Coming from experience I wish I had a class to help me with this as a kid!
I was a teller as a young adult and enjoyed the banking atmosphere.
Kids will get a chance to practice being a teller, learn about bills and budgets, create a budget, create a couple different systems for tracking their pretend income, research and establish their income based on their chosen “jobs”, and pay their “bills” each week. We will likely have a few items for sale the kids can buy when they get “paid” each week as well 🙂 we will use fake money but each child will take home a budget binder and supplies at the end of the term.
World Literature
This high school level world literature course will focus on great literary works from Germany and Great Britain. It would be a great accompaniment to a world history course. Using Progeny Press study guides as well as The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales and some hilarious dark comical tales from Struwwelpeter, we will be reading and studying several original German fairy tales and cautionary tales from Heinrich Hoffman as well as two British novels: The Screwtape Letters (first half of the semester), and A Christmas Carol (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 upload the Progeny Press study guides to Basecamp so you can print them directly from there since I already purchased digital copies. All you will need to supply are copies of the two British novels, a binder keep study guides in, and a pen or pencil. You do not have to purchase The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The tales can easily be accessed online, checked out from the library, or purchased if desired. I will have copies of Struwwelpeter to share.
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 and two weeks after the last class in December. (That way, they have eight weeks to complete each study guide.) 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.
*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 and Struwwelpeter will be completed in class.
**I will also be offering this course in Spring 2025 and we will be reading Lord of the Flies and Out of the Silent Planet. Both semesters would offer a full high school credit in this course.
Have fun learning step by step how to draw some fun characters, make pop up card/pictures, draw different items from bikes/cakes/mermaids/dragons/etc. while following the family Youtube channel “Art for Kids Hub”.
We will spend the first 25 minutes following the video drawing and the other 25 minutes coloring our artwork.
We will allow our students to display their best pieces of art at the end of the semester for a prize. Every student will receive a participation prize.
**If your child decides to join this class later, I do expect you to also provide the fee listed. Thank you! I had a couple of kids join last semester and did not contribute to the cost.
Supplies provided, $5 to cover markers/pencils/papers used/folders/prizes
Drama Club for Grades PreK – 1st Grade. This class will be full of movement, dramatic actions, and silliness! We will learn a few jokes and short poems, work on acting out scenes of well known stories on the stage, and plan on performing a short semester end play.
In this class I will begin with a read aloud from the series: The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls and then at the middle of class we will be making a simple pony bead craft (i.e, apple, pumpkin, indian corn, spider, Christmas ornaments, snowflake, ect.)
*If you took the class this past spring this will be a continuation but it isn’t necessary to have taken this last semester to sign up this time!)
My goal will be to get through books 6-9 of this series during the 12 week semester (and we will also be making new pony bead crafts!) – here’s a description of the books:
The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls is an adventure-packed chapter book series for readers ages six to nine. The series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as they discover ancient scrolls that transport them back to key moments in biblical history. There they find a world filled with wonder, adventure, and danger. They must search for clues to solve the secret of the scrolls . . . or they will be stuck in time forever.
The books include a rich cast of supporting characters, including Great-Uncle Solomon, the eccentric archaeologist who discovered the scrolls; the angel Michael, who guides the children on their quests; and key figures from the Bible stories.
*the books say they are geared to ages 6-9 but I enjoy them haha so I’m open to all ages*
A meeting place for High Schoolers to catch up on schoolwork and have questions answered by peers. Maybe even help each other plan their week out ?!? We will also be going through one ACT prep vocabulary word per week using the Wordly Wise book. Very informal. Chrissy will be facilitating this class.
Each week the kids will bring something into class to present. The goal is to get comfortable talking in front of people while sharing some thing they love, or are passionate about. Some weeks might have a theme or a public speaking trait we are working or focusing on. I also have some manners and conversation cards to spark conversation if time allows!
We will be going on a Land animal Safari , using our World Map to identify location, experimenting , tracking the animals, playing games and field trip planned for the Tiger Sanctuary!
$5 per term. Each student will create a take home arts and craft project weekly to include things such as keychains, book marks, necklaces, and such. Suitable for older kids as well as younger kids. Most kids ages 6-13 or so would find this as an enjoyable class as most crafts and art projects can be individualized based on the child’s skill level and interest. For example, a younger child may make a flower out of perler beads while a teen boy may make a Pokémon ball or character.
$5 per term. Each student will create a take home arts and craft project weekly to include things such as keychains, book marks, necklaces, and such. Suitable for older kids as well as younger kids. Most kids ages 6-13 or so would find this as an enjoyable class as most crafts and art projects can be individualized based on the child’s skill level and interest. For example, a younger child may make a flower out of perler beads while a teen boy may make a Pokémon ball or character.