Latin: Kaelee loves Lively Latin. She just whips right through it. I don’t have to bug her to do her flashcards or anything. She comes and kicks me off the computer so she can listen to the audio and make sure she’s getting it correct. Lively Latin is a keeper for sure. We should finish up Lesson 1 on Monday, I think.Grammar: We had some discussion about punctuation, but more is needed. I think it’s just more practice is necessary which GWG provides.Handwriting: Kaelee’s cursive handwriting is getting much better, but she still hates writing in cursive. I’m letting it go for now, but I think she’ll have to start writing some in cursive soon.
History: Lots of problems with history. I think it’s comprehension that’s a problem. We’re going to have to start talking about the questions as Kaelee does them, instead of after she does them incorrectly. She does fine with T/F and multiple choice, but not short answer. I could send Kaelee to public school if I wanted her to be able to recite facts. We homeschool so she can go the extra step and think for herself. You can see on her page one of our handwriting problems. Near horizontal writing.
Spelling: She’s almost done with her spelling book and then only one more spelling book until she’s done with her program. Then I’ll just find copywork/dictation to help her with spelling.
Math: Kaelee’s doing pretty well with Singapore. She likes it; she just does too much in her head. I’m afraid to start covering their “Mental Math” b/c she does so much of it already. And not all of it is right. Maybe being taught how to do it versus just doing it will increase her ability. We have problems with one thing. Not doing everything. You can see where she didn’t answer half of the questions for one problem. And with not writing anything down she often makes little mistakes. I’ve decided to force her to be more careful I’m going to make her go back and redo every problem she missed instead of it just being corrected. Hopefully, then she’ll slow down and get things right like I know she can.
