Relaxed Homeschool (for a change)

We're pretty much done with the bulk of our basic-4th-grade-stuff-that-we-have-to-learn list. We did it all (not including math) in about six months. We have four months of our school year left, and quite a lot of extra time for reading more books. 

Greek Mythology has been for daytime reading.

This is instead of what is normally spelling 

and grammar lessons. 

Lu is much happier reading stories

than learning about adverbs, that's for sure.

Lu recently finished this book by Guatemalan author

Miguel Angel Asturias,

and started Farmer Boy.

By the looks of these pics

you might think that Lu does all his schoolwork on this daybed,

but I do make him sit a table from time to time :)

 He finished reading How to Think Like a Scientist

and wrote a How-To report on the Scientific Method -

rough draft in notebook, edited together, 

final draft on separate sheet of paper 

for 4th grade writing portfolio.

Between playing ball in the yard, taking dance classes,

participating in community art workshops, 

and kayaking together,

we don't have to make much of an effort to cover

Physical Education or Art -

subjects that I happily outsource.

 

 

Hope you had a good week!