Summer Vacation

Kyle has had a busy summer. He has done enough to give him content for his blog. We traveled to Louisiana for the summer, stopping in Washington D.C. for a short vacation on the way. In D.C. we were able to see most of the major sights. Kyle posted a short summary of our trip. With the post I asked him to write in organized paragraphs. This added extra stress to the task. Although he was happy with the results of the post, the time it took to complete it has soured him on writing. For his next post I will use video to get him motivated again.

While we were in Louisiana for two months Kyle managed just a single post on his stay there. There were many first for him in Louisiana (his first baseball game, his first time riding a tube), but he hasn't shown a desire to want to write about these activities. We did start a video on the weather, or the rain, in Louisiana. We will finish it here in the U.A.E., in order to contrast the wet conditions of Louisiana to the dry conditions of the U.A.E.

Kyle has started school again, which cuts down on the time he has to blog. But the hope is that in school he gains new motivation to blog. The desire to share his experiences with classmates can give him the motivation to do the extra work the blog requires. I will also be on the lookout for school projects that can be done online.