Week in review 10/28

James is working on geometry in his math book. He will wrap BCM up in December, if all goes to plan, and we will move into Lial's Prealgebra. He is doing well and could possibly move directly into algebra, but I'd like to give a little more time.

Latin is going well and French is painful, no surprises there.

We had a major snag in our grammar program. He has been working through an unpublished text. I have printed out the sections as they have been proofed. But it is being put on hold indefinitely.I needed to make a quick decision on grammar for the rest of the year and settled on Seton English 7. It looks thorough, has diagramming, and my interactions with Seton's customer service so far has been very positive.

We have moved onto a life science chapter which is not James' favorite aspect of science. His history book is interesting and in depth. I've gotten over any guilt about using a textbook as opposed to living books at this point. He is learning a lot and it is just so much easier for me to pull together additional resources instead of an entire program.

He is reading Robinson Crusoe along with the study guide from Memoria Press. He had a rough go of it on the first day, but was soon accustomed to the writing style and is enjoying the book.


Sean had a decent week. Not much to report there. I am alternating between his Horizons book and his Math Mammoth book for a little variety.

Christopher is up to his usual antics:

Torturing the cat

and trying to rip my curtains down.