CO-OP INFORMATION FOR WED, OCTOBER 30, 2013
Where: Cadyville Wesleyan Church, Rt 3, Cadyville, NY
When: 11:00am - 3:00pm (ending time depends on what classes your family participates in)
Please RSVP as soon as you know what classes your child wants to attend, so teachers can buy supplies & finish planning. Classes without enough students will be cancelled. If you have already RSVP'd you do not have to do so again. When RSVP'ing please make sure to do so to the teacher for the class(es) your child(ren) are interested in, or on the Facebook group. Contact information for each teacher is listed below in the class descriptions.
Free Play Room: Legos
Community Service Project: Please bring a nonperishable item for a local food shelf. Drop box will be near sign-in table.
11:00 - 12:00:
Preschool --
Fall theme preschool class to tie in with the Banker's field trip. Apples, pumpkins, leaves, and all things fall will be the theme of this class. Please note: There will NOT be Halloween activities in this class.
Teacher: Lisa Bergin
Fee: $1 per child
RSVP: Lisa Bergin, bergs76@gmail.com
Elementary kids #1 --
Elementary Engineering
We'll be learning a bit about the different types of engineering, and students will rotate through some hands-on demos, all based on Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid. The class is aimed at kids in grades K-5. Students not able to follow written instructions will need to buddy up with either a parent or another child who can.
Teacher: Emily Blauvelt
Fee: FREE
RSVP: Emily, emily.blauvelt@gmail.com
Elementary kids #2 --
The Science & Art of Butterflies
Teacher: Amanda Bokus
Fee: $2 per child
RSVP: Amanda, bokusfamily@westelcom.com
Older Kids (10+) --
Thomas Edison & Electricity Experiments, Part 1
Teachers: Holly & TJ Warren
In this class we will use activities from the Beyond Five In A Row manual to explore & discuss the life of young Thomas Edison. Students will then be broken into groups to work on a variety of snap-circuit kits.
Fees & Assignments: There are no fees for this class. If possible have your child read the first 1/2 of the book Childhood of Famous Americans: Thomas Edison.
This is the book we will be using: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Edison-Inventor-Childhood-Americans/dp/0020418507.
If your family has a set of snap-circuits they would be willing to donate just for this class period please contact Holly.
RSVP: Holly, hollyjwarren@gmail.com
12:00 - 1:00: bag lunch/recess
12:45-1:00: Children's Chorus will be meeting in the sanctuary. We will be learning a variety of religious & secular holiday songs to sing at a nursing home visit to be arranged for mid December.
1:00 - 2:00:
American Girls Club -- This club is for kids in 2nd - 6th grade. Books for the year will be chosen by the students at this first meeting, plus several craft activities will be provided.
Teachers: Holly Warren & Amanda Bokus
Fee: None for this class session, but your student will need to buy the assigned books or get them from the library.
RSVP: Holly or Amanda (see emails above)
Boys Book Club -- This club is for boys in 4th and up. They will be starting with a discussion of the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Please have read the book prior to coming to class. More information on the book can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Hatchet-Gary-Paulsen/dp/1416936475/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379351372&sr=1-1&keywords=hatchet+by+gary+paulsen
Teacher: Tammy Neureuther
Fees & Assignments: No fee for this class session. Please have read the book Hatchet prior to class.
RSVP: Tammy, tamneureuther@yahoo.com
Board Game Club -- This club has two sections. One is for boys & girls from K-3, the other is for boys & girls grades 4+. Games will be set up in separate classrooms. Please bring your favorite game to share, and make sure to label your box too! Any questions can be directed to Amanda Bokus.
2:00 - 3:00:
French Classes, beginning Oct 30, 2013, from 2-3pm, with Carole Dubois at the Cadyville Wesleyan Church following regular co-op classes.
There will be four classes (10/30, 11/6, 11/20, and 12/4) for the rest of 2013 year for $40 per child (possibly a reduced fee for family rate, being worked on presently). Classes will resume when co-op begins in Jan 2014.
Here is a description of teacher and class as stated by Carole:
" I am French Canadian, as you may guess, my first language is French. I know quite a bit about children, I raised four of my own, as a single parent. I taught French in Willsboro's Middle School and High School. I organized the French Club and a few trips to Montreal. I also taught in Peru's High School, for a one year contract only. I plan to teach your children the basic of French like numbers, days of the week, months, weather adding some usual common sentences. I will teach French just like any French text book, I think its important to know, because some parents may think the French Canadian language is different than the European one. I traveled through the province of Quebec and part of France, mostly Paris. I am very familiar with both cultures, I will be able to answer almost any questions on that subject. My goal is to make learning French enjoyable, my experience taught me children learn very well, while having fun."
Please contact Lisa Bergmann at ljddragon@juno.com with any questions or to RSVP.
--
The North Country Homeschooling group seeks to provide homeschooling support and activities to those living in the Northern NY counties of Clinton, Essex, and Franklin. Activity information is available via email, blog, and Facebook. Homeschooling support is provided though Facebook and a variety of monthly support groups. The North Country Homeschooling Group is open to anyone who homeschools or who is thinking of homeschooling. There are no membership fees.