Today was technically our last day of the Japanese unit. We have a few things to finish creating next week, and we're going to make a trip to the art museum to see the Japanese art. The kids have certainly learned a lot in the past 3 weeks. They've studied the arts, language, history, geography, and government of Japan. They've also learned about samurai and the shogun era, and have spent the time doing their math with an abacus. They have created a lot of works of art, a kabuki play, and have planned a Japanese meal. Most importantly though, they've had a lot of fun while learning. We're looking forward to sharing everything with the grandparents next weekend.
I get to spend next week preparing for our units. I have lots of new ideas and thoughts on how to address some issues that have popped up, and I'm looking forward to working things out. We're going to be doing math completely different for a little while for one thing. Both kids are at a point now with math that they really need to have mastered the basic facts in order to progress at their capable pace. So I've made charts for each of them and each day we're going to take 4 basic fact quizzes. When they can finish all 400 problems in 20 minutes, we'll go back to using the math books. Until then, though they're capable of doing the work, it's too time consuming and they lose interest quickly. I know that won't be the case when they've mastered the basic facts. Then I bet they'll start flying through stuff.
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