Why is it Week 0-1? Well, I had some issues with the Notgrass History books, so they did not come in time. I improvised, moved the schedule somewhat, and came up with Week 0. =)
The first two weeks were gentle start to 9th grade and I am REALLY grateful for the wisdom of the MFW creators for the wisdom of starting a new highschooler a week ahead. I was able to sit with him without distractions to go through the schedule and work flow.
By the 2nd week, he was pretty much on his own. I only worked with him for Math and Biology because he needed more help.
We meet on Friday to go through his work.
Daddy helped us redo the schedule so that we can add in the things we wanted.
We made some changes to the New Answers Book. Instead of reading, he searches articles or videso on the website. This is because the books' chapters were really long and it was hard for him to follow. Since he has ample reading to do, I decided that for him to understand the apologetics of the faith is more important than learning to read, so this works out.
The first two weeks were gentle start to 9th grade and I am REALLY grateful for the wisdom of the MFW creators for the wisdom of starting a new highschooler a week ahead. I was able to sit with him without distractions to go through the schedule and work flow.
By the 2nd week, he was pretty much on his own. I only worked with him for Math and Biology because he needed more help.
We meet on Friday to go through his work.
We made some changes to the New Answers Book. Instead of reading, he searches articles or videso on the website. This is because the books' chapters were really long and it was hard for him to follow. Since he has ample reading to do, I decided that for him to understand the apologetics of the faith is more important than learning to read, so this works out.
We (I've never heard of it too) learnt the Cornell Note-taking technique and I think it's a great learning tool!
I REALLY like the student notebook for Biology. I think it helps him to do his work well. This is an excerpt from Experiment 1.1.
These two weeks he learnt about creation, Cain/Abel, Noah, Job, and writing argumentative essays.
I'm sorry that you had trouble getting your Notgrass History books. We hope you enjoy your study of ancient history this year!
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ReplyDeleteJohn! Thanks for reaching out. =) We bought the Notgrass books used from another mom, and she had trouble sending out, so we started late. Nothing to do with Notgrass. =)
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