Seventh Grade with Agent H

Agent H's seventh grade curriculum was a bit of this and that.

We switched him from Teaching Textbooks math to Life of Fred math this year. We liked Teaching Textbooks but I had a hunch Agent H's learning style leaned towards LofF and after a year of it I think I was right. I had him get used to the LofF style by doing an Intermediate level that was a little young for him. Next he did the Fractions and Decimal & Percents books, then he started the Pre-Algebra books.  It was a lot of math.  He hasn't completed it all yet so we'll continue on through the summer months but I feel like it will keep him fresh for starting Algebra in the fall. He self-corrects and for every lesson that he gets less than one wrong on he gets to go to the SunRidge candy jar and dig out a few. I happily have had to refill it quite a few times.

I also used the free allinonehomeschool.com (more about it in this post) for his english, computer, reading material, science, Spanish. I was impressed with all of the assignments, really! They also do a nice job of breaking up the assignments with the occasional "thinking game".

Agent H has really enjoyed the history curriculum with Living Books Curriculum over the years so we decided to stick with them. History is his joy so he happily put his nose in the books and did mostly oral narrations for me.

He had such a busy year and handled it very well. Karate on Monday nights, Assistant Games Director for the Sparks at AWANA on Tuesdays, Middle School Ministry activities on Wednesday, our small group met on Thursdays, more karate on Saturday mornings, random social events. By the Lord's grace only is his introvert mama handling all this running around.

In the picture below I think he's giving me one of those "hammy" if-I-have-to-do-one-more-math-lesson-my-brain-will-burst looks.

He found a neat spot out in the woods behind us to build a little lean-to. He'll head out there with his knife and hatched and tinker around. His heart is leaning towards some type of military or police career. My mama's heart kinda quakes at the thought of the danger involved in those careers. Time to pray some more.