Some of Daniel's recent schoolwork

A page from Daniel's Book of Century. He doesn't do it every week. As I paged through the completed pages, a common theme jumped out. What else could it be but the theme of war and battle? Not sure if it's because of human history is never short of bloodshed or because this boy of mine loves things of battle. We're reading about Renaissance this year. Our Island Story is used for British history and This Country of Ours for American history. We're also reading Trial and Triumph for stories from church history.

 
One of Daniel's copy work pages. His cursive writing is quite good, but he often writes sloppily in any other schoolwork. Seems that he  is still "allergic" to putting pencil on paper.

Speaking of handwriting, I don't request so much of it at all. Narration is the major vehicle to evaluate the student's comprehension and retention. Sometimes, if he chooses so, he could use drawings or Legos to enhance his narration. Last week, he built the ship Argo with Lego while telling the story of  ow the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea.

Free play time. Playing "breakout" with James and their neighborhood friends. Call it recess or P.E..