Participants are grouped developmentally for all
classes and workshops. Age ranges are suggested and classes are
geared toward the specified range. This is meant as a flexible
guideline rather than a rigid age requirement.
These small group experiences
can provide a context for social interaction among homeschooling
children and teens while simultaneously enhancing the home study
curriculum.
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Classes and Workshops
Many successful classes and workshops
have been offered to homeschoolers since September of 2003. Future classes
may be offered in many of the following areas:
Math
Concepts and Skills
Multi-session classes are designed
to teach math concepts to children ages 5-15. Hands-on mathematical
explorations and problem-solving tasks engage a variety of learning
modes. Topics could include number sense, place value, patterns,
multiplication and division, probability, statistics and graphing,
geometry, decimals, money, pre-algebra, and algebra.
Book
Discussion Groups
and Young Writers' Groups
For ages nine and up, these groups are intended to provide older
children and teens with a social context for rich experiences
with language. They are an invitation for children with a love
of books or writing to learn together with peers who have similar
interests.
Integrated
Place-Based Learning Programs
Thematic classes and long-term environmental projects integrate
and develop many skill areas and academic subjects through hands-on
learning experiences in the local environment. For children ages
seven and up.
Hands-On
Science Classes
These multi-session classes support
children's natural tendency to investigate their world and try
to make sense of it. Active learning experiences are organized
around an appealing theme to create a fun and relevant context
for older children to practice the skills involved in scientific
experimentation and discovery.
Historical
Simulations and Other Social Studies Projects
Rich social studies experiences enable children and teens to
connect personally to other people, times, and places in meaningful
ways. These projects engage students in actively exploring significant
ideas, events, people, issues, problems, and places from history
and different cultures and communities. Possibilities include
dramatic recreations, debates, simulations of actual historical
events, plays, living history, etc.
Other Class/Workshop Possibilities
~ Programs that combine several
elements & academic subjects:
• Living Stories: An Intergenerational
Project
• Homeschoolers I.N.K. (Investigating
New Knowledge)
• The Game of Village
~ Workshops to develop projects of individual
interest in a group context
~ Other suggestions welcomed!
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