Colleen Kessler’s book Science for Smart Kids: Electricity and Magnetism. He spent several hours reading about the history of electricity, documenting what he was learning by beginning a timeline. He used internet links provided in the book as well as some internet research of his own. He made his first circuit and then took apart his first electrical item, a rotating lamp.

You see this discovery learning will be all encompassing. We will be exploring every possible aspect of video games. From the basic structure, such as electricity which leads to electronics all the way to the artistic design and computer programming elements. If he wants to learn, then he will learn until we have exhausted the process. Best of all, in my opinion, is that Dad is excited about this too, and is lending his expertise to the subject.

Math:

Bit of a struggle in math this week as Little Man is learning some Trigonometry concepts for the first time. He has been both delighted and frustrated. Some problems he does with ease, then out of no where misses 1. So he isn’t showing consistency in learning. Sometimes he misses a step or rushes ahead. This math is becoming a lesson in restraint for him.

Science:

Continuing on in Swimming Creatures of the 5th Day, we discovered the unicorn of the sea, the Narwhal Whale. I was as fascinated by this creature as my boy. Did you know the Narwhals horn is not on his head? Yes, it’s true, but I’m not going to spoil it for you. You will be delighted with the discovery.

Language Arts/Grammar:

We worked with sentence structure again this week. Doing so has begun to reflect in his writing. Without complaint he wrote a simple story about a fireman and a girl this week. Did you notice I said without complaint.

Socialization:

LEGO Club on Thursday
Homeschool Support Group on Friday

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