Students will participate in PE games, kickball, dodgeball, wiffle ball, flag football, and learn muscle groups during warm up/stretch. We will practice skills to go with each sport and encourage teamwork during PE games.
Time: 12:45 PM
Pre-K Art
Join us as we immerse our students in Art while building early literacy skills.
We will have three themed blocks lasting 4 weeks. Week 12 will be a display table for students to show off work at the end of the term.
Our themes for this semester are Down on the Farm, Children’s Books, and Under the Sea.
Each class Children will listen to a story related to the theme of the block. We will follow our story time with a class art project. Throughout the project children will practice early literacy skills as well as counting.
Cursive Handwriting
This class is intended for grades 2nd-5th, but is open to any student that is ready and capable.
We will learn and practice all letters, letter connections, word and sentence writing. We will also have additional activities to help reinforce letter recognition and reading in cursive.
All worksheets will be provided each week. Students should come to class prepared with pencil, eraser, and crayons or colored pencils.
Line Dancing with Laila
In this class, the students will learn line dances such as, watermelon crawl, the git up, and even some as basic as church clap. This class is mostly for fun! If anyone likes to dance and is willing to participate in learning a few more dances, this is a class for them. It would probably be best if the students were 8+ because some of the line dances will include steps that are difficult for little kids to learn and remember, but if they are willing to try their best and participate, then they are welcome to join:)
Hymns for a Kids Heart
Following Hymns for a Kids Heart by Bobbie Wolgemuth and Joni Eareckson Tada. We will listen and sing a hymn each week. We will learn the history and story behind the people who wrote the hymns along with biblical truths.
We will study Bible verses along with having discussions on how we can apply the truths we learned and develop the characteristic traits with each lesson following Heart of Dakota Bible Study curriculum.
**Please ask your student if they can or would like to bring their bibles. We will find a verse or two and go over one each week. Not necessary, but they may like having their own book to look at and find it.
Track
Welcome all who love running or those who want to try to😂
In this class we will work on strength and speed training indoors when weather is bad and will be running outside whenever we can!
Board and Card Games – Session 1
Join us for games! There will be a selection of board and card games to choose from each week. Students are welcome to bring a favorite game from home as well!
Little Learners
In Little Learners, each week will be a new theme/subject. Most weeks we will follow a structure of listening to a book, working on a craft or activity, and free play stations that fit the weeks theme. Some of the themes may include nursery rhymes, transportation, animals, insects and Dr. Suess.
World Literature (Semester 2 of 2)
This high school level world literature course will focus on great literary works from Germany and Great Britain. It would be a wonderful accompaniment to a world history course. Using Progeny Press study guides as well as The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales, we will be reading and studying several original German fairy tales as well as two British novels: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis (first half of the semester), and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson(second half of the semester). I have used Progeny Press for years and I like how they are written from a Christian worldview and incorporate scripture verses with the novels students will be studying. I will supply both novels and a printed study guide for each book inside a binder. (I will supply one binder with a clear front so you can swap out study guides when we switch novels.)
Students WILL be expected to come to class each week with their Progeny Press study guides completed and prepared to discuss in class. Please do not sign up your student if homework cannot be completed, as this course requires a lot of student participation. The only homework required for this class will be for the British novel portion. There will be a pre-reading assignment and one essay assigned for each book in addition to the weekly study guide assignments. Students will need to begin reading and completing the study guide two weeks prior to the first class. I will also have other fun activities planned for class in addition to the study guides. Completing two Progeny Press study guides is equivalent to a half credit for high-schoolers.
*This is an high school level class yet the grades correlated with these novels are slightly staggered. Out of the Silent Planet is listed for grades 9-12 and Treasure Island is listed for grades 7-10. Obviously you as the parent can make the judgment call with this.
**Please note, aside from reading some short fairy tales, students will not have written homework for the German literary side of this class. All written work while studying The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales will be completed in class.
***If you would rather print the study guide yourself, I will refund you $10 on the first day of class.
Drama club – Grades 4 – 12 Games, Skits, and Semester End Performance
Drama Club for Spring 2025 will offer a variety of games and skits. It will include structured games and skits to work on in groups as well as a few improv times. We will have a semester end performance most likely Treasure Island, depending on the number of students.