Monday, October 10, 2011

Project Management

Now that we kinda got the hang of this homeschool thing, we decided to let the kids each pick a project to work on that's not directly related to a school subject.  I guess we could call it electives.

Brennan picked woodworking, which is fine with me, because that makes Dad the teacher!  They are working together on a birdhouse for the back yard.  Don't worry, Brennan is not allowed to use the power tools.  Those of you who know Brennan know what a scary prospect Brennan with a power tool is. =)


Ella chose sewing.  This is her working on a decorative pillow case for her room.  She learned about using the iron, pinning, and even operated the sewing machine.  I am currently her teacher, but we are hoping to transition soon to her much more qualified Grandma.


Kyler is learning computer programming.  This is one area that I feel somewhat confidant that I can teach.  He's using a program called Alice, which was developed at Carnegie Mellon as a tool for teaching programming concepts.  So far, it's mostly like a computer game for Kyler, so he loves it.  But he is learning as he goes along, whether he knows it or not.


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