Co-op Started Yesterday

Our new co-op session began yesterday. We meet every other Friday for 8 sessions. Our day is from 9:30-2:30 at a local church. 146 other children from 62 other families join us in this endeavor. And, oh yeah, I am the coordinator! lol

I am teaching a class called Make Your Own Toys, based on Steven Caney's Toy Book. It's going to be a fun creative class and I have 14 students enrolled.

These are the things my kids are taking this time around. A 25 minute lunch period intervenes between 2nd and 3rd hours.

David - age 12

1 – Lego Robotics 2 (Part 2 of the class he took last time.)

2 – Dodgeball (All Dodgeball all the time!)

3 – Open Gym (Free Play in the gym with sports equipment)

4 – Leathercrafting (His goal is to make a wallet.)

5 – Business & Money for Kids (Equipping kids to start and run their own businesses. David is a little apprehensive about this class still.)

Emily - age 9

1 – Open Gym

2 – Drawing (A talented teen teaches this class.)

3 – Fun with Fabric (Making things from fabric without sewing machines.)

4 – Choir (There are 2 BOYS in the class this time around, shocking all the girls! lol)

5 – Physical Education Girls (Yesterday they did 5 laps around the gym and played clothespin tag.)

James - age 7

1 – Ancient Civilizations (Doing a History Pockets book on, what else, Ancient Civilizations! lol Pockets books are cutting, pasting, coloring)

2 – Ink*redible (learning about rubber stamping)

3 – How to Draw Racecars, Dinos and More (Just what it says!)

4 – PE ages 6-9 (Organized games for the lower el kids)

5 – Caldecott Lit Pockets (Another Pockets book, this time on Caldecott-winning picture books.)

Suzy - age 4

1 – Open Gym

2 – Heroes of the Bible (Bible stories and a craft)

3 – Kings Kids (Learning about character - "My teacher, Shiloh's mom, said, "NO LYING!!!" in my class!"

4 – Crafts for all Seasons (Making crafts)

5 – Playdough (Playing with playdough)

They all love co-op and look forward to it immensely. I love it too. It's great to see so many homeschool families all in one place, to see the moms connecting, to see the kids making friends, to see such creative learning opportunities!