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Looking for a fun preschool class that will keep them learning, busy, and having fun? Little Builders fits all three categories! We started every class with a book about building. Here was our line-up: Week 1: I Want to Be a Builder Week 2: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Week 3: The Toolbox Week …

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Eleven years ago, a group of women came together to start a Five in a Row Homeschool Co-op. The oldest kids attending were in first grade. After five years, we decided those oldest kids needed something more, so we started an enrichment co-op, Treasure Seekers. The classes below are a sampling of the 70+ classes …

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Summer is coming, and so are the BUGS! A few years ago, my friend, Jodi taught two insect classes at co-op. I’ve asked her to guest post about the class. Most children are fascinated by insects, and this would make a fun class or club for this summer or fall. For our Fall semester 2012, …

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A little bit of science. A little bit of art. And a whole lot of having fun and making a mess! What Is Crazy Kid Concoctions? Crazy Kid Concoctions is a spring class I taught for 1st-4th grade students. It’s kids getting a chance to make their own craft supplies and more! In order to keep …

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homeschool blog Are you involved in a homeschool co-op? If so you are probably required to offer a class or two each semester to the group. The idea of offering a class can be intimidating for some. Co-op classes are a wonderful way to share your skills and to benefit from the clever families around you. A Co-Op means, Co-operative… sharing your passions and learning about the passions about others…for free or cheap. Exchanging strength for strength. For example, our family is heavy into the hobby of astronomy so we have often offered observing nights to our homeschooling friends, while they offer their skills to us. I am also a book lover so I have offered many years worth of reading groups to the kids in our co-op. If you are new to this form of sharing-the-love, you might be experiencing anxiety trying to think of something to offer your group. I know the fearful questions in your mind: Do I have a skill? What am I qualified to teach? What can I do? LOL…listen, I've been there. Fear not, for you have plenty to offer. As you experience the homeschool lifestyle you will find it easier to think of things that interest you and that you wish to offer to your group. For now, here are a few ideas you might like to borrow, keeping in mind that your children might have ideas of their own because your kids probably have some great ideas about what types of activities they would love to share with their new friends. Homeschoolers are all about field trips so I'm sure your family has had their share of trips to the museums, parks, zoos, nature areas, theaters, libraries, and cultural events. Field trips have the added bonus of being a one-time activity, though I generally offer a list of field trips and activities to our co op. Although I have created this list mostly from my brainstorming, I have also included wonderful ideas that I have seen or heard of through my own or other homeschool groups. The kids with astronaut Sandra Magnus Have you thought about some of these places: Field Trips Trash pick up along the highway or in a special place Use the schedule of your town's public transportation and go tour your city Creek or pond exploration using Peterson's field guides and magnifying glasses Bird watching Insect discovery Fish Geocaching Caving Learning the rocks Answer phones for public television or other fund drive Attend hobby clubs offered in your city: rock clubs, robotics, astronomy, ham radio, rocketry, Toastmasters Attend civic meetings and political rallies Go to the airport Tour of Public Transportation with Surprise destination Art Museum Visit a nursing home and/or day care center to sing or entertain or read Explore your library system, visit each branch in your town Mini golf, or create your own! TV/radio stations, newspaper tours Control tower at a small airport..very cool! Follow a creek and discuss how is oxbows, erodes, changes Tour industries Tour the local university or college Tour a local quarry, utility company, city hall, water treatment, lock and dam Arrange Shadowing opportunities with local business people Tour historic homes, cemeteries, architecture, statues and monuments, museums My experience with unique field trips is that my children have become familiar with how our town functions, they follow local news, they get to know local politicians and officials, and they have a real sense of belonging. We have formed real attachments to the places that we have visited and we notice activities involving these places. Also I have found that many of these places are more than delighted to have interested visitors. ART . Art work can be expensive, frugal, or absolutely free. Use the resources available to you within your homeschool co op to find others who are interested in exploring the arts and combine your talents and resources. A clever method of offering good co op classes is working with another family within the co op in order to offer the best of both of your resources! So double up with a friend and make the activity even easier to accomplish! Guitar singing in the round Clothing design Create a drama club Tie dying Architecture Tour Batik Woodworking Create a Game Embroidering Study of abstract art or artists Artist a Week study Sculpture Walk Create large scale art pieces Docent-led tour of local galleries Journal making Papermaking Mendi, henna Gourd decorating Cake decorating Beading Film noir International film study Make a video Paint a room Weave Clean up lot or yard of someone in need Learn a Bollywood dance number Play dress up Dancing lessons with a big dance at the end, invite family and friends Photography Beginning instrument lessons Explore poetry types Sewing/knitting/crochet Knots One family we know has the kids paint their car! Finger painting Anime' class Anything with glitter or glue Study a film genre' or two Friendship bracelets Victory garden, from design to dinner Create a co op newsletter Create a co op logo Make greeting cards Sing campfire songs Telescopes Write a one act play and perform it Make soap Healthy cooking Create art out of discarded junk Nature crafts Outside Activities As long as the weather cooperates, taking the kids outdoors is one of the best benefits of homeschooling. Knowing that we are in the sun and fresh air is a great way to remember this is why we homeschool! Playing in parks is a great activity, but there are more creative and fun ways to use outdoor fun as a co op activity. Here are some fun, easy, and cheap or free ways to take your lessons out-of-doors: Create an obstacle course Clean up the park Archery Fitness Class Cooking over an open fire Cooking underground Map making Geocaching How early man lived, survival Hayride Yard games Fort building Build fairy houses Clean a favorite lot Horseback riding Volunteer to manage an elderly neighbor’s yard or garden Scavenger hunt nature items without removing them One wonderful mom that I know stages a full-on olympics! Bike riding and nature hikes Photographing architecture Photographing the letters of the alphabet Rocketry Gardening Team sports Jump rope games and rhymes Kite building and flying Tulip bulb planting Water play day Academics Obvious classes to offer are weekly or recurring scholastic skill building classes that build on certain skills. Of course these courses require more organization and planning but they are very productive, fun, and very welcome. Scout among the other parents and families in your co op to see what kinds of things they can offer the group. Current event, news review Math tutoring Poetry writing Reading Group Create a lecture series First Aid Toastmasters or public speaking Sexuality Fashion Design/costume design Architecture Philosophy Critical Thinking Anatomy Bookkeeping, Personal Finance Role playing Games Writing Group Constitution and government Drivers Ed I taught an excellent English 1 class Babysitting Skills Science Experiments Ethics Pet Care Poetry The Human Body Choir One Acts Learn the Presidents Electrical Circuits and magnets Biology, Chemistry, Physics Typing, blogging Price comparison shopping Budgeting Sign Language or other language Historical Fiction Pretend store using real money Exploration of history Measuring Note taking and researching Math games Third World Countries Write and produce a newscast Research a new country each week Using your PC How Does it Work? AKA: DESTRUCTION Learn about marketing and propaganda Show and share Create your own service project Pokemon/Yugioh/other game Volunteer in the community Food pantry or soup kitchen Yoga or meditation Exercise class Careers, visit work places and learn about what they do Include the Family The homeschool lifestyle is so unique and inclusive. We can include our extended families and friends in our activities.! Groups of families and friends working together or playing together is another excellent thing that makes homeschooling such a rich experience. Talk to your relatives and see what skills or hobbies that they might like to share with your co op. One lovely woman that I know brings her mother to a gardening course on a regular basis and she helps us to appreciate the insects and other animals that share the garden space with us. Grandparents love sharing their knowledge and passion with their beloved grandchildren and their friends. Keep is simple and fun. Other family-pleasing ideas include: Golf Yoga Role playing games Game Night Movie Night Grandma and Me Tea Bingo Making Stone Soup Storytelling Formal dinner party Camping trips Caroling Dance Lessons Etiquette Lessons Raise funds for the community, donate to a community project Yard Sale Careers Learn history from real time stories Living History Museum Carwashing Bread baking Manicures and make up Computers As the wife of an IT guy, I would be remiss if I didn't include some ideas about using technology and the computer. There is no doubt that the internet is an amazing tool that our children are lucky enough to have at their fingertips. Some websites have entire courses available; why not share them with the group? Here are a few ideas for using technology to offer a co op class: Create, update, maintain a co op webpage Learn to use MS Publisher or Paint or Photoshop or ... Create a membership list or helpful links for your co op Contact other HS groups and create a pen pal network News Reviews by reading news from the point of view of other nations Letter Writing General WWW usage and safety Kids teach adults Use the computer to send letters to political figures about topics that are important to you Create petitions Create Personal Books Resume writing Bookkeeping programs Play computer games together (duh) Design a menu Design a brochure or handout for the co op Create a calendar Make greeting cards I guess that one key is to keep is simple, make it fun, and follow your own bliss. And consider including your children in the brainstorming and planning phase. My children have come up with some wildly successful co op class ideas, from a Power Ranger Party to swimming at the local pool to scavenger hunts across town. Children enjoying getting messy and creating things and most parents would be THRILLED to have these fun events happen at someone else’s house! Volunteer activities promote wonderful growth in our children and are much more fun when done in groups. Check out idea books at the library for even more ideas. If possible, get your hands on Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, or other Scout handbooks for more great ideas, skits, and projects. The simple classes are wonderful but let’s not forget academic classes that are structured and that offer prep for higher learning. Most parents sincerely appreciate academic classes that are difficult to teach. If you can offer something like that each semester you will be everyone's best friend. Can YOU think of any ideas to share?

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This semester, I am teaching an Introduction to Public Speaking class at our bi-weekly homeschool co-op. Although the practical goal for this class is to provide opportunity and practice for the children to be able to speak in a large group setting, the spiritual implications can be found in the class verse, "But in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect," 1 Peter 3:15 As Christ-followers, we ought always to be ready to give an answer to the hope that we have. That "readiness" requires a MESSAGE and the ABILITY to proclaim it. While I believe that God can and does use even the most timidly-delivered testimonies for His glory, I also think this verse implies a boldness. Often boldness only comes with practice and a little bit of know-how. This class offers both. Objectives To provide practical instruction in the following public speaking skills in order that each student can successfully deliver a demonstration speech at the end of the semester: approaching the platform commanding audience attention volume diction/articulation eye contact facial/body expression speech preparation peer evaluation and critique Typical Class Schedule Each class period will contain the same six elements unless otherwise mentioned in the lesson plan. They are as follows: vocal/body warm-up exercise review of previously learned material a brief lesson of new material brainstorming/planning session peer-critique take-home assignment Demonstration Speech The culmination of the entire semester comes in the form of a demonstration speech. I have chosen the demonstration speech to be the final project because it is one of the simplest and most practical of all speech types. Delivery of a demonstration speech requires the use of all the skills mastered throughout the semester and can easily be age-tailored for my young students. Each demo speech must possess the following four parts: Introduction Listing of necessary supplies/materials Steps of completion Conclusion Mentor & Peer-Critique As with anything in life, evaluation is a helpful tool for personal improvement. Part of learning to become an effective speaker is learning to become a critical listener of one's audience. Each speech will be delivered at least twice in order that mentor and peer feedback may be given and used for improvement. Each student will deliver his/her speech once. Oral feedback will, then, be given by me, the mentor, in the form of at least 2 positive comments and 1 constructive criticism. After the first round of speeches has been completed by everyone in the class, the second round will begin. Each student will re-deliver his/her speech keeping the mentor feedback in mind. After each "do-over", I will call upon other class members to provide peer critiques. Two students will be asked to give a positive comment about the speech and one student will be asked to provide a constructive criticism. Lesson Plans Day 1 Warm-up Exercise: The Penguin; march around the room with large strides and swinging arms Lesson Objectives: Introduce the class verse and explain the importance of public speaking. Discuss a Biblical view of "shyness". Demonstrate how to properly introduce oneself and allow everyone to practice. Demonstrate how to properly approach and exit a platform and allow everyone to practice. Discuss the importance of a peer-critique and give examples. Discuss "vocal clutter" (ummm, and, uhhh, other filler words). Take-home Assignment: Read over the Presidential Trivia paragraphs twice to yourself and once to your family. Become familiar with it, but do not memorize it.* *I've typed out short paragraph excerpts from the book I Grew Up to be President by Laurie Calkhoven. Each excerpt is from the life of a different president and will be assigned to one of the students in the speech class. Day 2 Warm-up Exercise: Tongue twisters Review: how to approach and exit a speaking platform Lesson Objectives: Discuss the appropriate volume for audience size, maintaining eye contact when reading something aloud, and proper pausing during a recitation/reading. Demonstrate a presidential trivia paragraph reading. Allow everyone to have two run-throughs of his/her presidential paragraphs. (Follow mentor/peer critique guidelines.) Day 3 Warm-up Exercise: Play "What's in the box?" (Fill a box with random items from around your house such as a coat hanger, a jump rope, an empty water jug. Call one student at a time to the front to pull one item out of the box. He/she must create an alternative use for the item and use it in a charade-like mini skit. Audience members must correctly guess the new use for the item.) Lesson Objectives: Discuss hand gestures, body language, and improvisation skills. Show an example of a demonstration speech from youtube. Discuss the four main parts of a demonstration speech: introduction, listing of necessary supplies/materials, steps of completion, conclusion. Brainstorm possible demonstration speech topics as a group. Assist the students in choosing a topic. (Speeches should only be 3-5 minutes in length. Chosen topics should be ones that can be demonstrated from start to finish at co-op.) Take-home Assignment: Pass out a 3x5 card to each student. Instruct everyone to write his/her name at the top and his/her demo speech topic. They are to take these cards home and use them to list out all of the necessary materials for their chosen demo topic. Day 4 Warm-up Exercise: Clap/Snap Oral Scattergories (Gather everyone in a large circle. Introduce a topic such as boy's names or animals. Call out a letter and then begin a clap/snap pattern with everyone clapping and snapping in unison. As soon as a rhythm has been established, call on one of the students to start the game. He/she has to say a word that falls under the topic heading and begins with the assigned letter BEFORE one repetition of clap/snap is finished. The play continues until someone is unable to give a word in the allotted time. When this happens, he/she is out and a new topic and letter are chosen. The game continues until all players except one have been eliminated Example: If the topic is boy's names and the letter is B, the students around the circle could call out BRIAN [clap, clap, snap, snap] BRAD [clap, clap, snap, snap] BRENT [clap, clap, snap, snap]... ) Review: The four parts of a demonstration speech. Lesson Objectives: Write out the steps to the demonstration on 3 x 5 cards. Review concepts learned in Day 2. Discuss the logical progression of a speech. Day 5 Warm-up Exercise: Play charades using suggestions from Kid's Charades. Review: the four parts of a demonstration speech Lesson Objectives: Introduce different types of introduction examples. (question, quotation, narrative story, statistic, personal reference, joke, historical or current event reference) Assist the students in brainstorming introductions for their demonstration speeches. Introduce different types of conclusion examples. (question, quotation, strong appeal, inspirational story, joke, summary) Assist the students in brainstorming conclusions for their demonstrations speeches. Take-Home Assignment: Practice your speech a total of 4 times (3 to yourself and once to your family). Day 6 Warm-up Exercise: tongue twisters and body stretches Lesson Objectives: Allow the students to deliver their demonstration speeches. Provide mentor feedback of each and allow for audience feedback from other students.

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A little bit of science. A little bit of art. And a whole lot of having fun and making a mess! What Is Crazy Kid Concoctions? Crazy Kid Concoctions is a spring class I taught for 1st-4th grade students. It’s kids getting a chance to make their own craft supplies and more! In order to keep …

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Summer is coming, and so are the BUGS! A few years ago, my friend, Jodi taught two insect classes at co-op. I’ve asked her to guest post about the class. Most children are fascinated by insects, and this would make a fun class or club for this summer or fall. For our Fall semester 2012, …

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My sweet and smart friend, Brandy, created and taught this class last fall. Our co-op ran 12 weeks, so she chose four American Girl dolls and decided to focus on each one for three weeks. Each week, the girls were encouraged to go home and read one book about the featured doll. During the tea parties, …

Looking for a fun preschool class that will keep them learning, busy, and having fun? Little Builders fits all three categories! We started every class with a book about building. Here was our line-up: Week 1: I Want to Be a Builder Week 2: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Week 3: The Toolbox Week …

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