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Homeschool Group: Co-op Nov.2007

Dec. 10, 2007 • 4:04 PM

We have our monthly co-op this week and as I was preparing things for it, I realized I never posted about last month's co-op day. So... here it is.

We started off reading many of the Creative Writing assignments and continued reading them throughout the day at the times when teachers were changing and starting the next classes. These kids truly have become Creative writers!

Our English from the Roots up was on the root word: metron

The body class was on the brain. It is in two parts but this month was focused on the brain, spinal cord and introduction to nerves.

Here are the photos:

Here is one of the worksheets from their notebooks showing the parts of the brain!

If you'd like to see the lungs from a previous class, click Here!

And you can see the heart  here!

While the older children had the Body Class, the littler ones had a class about Thanksgiving. We did a book on tape and they colored a paper with the verse "Give thanks to the Lord". Psalm 136:1

They watched the Precious Moments Thanksgiving movie while each child came one by one to do a handprint painting. Here are my two little ones with their paintings!

In the Nutrition and Meal Planning class, the children decided on upcoming meals. We had a mini-Thanksgiving meal this month of chicken drumsticks, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, green bean casserile, cranberry relish, apple sauce, apple crisp, rolls, pumpkin muffins, and apple cider! It was very tasty! In January the children will start working together to prepare our lunches there!

The kids played some recreational group games for phys.ed. We ended with an art class where the children learned about Winslow Homer and then painted their own oceanscape.

Here is "Panda" and her painting:

Our Homeschool Group: October Co-op Day!

Oct. 23, 2007 • 6:14 PM

October 18th, 2007 - Homeschool Co-op Day!

We read the Creative Writing assignments throughout the day! The children were able to choose a prompt from a whole calendar of good writing prompts. Thanks to Proverbs 22:6 Academy for this great resource! And.. Great job to you, kids!

Our English from the Roots Up Class worked with the greek root of TELE.

The youngest children kept busy with a bear theme in the morning while the older ones had The Human Body Class. The little ones each brought a teddy bear or teddy's friend. They all sat on a quilt and then took turns doing Show & Tell with their bears! Then they listened to a book on tape called "Bear's New Friend" By: Karma Wilson. The illustrations are very whimsical and done by Jane Chapman. Then they did a teddy bear SHAPES booklet for a craft.

The Human Body Class was on the respiratory system.

Here are the pictures from the activities. (Unfortunately I couldn't be in the class as I was leading the younger class but I did get photos of their projects, etc.

Here is the organ: This time is was a set of lungs, etc. It is so amazing to actually see the body's organs up close and touch them. (They are of course animal organs)

The Lungs: (The butcher said they believe the left side was injured & that is why that side is so dark in color. The instructor made the slice in it so the children could feel inside.)

The children are each making large paper bodies and adding "organs: each time. Here is Princess, Pilgrim, and others working on them.

The Nutrition & Meal Planning Class was on Deciphering Ingredients, Reading labels and Hunting for Hidden Sugars! My kids are learning a lot from this class too. They can't wait until they start planning and preparing the lunch menu and meals.

Then lunch and physical education (group games)

After lunch the older children did the Art appreciation Class on Claude Monet.  The younger children had their LAMBS class (Learning And Memorizing Bible Stories). This class was on David & Goliath. They heard the story then they took turns throwing a (duct tape) ball representing David's stone) at a large goliath on the wall.

Here is my Precious next to my Goliath figure!

Then they watched the Veggie Tales version on the story while resting and/or coloring the booklet they got to take home with them.

We finished off the day with reading the remaining Creative Writings and Clean-up!

Isaiah 54:13 "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children."

Our Homeschool Co-op Day: September

Oct. 7, 2007 • 5:43 PM

A Quick overview of our Homeschool group Day last Thursday (sorry this is so late in getting posted- too busy lately to get photos loaded, etc.)

Our day started promptly at 10 am. We always begin in prayer. The Creative Writing assignment was: Something I want to learn more about this year. Why this seems interesting, etc.

The first class was English from the Roots Up. The root word was graph (greek origin)

Then the children split into two groups the older ones 7 and up had Art appreciation while I taught the 2-6 year olds in a class called LAMBS (Learning And Memorizing with Bible Stories).

The older children studied Pablo Picasso this time. They made Owl pictures like one of his pieces of artwork. They painted the Owl in bright colors then collaged paper around the owl.

These are my children's Owls:

The little ones studied the Fruits of the Spirit. With having 2 and 3 year olds in the class I need to keep things short and always changing to keep everyone's attention. Our class went very smoothly this time. We started with a puppet skit. I told them a little about the Fruits of the Spirit and we read Galations 5:22-23. I had a short VHS where the song Fruit of the Spirit was song to a marching band. Then they played a game called Don't upset the fruit basket. Each child was a fruit. We had 2 apples, 2 bananas, 2 peaches, etc. When I called out "Apple", the 2 apples had to switch spots. When I said that the fruit basket spilled then everyone changed places. This got them active and even the youngest ones could do it. Then they got a packet of coloring pictures on the fruits of the spirit. The glued (using glue sticks) foam fruit pieces to the cover and then colored the pictures. We watched the movie again and this time marched with the matching band out to the lunch area for our lunchtime. After eating, the children all played outside a little

In the afternoon we had a class on Nutrition and Meal Planning. It was on Proper proportions and Balance in meals. Then Galloping the Globe. where they learned about France and Europe. The day ended with The Human Body Class. This was on the Circulatory system: Heart and Blood. My sister-in-law teaches this class. She was a nurse by profession. She brought a heart/lung from a pig and also a cow's heart (which is much larger than a human's. It made it easier to see the parts.etc.) The kids took turns touching the organs and pushing on the lungs, etc. (Then of course washing their hands) It was very interesting!

Above are the pig organs then the cow heart (cut in half). Below is the Cow heart. (Sorry if this is gross to you but it was an excellent learning resource.)

Our Homeschool Group: Co-op

Oct. 6, 2007 • 7:48 AM

I mentioned recently that we had a home school group at our church. In 2003, I went to some of other ladies within our church to see if they would want to do a home school group together for some group activities with our children. We started in February of 2003. I only had three children at the time. They were the ages 7,5 and 3.