We fell behind these last couple of weeks. We had a minor flooding incident, so some 1st story ceiling and 2nd story flooring had to be ripped out, and my older daughter was home from school, so that complicated things, as well as having a teething, not sleeping baby.
BUT- we still did the best we could!
Math
Einstein hit his first struggle in math. I say struggle, but that means that he only got 80% on these questions, as opposed to his usual 100%. He is having a hard time with the correct way to borrow when there are multiple 0s in the minuend.
So 20,000 - 4,962= ___
He has been very frustrated about it, even though I told him we can go as slow as we want. Einstein has grown so accustomed to everything coming so easy for him that when he doesn't understand a concept the first time through, he melts down.
But on the whole, math is his favorite subject. Besides chess.
History
We moved on to the Spanish conquistadors. Einstein has a bit of a dark flair, so is drawn to the villains in history. He loved reading about Hernando de Soto and how the Alabama area native tribes lured him into a trap.
We kept up with our US history timeline, and the water mitigation man who came to assess the damages left with his measurements and a full understanding of de Soto's evil plan to enslave or slaughter natives while searching for gold.
Geography
For geography, we traced the route that de Soto took while searching for gold in southeastern United States, and quizzed each other on the capitols of the areas he visited (though they obviously weren't constructed at the time)
Science
We had a lot of fun these last couple weeks! We are working on learning the process of the scientific method, and so would look up fun experiments, then Einstein would write down in his research journal his questions, hypothesis, etc. as we conducted the experiment. We made and used a solar oven, created elephant toothpaste, and attempted ice cream in a bag (and failed at that one).
English
We are working on the parts of speech (adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc), so I got some mad libs books, and we have been doing mad libs. I really liked the junior version, because it gave a bunch of ideas for words, and it is nice to have examples when first starting out so we don't end up with a constant barrage of simple words like "happy, walked, man"
Reading
We read James and the Giant Peach, and Einstein loved it! He really likes Roald Dahl, and we had a great time reading this one together! He finished the reading program at the library already, and one of his prizes was a new book. He picked out Stone Fox, which I had given him a brief run down on as a bedtime story months ago, and he wants to read that one next.
Extras
Still working on piano (which he HATES practicing), and art (which he LOVES), and we finally found a way to get Einstein to do his chores each day! I told him that if he isn't finished by 2:00, then he gets my chore of the day (floors, bathrooms, laundry catch up, whatever). I haven't had to remind him to do his chores once since starting that policy! He pops out of bed and does it first thing after breakfast. I love it!
He also finally broke through his chess barrier. He had been stuck on a certain chess lesson on his chesskid account, and I had no idea how to help him. But he kept at it, and finally beat it! He then leveled up about 15 levels right after. No idea why he struggled so much with coordinating a battery, but he is all set now
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