Working through it.

So, my son has completed Book 1 of Explode the Code.

In my opinion he did awesome.  (88%).  I have gotten book 1.5 for him to do next, and he knows that it will be done with less help than the 1st one.  The changes that have happened as he worked through it is incredible though.  From lots of reading help, to minimal help to do the questions. 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is coming along.  7 chapters down, and he's enjoying it.  Posted more in the drop box.  Up to and including Chapter 7.  Questions and answers for each chapter, as well as drawing/colouring activities, and activities that the child has to be creative/use their imagination.  Also recipes, etc at the end of some chapters.  ** This here is the link to the right folder for anyone to use on the dropbox.  (Answers to chapter 6 and 7 will be posted soon, but the questions are up).

Math is slow go.  Find it's being a lot of busywork. But still, enforcing concepts - but concepts he's already aware of.  I'm eager to go on to Math You See Beta, but I want him to finish Alpha first, as it's not identical to other curriculum, so I do feel it's important.

Finally got him doing the Astronomy course again.  It's been stop-and-go.  So much of it is a bit to detailed for him.  He's seven, and working out of the Junior notebook.  I can see doing this again, in 5 years or so, and using the "normal" workbook.  (Same textbook).  And having him learn so much more.  For now though, space is one of his interests, so we are learning what we can.

Other than that, we've been doing bits and pieces of other work books I've picked up, making sure he's mastering more concepts over the summer.  As it's important before we start the "official" grade 2 curriculum. 

Well, on to the next thing, as life never stops here ;)