My journal of homeschooling our super bright, intense, 8yo son after finding that neither private school nor public school were able to meet his advanced needs. My journey begins in search of his motivation, rekindling his love for learning, and bringing back the confidence he once had in his abilities.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Thursday

Thursday we had all of our studies done by lunchtime! Yay! We started learning Chemistry by Real Science 4 Kids and Mavster got a kick out of it! We introduced him to the periodic table, and then went through some food labels looking for chemicals and identifying them on the periodic table. The funniest part was when we were looking at a granola bar and we found it had iron in it! He almost panicked! I explained iron is a mineral we all need in our bodies to help produce red blood cells and he relaxed - but the look of shock on his face was priceless!

It was fun getting back to learning about protons, neutrons, and electrons for me - I always loved chemistry in high school.

Mavster then continued working on his "ScratchCraft" program. His Papa gave him some great pointers about version control this morning which he has taken to heart.

Last night he had soccer practice, and he made a great score one time (that the coach sadly missed). But at the end of practice, the coach was asking the team, "What kind of team are we?!" and he got answers such as "a passing team" but our sweet son said, "The kind of team that doesn't give up!" YAY for Mavster!

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