arborite Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 DS 14 has finished up his year-long science class, as well as his writing class. With this found time we want a break from routine and some fun, intense learning. Please share your favorite short courses that could be enjoyably completed (or intensely initiated) within a few weeks. What would YOU dive into if you had a couple of weeks to spare? -He is a voracious, college-level reader who loves travel, fantasy, sci-fi and history. -He reads and speaks Latin and German at an intro level. But we are open to absolutely anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 My DS is in a similar situation. He is an avid martial artist; he is researching the history of different martial arts. Things I would enjoy myself: - immerse myself in a certain historical period, listen to TC lectures and read biographies of people in that period - finally watch the TC lecture series on geology I have bought but not watched - go on a reading binge and read several works from a favorite author/ favorite period - do a language intensive and watch a film in the foreign language with sub titles every day - find a performance of a play or opera and prepare by reading up on it. listening to a recording/watching a video, culminating in the live event - start a creative writing project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 In our house we do that almost every year and call it May Term. Now that he's approaching high school you could try to knock out 1/4 or 1/2 credit of something like art, health, or PE. Drag it into summer a bit and it's summer session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Is travel to a history-related destination an option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I've wanted to do the MIT Kitchen Chemistry for several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arborite Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 We have done a lot of history-led travel over the past two years. None in the cards for the next few weeks. We do go to China in June, though - we could start in on a China-themed history unit! Ideas welcome. We have decided to use this time, in part, to gather digital photos from all our trips to create a travelogue/blog. This will be a nice coda to our two homeschool years - he goes to high school in the fall (sniff...). We are also going to do a geography unit, including Mapping the World by Art. This will link up to our travelogue. And: go to the library and pull off the shelves piles of books to just read, read, read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I have more than 2 weeks, more like a summer, but I plan on having a Shakespeaeran summer immersion. Of course, DD will be joining me, but first I need some help by reading How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig. There should be a few free plays in the park this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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