School Update

Wow! I have done a really terrible job of keeping up with our school work here on the blog. Believe me, it's not because we haven't been doing anything. In fact, our school days are quite full, and our extra-curricular hours are full, as well. I won't try to cover everything going on with Watts Homeschool, but I will try to hit some highlights.

Ruth has been doing an incredible job in Math, making 100s on almost every assignment. She is cruising through her History book, and is on schedule to finish that up at the end of April, so she can spend some time in May just focusing on Texas History. She has read some very interesting books and done some neat projects for History, as well. She has begun the upper level Latin book and is doing very well with that subject. So well, in fact, that we have allowed her to divide her Latin time in half and fill the remainder of the time with the Rosetta Stone Spanish program, which she is excelling at. She has written some wonderful research papers for her CC Essentials class and has had some time to practice for her upcoming Ready Writing contest. She has begun the fifth grade Grammar book, and is also spending time working on Grammar assignments for CC. She has just about mastered the Spelling list for her PSIA Spelling competition and has also done some work in her regular Spelling workbook. She is making great progress with her piano music and is also practicing for her upcoming Music Memory contest. She is doing a wonderful job with her CC memory work. She has also done several neat experiments for Science. And, she has been working on her delivery of a poem for the PSIA Poetry Interpretation Contest. And, in addition to all that, she is attending martial arts classes two days a week. We are so very proud of her and of all her accomplishments.

Weston is becoming a stronger, more motivated student, and we are very proud of him, as well. He is most of the way through his first grade Math book, and he loves getting to do extra Math activities, when the opportunity presents itself. He is getting to be a much better reader and is even reading on his own some of the time and reporting about what he reads, rather than having a parent sitting with him to offer assistance with almost every word. His writing is getting neater, and he has learned a lot about putting sentences together. Spanish doesn't seem to come as naturally to him, but he works on the lessons diligently and has shown quite a bit of improvement. We have added a couple of things to Weston's school day since the beginning of the school year. One of those is electives from his Cub Scout book. He is super-motivated to get those activities signed off just for the thrill of completion, and so we have tried to increase his opportunities for doing so. Because of this, he has earned more beads than any of the other Tiger Cubs in his group. We have also added in a special Bible time for Weston, after finding that he was having trouble recalling some of the Bible stories. He seems to thrive with the one-on-one time and is able to remember the details much better. In addition to his regular school subjects, he is also thoroughly enjoying his participation in CC, scouts and martial arts.

These kids are just amazing, and we couldn't be prouder of them. Every day is a learning adventure, and we are thankful we get to be a part of it!

Working on CC memory work