Flower's Transition Year in Motion!!
As I have mentioned on our 2014-2015 Page, Flower is going to do another year before High School. I'm calling this year her Transition Year. This will leave her to graduate high school at 18 years old instead of 17 years. She is excited to have one more year before we are really crossing our t's and dotting our i's.
I have let Flower choose certain topics to study this year. She loves history and wanted to go back to the Middle Ages-Renaissance era. She also wanted to learn more about our government and civics topics.
In science, she felt she needed to spend more time on chemistry and human body/health.
She loves to read and LOVED The Hobbit last year! This year she picked Literary Lessons from The Lord of the Rings for her literature study. Inside this LOTR study, she will also learn about Arthurian legends, like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf, and ancient epics like The Illiad, The Odyssey, and The Aenied. She will discover the world of Tolkien and explore Middle Earth! I'm going along with her as well!
The month of August is the time where we will ease back into our structured days. We are only schooling 4 days a week through August giving us our Fridays free to hang out with friends and enjoy the rest of the warm days of summer!
During this month, Flower is going to be using Saxon Algebra I, Lord of the Rings, Analytical Grammar's high school reinforcement book (she is using the Shakespeare one), IEW's Continuation Course Level B, Health, Guitar lessons, and Spanish. We will start her other subjects in September!
Though we have a classroom, Flower prefers to work at her desk in her bedroom. She seems to focus there away from everyone.
