Alright, I have been researching other homeschool co-ops and there are so many ways we can do this. My thoughts now are to have our P.E. class start at 9:00 and end at 9:45. We can focus on certain P.E. skills (I mean break the lessons into units). Next, we could break into two groups; mainly to separate age and ability a little. One group go to Excellence in Writing for 45 minutes and the other group go to... I was thinking, what do you guys think of a reading enrichment class. The kids would all read the same story (or mom could help read it) and the kids would be able to to literature circles and/or create posters promoting the books they read. There are soooo many different things they could do in the enrichment class. Also, this might be a good time to teach the kids other ways to do book reports. Anyway, that is just a thought. Oh, with these books, we could bring in science, geography, art, etc. Kind-of like the five in a row does if you are familiar with that series. What do you guys think?
Our morning would be done by 11:15. If people wanted to stay and just play until lunch they could. You could bring your lunch and eat it in the kitchen area.
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I talked to some friends and we are wondering if we can participate in just the PE class. We all have small children who are just learning to read, and we don't feel comfortable putting them in an enrichment class yet. Also, have you talked to the teachers about dividing the kids up into age groups? Maybe we could have a preschool group and a gradeschool group. Thanks for all your work on this.
Hope Bates
Yes, I am sorry I must not have written that plan on the blog at all. What we have talked about is having some of the moms work just with the preschool. They would not be involved in the actual classes. They could possibly participate in the P.E. activities, but only if it is a unit that they would be alright in (something they would not get hurt in). there are plenty of rooms in the building to separate the age groups. Would that help?
Carlene
I just wanted to say that I am very excited about the co op!! Count the Carroll's in. We would like to participare in both the p.e. and the enrichment writing. Maybe once it gets started we can think about adding science?!! Thanks for all the work you have put in Carlene!!
marilyn carroll
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