Field Day

Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 8:12 | Category : Co-op
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Field Day at our co-op is always such a fun day!  In their class rotations, the kids go around to seven different activities.

Tug-of-war
Long Jump
Softball Throw
50 Yard Dash
Three-legged Race
Sack Race
Obstacle Course

The moms sign up to either work a station or escort classes from station to station.  Those who escort also keep records of 1st, 2nd and [...]

Co-op Talent Expo

Monday, 27 April 2009, 15:22 | Category : Co-op
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This past weekend was time once again for our co-op’s talent expo.  It’s such a fun time of sharing talents and competing for ribbons in the areas of art, music, drama, spelling, Bible memorization, cooking, woodworking, science fair and/or sewing.
This year’s projects for Caleb included two art projects, a *huge* birdhouse and a derby pie.  [...]

Night at the Museum Party

Thursday, 19 February 2009, 10:39 | Category : Co-op, History
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The smaller of the two homeschool groups I’m a part of met this week for a Night at the Museum party.  What fun it was!

Each child was supposed to choose either an historical character from the movie or a character based on one of the time periods covered in the movie.  They were asked to [...]

A Bittersweet Ending

Monday, 12 May 2008, 6:45 | Category : Co-op
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Even my husband doesn’t give me flowers!  But the sweet and wonderful ladies of co-op gave me a send-off after our last mom’s room meeting that included not only these lovely flowers, but a shower of cards and gifts, too.  And this weekend at our Spring Program, Cathy gave me a lovely gift, but more importantly, lovely [...]

Expo Comptetions

Saturday, 19 April 2008, 11:19 | Category : Art, Co-op, Handicrafts and Life Skills, Kid's Cooking
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I know, you’re tired of hearing how wonderful our co-op is!  But seriously, it is.  Friday night was our annual competition night.  The children choose from all sorts of competitions to enter – music, art, cooking, Bible memorization, science fair, construction, knitting/crochet/sewing, spelling bee – and maybe even more.
Here are a few pictures from the [...]