Learning This Year

This has been a fun year learning about lots of different things.

Hobbies

I got even more into origami this year and learned some very complicated 3D folding with big paper. I also did a lot of baking and made all the pies and pastries for Thanksgiving from scratch which everyone loved. Just recently I learned how to make homemade butter and ice cream. I also can make hair gel out of Chia seeds which is pretty cool. 

Reading & History

I did mostly medieval history this year which is still my favorite and I read the Ranger's Apprentice series all the way through which was a lot of fun. Lately I am reading Narnia. I had read some of these earlier, but never finished the series so I am excited to read them all the way through. 

As a family we did a whole bunch of reading and listening to classics together this year almost 40 total.

- Wizard of Oz

- The Time Machine

- Animal Farm

- Black Beauty

- Shakespeare for kids

- A dog of Flanders

- Understood Betsy

- Beatrice Potter Books

- Cheaper by the Dozen

- Little Women

- Little Men

- The Man who Counted

- The Declaration of Independence

- What would The Founding Fathers Think

- The Alchemist

- Pinocchio

- Mr. Popper's Penguins

- My Friend Flicka

- King Arther and His Knights

- The Moffits

- The Little Prince

- Chitti Chitti Bang Bang

- Peter Pan

- Mathematicians are People Too

- Five Children and It

- The Jungle Book

- Riki Tiki Tavi

- Just So Stories

- The Prince and the Pauper

- The Scarlet Pimpernell

Math

This year I finished 7th grade math on Khan Academy and am starting through 8th grade and some pre-algebra. I did a lot of math with money this year too as I had to earn money for my soccer cleats and gear.

Music

I discovered the song Lady of Shallot this year which comes from a poem by Tennyson. I learned to play the song on the piano and am working at memorizing the whole poem this summer. I also learned Solfeggieto which is a fast song by Bach.

Science

This year I spent a lot of time in nature observing animals and plants. I also did some fun science experiments like a candle out of an orange and I learned about chain reactions through dominoes and weaving popsicle stick bombs that go all around.

Sports

I still love playing soccer the most and have made a whole practice skill goals for the summer to get better. This year I played with a Club team where most of the kids were 1 or 2 years older than me. I also got selected for a Regional National Team which will travel to New Jersey later this month for a tournament. I'm working a lot on my touch, but also starting to try and get faster with and without the ball.

Achievements

I did some typing practice this year and my record is 75 WPM which is even faster than my dad. 

I beat my old soccer juggling record this year and got 554 juggles without dropping it. I was getting a little tired by the end.

I also did a lot of photography with my mom this year and I took one photo that I entered into a gallery show and it sold which I was really excited about.