At the beginning of the year, all I saw was calculus for her to take. I cringed at even looking at the word, along with her science that was available...physics. (I took Earth Science, Biology I and II. Again, easy) With calculus, I tried and tried, and up until the end of the first semester, I could teach it. It just took a while to remember things and to be honest, it wasn't any fun. Morgan dreaded it and it took too much of my time away from lesson planning to where I was falling behind in everything, which in turn, hurts the other girls. Last month I decided to do something else. That's the glory of homeschooling. If it doesn't suit, you can change it without having to worry about anything.
Morgan has always been an accelerator in academics. Always. She's always been behind in everything else in life. She didn't learn to ride a bike until she was 8, and that was after she watched Allison doing it at 4. She couldn't say her "Rs" until she was 9, well after her baby sister was learning to talk. She's going to be 18 next month and still can't drive. She's just very afraid of learning new things. She wants to learn, but she's too scared once she's behind the wheel. Allison is very self sufficient and can cook whatever it is she can find in the kitchen. Morgan, eggs. That's it. When I'm not home and she gets hungry, she asks Allison to cook. Up until a couple years ago, she wouldn't check out at a store unless one of her sisters went with her. That's just Morgan. Nothing has happened to traumatize her, that's just her.
Knowing she's a senior in high school and she's really got to start getting in the groove with things, in a hurry, I decided to change her math to something that's going to be more useful in life than calculus. We chose comsumer math.
I'm really excited about this math! I just know it's going to be so much fun and useful! We just have to double up on it since it's a full year and we only have one semester left. No biggy, though.
As far as the other things I felt like she really needed, she's also taking life management. Another useful subject. As you can see on the front, it covers quite a few areas in life:
When I began homeschooling, 3 years ago, I wanted to definitely give all the girls a home economics course. I bought the curriculum but never really used it. We never could get past the first few lessons. I was just starting out and felt if there was more time left in the day, they could do more math or something. I didn't need a book to show me how to teach them to manage a home, right? Well, that time never really came...not on a regular every day basis anyway.
Her new home economics course:
As you can see, it comes with a lab manual. Can't wait for her first one! I'll be posting each one she does.
My baby's grown now. Bittersweet.