Boxing Day in Canada is like Black Friday in the US. Since we’re looking for a new laptop for Ethan, we hit up a couple stores to see what we could find. We’ll likely order something online, instead, but that was the extent of our Boxing Day shopping. We’re doing our best to practice minimalism and so we need to model those habits for Ethan. Besides, Ethan was still recovering from the flu but was strong enough to venture out for a short time.
The rest of the day was spent constructing things, as Ethan put together a model pirate ship made out of wood and he also worked on his Snap Circuits set.
The pirate ship doesn’t float, apparently, but I’m thinking we should test it out.
We started working on the turkey leftovers and began with this yummy soup that Dong Eun prepared. The vegan kimchi she made was great with the soup!
Snap Circuits is pretty cool because there are so many experiments and seems like a good way for kids to learn about circuits and electronics. Ethan experimented a little by using different combinations of components to see what they would do.
He found that he make the music play continuously if he placed the speaker on top of the whistle chip, a component that is activated by sound vibrations. If you make a unique project, you can send it in to Snap Circuits and have it featured on their website. Ethan liked that idea, so I think that’s what motivated him to spend quite a few hours working on ideas.
That evening, Ethan read a few of the Captain Underpants books he has. He used to love Captain Underpants, so it was nice to see him reading these fun books again.
The best part of the day was that Ethan was feeling better and quickly recovering from the flu.
He did a great job dealing with the fever and dizziness, as we tried not to use too much Tylenol or Advil. A fever is your body’s natural defence mechanism to fight infection so we only gave him something when his temperature was too high and the dizziness too much. So proud of our little trooper!
Back into schooling
With a few days off for illness and Christmas, we’re going to get back into the homeschooling swing of things tomorrow.
We’ve been concerned that Ethan isn’t getting enough practice in math and language arts. We try to avoid online learning resources because we want Ethan to learn in a more tactile way.
We’ve shared our concerns about not helping Ethan enough with math and language arts with his SelfDesign Learning Consultant. We feel like we need more direct support because Ethan is an enthusiastic learner, but we as parents, don’t feel like we have the skills to engage him deeply.
Let’s see how things go as we are planning to speak with our LC next week.
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