Ethan’s been doing well and spending lots of time on astronomy and math lately. He’s also been getting better and better with his typing. On top of that, we discovered how much fun it is to play tennis and have been playing almost every day.
Here’s how it all went down in a very abbreviated format with mostly pictures.
April 29
Jogging has become a habit and it’s nice to get out and do something together like this. Ethan doesn’t always want to get up and head out, but when he does, he has a good time.
And Ethan likes to stop along the way to pick something for Dong Eun.
Breakfast done, time for math. Here, Ethan is making a square root symbol using Apple Keynote. He wanted to teach people about square roots and rational numbers.
Ethan found this printable version of Pi and now has it stuck prominently in his room above his desk.
Using Canadian Reader to practice comprehension and writing. He’s slowly improving by writing in complete sentences and ensuring he remembers to use correct capitalization.
We heard there was a launch of the Jeff Bezos-owned reusable rocket so we watched the launch live.
Studying rational and irrational expressions on Khan Academy.
Not sure how we started talking about Facebook but Ethan learned some facts about the company and Mark Zuckerberg, like how Mark is colorblind.
Ethan really likes Prodigy to practice math because of the gaming aspect. We’re finding it helpful, but also quite addictive. However, we’re trying to look at it as a useful tool and a way for us to see what areas of math he’s having trouble with or enjoying the most.
Learning about Battleship using coordinates on a grid.
April 30
Canadian Reader has been quite helpful for comprehension and writing, though it’s still challenging to get him to discuss the topics he’s read about 🙂
What we usually do is: Ethan reads the article and completes the worksheet in the morning and then in the evening, we’ll read the article together and check his answers.
Practiced adding unlike fractions.
He goes through these space books on a daily basis and is always looking for new ones at the library.
Learning about Sparta on YouTube.
Practiced multiplying with exponents.
Watched TinTin in French with English captions. This has been a successful way for Ethan to get exposure to French, so we’ll have to find other French language DVDs he would like.
Working on Canadian Reader and practicing writing in full sentences. Getting better all the time!
May 1
Reading in the morning to start the day.
Learning about bees from Canadian Reader.
Ethan learned about the biting force generated by a T-Rex and how it compares to modern day alligators and crocodiles. We did some additional research on crocodiles and found some information about the biting force of various animals.
Dividing fractions by fractions.
Helping with the laundry.
Time for taekwondo and violin classes.
Printed out a periodic table of the elements. Heard about the elements from learning about astronomy and how the different elements ended up on earth.
He read about sleep in a Classroom Ready Science News article and we printed out a sleep log to track how many hours he slept and the quality of sleep he was getting.
May 2
Off the nature school.
After getting home, he practiced French using Babbel.
Practiced calculating volume using Prodigy.
Learned about playing tennis.
And ready to play!
Mapping out a game he wants to make in Scratch.
May 3
Working on his game by choosing objects.
Tennis time!
Learning about probability.
Created his first character in Scratch for the game he’s making.
May 4
Not many photos from today but his usual routine is to work on a Canadian Reader article, a Classroom Ready Science News article, some kind of math practice and then he can work on typing or a second language. He’ll then work on whatever he’s interested in, such as coding or building something.
Made his own breakfast today.
May 5
His lightspeed motto for learning.
Tennis time. Again.
Worked on his Canadian Reader article.
Typing practice.
French practice.
Dividing fractions word problems.
Pretty abrupt end to the week it seems! Ethan really enjoys playing tennis and it’s been finding a sport that he enjoys. He likes taekwondo but this is one of the few that we can play together as a family so it’s been great.
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