We have been really busy the last week
Pere started his MBA program at Notre Dame on Thursday. He was very busy with orientation and classes and team building exercises, etc. Spouses were invited to a couple of the events, so I got to eat dinner in the press box over the Notre Dame football stadium and chit chat with the wife of the V.P. of the school about the wretched state of the airline industry. ;)
While Pere was uber busy at work and at school Zoe was having camp days.
She rehearsed scenes from Mary Poppins all week at musical theatre camp and performed at the local theatre on Saturday. It was really cute.
In the afternoons she attended a math camp at Notre Dame. She loved math camp so much she asked to sign up for three more weeks! Today she worked on fractals, programmed a LEGOs mindstorm robot and circuits.
Today was really busy for Zoe, she had her first music class since we got back from Los Angeles, then right after that she had her weekly gymnastics class, and then the math camp. Tonight during her prayers she thanked God for all her classes. :) so cute!
When I wasn't driving Zoe around or sitting in on an awesome Myers Briggs Personality Indicator seminar at Notre Dame I have I been trying to come up with Zoe's fall curriculum, specifically science.
I averaged 300 websites a day since Wednesday looking for the best middle school life science curriculum known to man. I came up with Singapore Science (which we were already using...) and e science labs.
http://www.singaporemath.com/Homeschool_s/60.htm
http://www.singaporemath.com/FAQ_Secondary_Math_s/16.htm
The Ministry of Education in Singapore uses In Science, New Science Discovery, and Interactive Science for Inquiring Minds for middle school. For math they are using Discovering Mathematics and Math Insights.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - they have a page that shows that the singapore curriculum alines with their grade level focal points.
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/nctm_singapore_math.htm
and on the Edinformatics math and science reform webpage they link to the singapore math and science curriculum as "Noteworthy" and "Edinformatics Select!"
http://edinformatics.com/reform/reform.htm
The photos of Z are super cute. It sounds like a great math camp. I've been researching too, when I have free time, and I've come up with one maybe and one pretty sure.
ReplyDeleteI've always heard good things about Singapore's math programs, but not much about their science. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteWow -- sounds like things are going well! We have been saving money but I think I may have to give in and get the girls into at least one camp week before the summer is over (even if the most popular are totally full.)
ReplyDeleteI am really looking forward to looking at your science finds! You always do such an amazing job of find great things!
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