Step into the amazing mouse world of Brambly Hedge! Students will conceptualize, design and create their own mini worlds inspired by the book series. Students will be taught how to think outside the box and use unexpected items to make their creations. We will work with a variety of materials and practice creative problem solving. By term completion each student will have crafted a tiny mouse and a home for them to dwell in.
In this class we will use a picture book retelling of C.S. Lewis's classic story The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, abridged for younger readers with beautiful Illustrations by Tudor Humphries. Each student will design, build, and finish one or more miniature scene inspired by moments in Narnia. There will be a lot of freedom in this. They can create their own characters and invent other storylines to tell their own story through building with the inspiration of Narnia. Students will learn how to plan and execute their ideas and present projects to their classmates on our final week.
Requirements:
Students must be comfortable using hot glue guns with little supervision (as I help the entire classroom), and be able to maintain a clean working space for themselves as they build.
NEW STEM SCIENTISTS is a "Hands-On" class for 7-12 year olds. Students will learn new concepts every week and perform ALL NEW SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS that reinforce that concept, to take home. Our classes will include Science, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering.
Requirements:
Parents need to notify the teacher through Slack if their child will be absent so an experiment can be set aside for that student.
Parent help in class is always appreciated.
Monday - Classroom - 224: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday - Classroom - 224: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday - Classroom - 224: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday - Classroom - 224: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description:
JUL. 22-25 Firmly Planted IGNITE summer camps all start with 30 minutes of group chapel followed by 2 1/2 hours of specialty camps designed to ignite your student's faith. Cost includes a camp t-shirt. Let's spend some time learning about the times of knights in shining armor and ladies in waiting! We will learn about medieval times through stories, lap booking, and role-playing! We will talk about what life in castles and villages would have been like, how monks lived and served the community, and what Kings and Queens really did besides look cool and sit on thrones.
Requirements:
Students should be able to cut and paste, listen to simple directions, and what to have fun! Since we are 2 and a half hours long, please bring a snack and water bottle.
This class will be a multi-sensory, multimodal approach to taking notes in a way that’s both enjoyable and memorable! We will cover taking notes on a variety of content and multiple different note taking styles so each student will have opportunity to fine-tune their abilities to make their notes work for them and find a way they enjoy and understand. We will look at different systems, using shapes and colors as memory aids, digital vs physical note taking and how to study from your notes as well as SO much more! Here’s a peek at what our syllabus looks like:
Weeks 1-3 we will cover note taking basics like how to take notes, format your notes, mark up your notes and study from them so you are equipped with the basic understanding of what note taking COULD look like for you.
Weeks 4-9 we will take notes on a variety of lengths and styles of videos (starting short and getting longer) so we can try out our different note taking styles and begin see what works and doesn’t work for each student. As they get more comfortable we will try videos without subtitles/written points and the videos will get longer to test the quality of our notes and our abilities to study from them.
Weeks 10-12 we will transition to the written word by taking notes on both fiction and non fiction writing with specific focus on sifting and retaining information from textbooks, academic articles, and scripture. We will look at ways to identify important vs relevant information and how to summarize to avoid plagiarism as well.
Week 13-15 we will finish off with LIVE GUEST SPEAKERS who will talk to the class on a subject they’re passionate about and then we will have quizzes after each speaker finishes to see how well they did on taking notes and absorbing the information presented.
In our final week we will evaluate what they’ve learned and celebrate their progress! This progress party will be a chance for them to show off how their note taking styles has changed throughout the term and to evaluate what worked and did not work for them. They’ll also have a chance to share what they’d like to try differently in the future and we might play a game which requires note taking as well if time allows. ;)
If you made it all the way through this description thank you! If you have any questions PLEASE feel free to reach out! I have spent years taking notes and learning what did and did not work for me and if I can help save you and your student some of the many headaches it gave me figuring it out on my own I would love to. My heart is to give every student the opportunity to thrive by figuring out what will work best in a way they’ll best understand and I will do my part to provide excellent feedback and constructive suggestions to guide them toward their goals.
Requirements:
Must be a fluent writer. They can bring their own notebook/paper or take one provided by me on the first day of class, but they are required to bring that notebook every class thereafter.
Thursday - Dance Studio B - 118: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Description:
Students who are selected to be one of our characters that dance a solo, small group or acting part will be taught their dancing and acting during this class time.
Requirements:
Students will be auditioning for these parts and then given permission to sign up for this class.
Receive two classes in one, in this brand new class offering! We will be using Not Consumed Homeschool curriculum called Thrive. The class fee provides the workbook for your student. The homework will include the student's workout time at home. Although the workbook says high school on it, I am breaking down these important lessons for our middle schoolers who want a deeper understanding of their nutrition and fitness. Thrive begins by laying out the foundation that God designed our bodies. Using scripture & science, your student will receive an education that focuses on stewarding the body they've been gifted. We will discuss various systems and organs in the body to help better understand how our bodies function and how to maintain your health. We will discuss the five components of physical fitness and do workouts together that will be encouraging and tracked for every student. Discovering what fuels our bodies, exploring the fundamental principals of nutrition, and how to apply these in order to make wise choices about food, drinks, and other substances. Your student will learn what it means to THRIVE as they lead a healthy, balanced life that honors God.
Receive two classes in one, in this brand new class offering! We will be using Not Consumed Homeschool curriculum called Thrive. The class fee provides the workbook for your student. The homework will include the students workout time at home. Our class can count for a half credit of fitness and a half credit of health. Thrive begins by laying out the foundation that God designed our bodies. Using scripture & science, your teen will receive an education that focuses on stewarding the body they've been gifted. We will discuss various systems and organs in the body to help better understand how our bodies function and how to maintain your health. We will discuss the five components of physical fitness and do workouts together that will be encouraging and tracked for every student. Discovering what fuels our bodies, exploring the fundamental principals of nutrition, and how to apply these in order to make wise choices about food, drinks, and other substances. Your student will learn what it means to THRIVE as they lead a healthy, balanced life that honors God.
In this class, we will be drawing what we see around us in our day to day lives.
Observational drawing is an important technique for artists and is often used as a foundation for other forms of drawing, such as figure drawing, still life, landscape, and portraiture. It is a skill that requires practice and patience, and can help artists develop their observation skills, fine-tune their technical abilities, and increase their understanding of form, light, and shadow. All levels of ability are welcome. Subject material will be pulled from everyday life, indoors and outside (weather permitting). In order to recreate what they observe, this class will build on the elements and fundamentals of art such as line, shape, shading, space, perspective, depth, and form to name a few. Materials include: sketchbook, drawing pencil to keep, as well as shared drawing tools for in class use.
In this class, we will be drawing what we see around us in our day to day lives.
Observational Drawing Jr. will: help strengthen memory, increase fine motor skills, and develop spatial awareness. Subject material will be pulled from everyday life, indoors and outside (weather permitting). In order to recreate what they observe, this class will build on the elements and fundamentals of art such as line, shape, shading, space, perspective, depth, and form to name a few. Materials include: sketchbook, drawing pencil to keep, as well as shared drawing tools for in class use.