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Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Dawson Says {New Student, New Unit, New Math Curriculum}

We have had lots of changes this week in homeschooling. One of those changes is that we got a new student. My little sister Brynne is home schooled now. I like her being home schooled because my mom has to focus on her so I'm doing my work on my own. Another change is that I got a new math curriculum. I used to have to do 30 problems a day, now I only have to do about 8. The last change is that we just finished studying Ancient Egypt and are now moving on to Greece. I'm kinda bummed that we are done with Egypt, and I'm not really looking forward to Greece. I'm just looking forward to learning about the Greek Gods.

For more specifics on what we did this week, and all the info on bringing Brynne home for homeschooling, go here.

We are linking up to Weekly Wrap-up at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

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