It's been a while since I last posted. Our school year formally started on June 27 - when Doug went to summer camp at Lost Pines. I allowed this to be counted as school because he worked on the Environmental Science merit badge as well as his Camping merit badge, both of which are Eagle required. He then went to Buffalo Trails for another session of summer camp, and I allowed that to be school, too. There he earned Indian Lore , Archaeology, (social studies), Astronomy, and Lifesaving (another Eagle Required) merit badges.

We started back on Algebra about two weeks ago, but we didn't count that as school. But we did start this past Tuesday on some of the rest of the subjects. He started doing American History, which, interestingly enough, starts out with the Indians - so should be easy because he just did his Indian Lore MB. We didn't start right into his science curriculum yet because he wanted to do a bit of aviation studies. Fine with me, because it talks about principles of physics. This weekend we'll do a few experiments, and next week we'll start on the science program. We also started spelling and grammar. He is using "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" for a leadership class. Next week, we will also introduce Latin.

- posted by Tori @ 11:28 AM

 
Here's what Doug ISN'T learning - that he shouldn't answer the door when he's home by himself unless it's somebody he knows. He just answered the door for the ABC pest and lawn guy. Course, I read him the riot act, but now he's embarassed.

- posted by Tori @ 9:32 AM