This Week… Sickness and School

Sickness pervaded our home this week. Little Man got sick over the past weekend. It was NOT a pretty sight. He’s better although it did take him a few days to be back to himself. In the meantime, Beloved came down with something entirely different. He slept for 21 hours on Monday with the exception of bathroom breaks. He was down and out for a good 3 days, not feeling good. I had a couple of days of just that blah feeling. Tired and overall no energy. I seem to also be feeling better after a couple of days.

So with all the sickness, homeschool took a back seat. We did some, but not an over abundance of in class work. Here’s the rundown.

Bible:

We finished up the plagues. J and I had a pretty good discussion about what the Passover Feast represented. He understood the lamb, and the blood but not so much the passing over that protected the Israelites from the plague of death. He wasn’t quite putting the how and why together. That’s ok. I understand that he will begin to grasp the significance of it as he gets older. For now he has the facts down pat. Understanding and wisdom will come later.

History:

Using the Lapbook I found at Homeschool Share to help him begin to build a visual of what he has learned. He’s having fun with the cutting, pasting, coloring. I’m documenting the unit that we have been in since the start of school. Just gotta get through Pharoah Tutenkhamen and finish up reading The Golden Goblet, but that will take some time.

Algebra:

So this has been an area of contention for Little Man. He is absolutely loving Khan Academy and he is absolutely hating Khan Academy. It is the way it is for him. He loves the challenge of the practice sets. He loves the “medal” awards they give when a skill is mastered. He also wants to perfectly calculate each problem in his head without “scratching” it out. He also want to get every problem right, and if he misses 1 out of 10, considers his brain broken. Perfectionism, is not a trait that I want to encourage. Rather, I want to teach him good coping skills. I want to teach him how to understand that 1 out of 10 for a 9 year old doing 9th grade work is more than “just plain ok” but something that is excellent. He however does not see it that way. So I sigh.

Literature:

Science:

Social Time:

Lamentations 3:22-24 NKJV