🏃♂️ Day 1: Running the Race (Perseverance)
Devotion: Hebrews 12:1 – "Let us run with endurance the race set before us"
Gross Motor: Mini relay races
Fine Motor: Lacing race track with string
Craft: Make race bibs with numbers
Experiment: Balloon-powered car races
⛰️ Day 2: Climbing Big Mountains (Faith & Endurance)
Devotion: Philippians 4:13 – "I can do all things through Christ"
Gross Motor: "Mountain climbing" (crawling and jumping over obstacles)
Fine Motor: Threading beads to build "mountains"
Craft: Paper plate mountain art
Experiment: Erupting vinegar & baking soda mountain
💪 Day 3: Strength Like Samson (Physical & Spiritual Strength)
Devotion: Judges 16:17 – "The Lord is my strength"
Gross Motor: Tug-of-war & building with blocks
Fine Motor: Cutting out and decorating "strength shields"
Craft: "Strong for God" wristbands
Experiment: Testing which materials are strongest (bridge-building challenge)
🌱 Day 4: Growing with Endurance (Patience & Trust in God)
Devotion: Galatians 6:9 – "Do not grow weary in doing good"
Gross Motor: "Planting" bean bags into targets
Fine Motor: Peeling stickers and arranging them into growing plants
Craft: DIY potted plant to take home
Experiment: Sprouting seeds in a bag
In this class kids will learn how to make easy snacks as well as breakfast, lunch, and dessert items. They will learn kitchen safety and will practice good cleaning techniques. Our menu will include items such as: a parfait snack, scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, and a berry smoothie. Class time will include food prep and cleanup.
Travel the world with stories, songs, notebooking, and more! Each week will focus on a different country - learning the different flags, ways to say hello, geographical features, and cultural traits that make each country unique. The first semester will cover North America, South America and Asia while the second semester will cover Europe, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
Requirements:
*This class is meant to be taken alongside the enrichment class Eat Your Way Around the World. At registration you will automatically be registered for both; contact the class coordinator if you do not wish to be enrolled in Eat Your Way Around the World.
Travel the world with stories, songs, notebooking, and more! Each week will focus on a different country - learning the different flags, ways to say hello, geographical features, and cultural traits that make each country unique. The first semester will cover North America, South America and Asia while the second semester will cover Europe, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
Requirements:
*This class is meant to be taken alongside the enrichment class Eat Your Way Around the World. At registration you will automatically be registered for both; contact the class coordinator if you do not wish to be enrolled in Eat Your Way Around the World.
In this class we will be reading through some of the My First Little House books including both Laura and Almanzo stories. Each class the kids will earn badges and explore what it was like to be a pioneer. Some of the fun things we will make and do include: making a covered wagon, sewing paper quilts, paper weaving , tapping pretend maple trees and building log cabins. We will also study some animals mentioned in our stories and learn plant identification and some uses of them. Come explore the big woods and prairie through craft and play!
Requirements:
Children ages 4-6
Must be able to sit for 15 minute story time, use scissors and glue safely, make sure they have gone potty before class so we can spend time playing and learning.
Come explore countries around the world! Each traveler will receive a passport and collect stamps every week as we virtually travel around the world learning about life in other countries. We will make crafts and do activities inspired by the countries we visit. We'll practice how to say hello in other languages and play our way around the beautiful world that God has made.
Requirements:
Children need to have gone to the restroom before class begins, must be able to sit for story time, raise hands, take turns, work with glue and scissors relatively independently, and help clean up their space.
Climb up into the treehouse with your fellow patriots to explore the godly foundation and growth of our great nation.
Students will time-travel through US history with crafts, music, stories, songs, biographies, art history, games, dress-up days, and more! They will memorize the Pledge of Allegiance, The Star Spangled Banner, how to name & locate all 50 states, create a timeline of US events, and much more - all while creating their own patriotic notebook!
The material in this course is based on K-2nd grade Abeka history texts along with other Christ-Centered resources.
Requirements:
Students should be ready to write a few words each week (they can trace or copy from the board). Students will be encouraged to follow 3-step directions, work independently, ask for help if needed, take turns, and show kindness and respect to the teacher and fellow classmates.
Climb up into the treehouse with your fellow Junior Patriots to explore the Godly foundation and growth of our beautiful America from the 1400s to 1899. Students will time-travel through US history with meaningful crafts, songs, biographies, art history, games, dress-up days, and more! They will memorize the Pledge of Allegiance, the Preamble (& other quotes) and learn to sing & sign The Star-Spangled Banner. Kids will learn how to name & locate all 50 states, create a timeline of US events, and much more - all while creating their own patriotic notebook!
Kid's will have opportunities to present a few, short oral reports throughout the year and create their own "Inventions" like Thomas Edison.
This year-long course is based on 2nd -4th grade Abeka history texts along with other Christ-Centered resources.
Requirements:
Students should be ready to write a few words each week (they can trace or copy from the board). Students will be encouraged to follow 3-step directions, work independently, ask for help if needed, take turns, and show kindness and respect to the teacher and fellow classmates.
About once a month I usually have a take-home assignment for the kids to do and bring back.
Climb up into the treehouse with your fellow Junior Patriots to explore the Godly foundation and growth of our beautiful America from the 1400s to 1899. Students will time-travel through US history with meaningful crafts, songs, biographies, art history, games, dress-up days, and more! They will memorize the Pledge of Allegiance, the Preamble (& other quotes) and learn to sing & sign The Star-Spangled Banner. Kids will learn how to name & locate all 50 states, create a timeline of US events, and much more - all while creating their own patriotic notebook!
Kid's will have opportunities to present a few, short oral reports throughout the year and create their own "Inventions" like Thomas Edison.
This year-long course is based on 2nd -4th grade Abeka history texts along with other Christ-Centered resources.
Requirements:
Students should be ready to write a few words each week (they can trace or copy from the board). Students will be encouraged to follow 3-step directions, work independently, ask for help if needed, take turns, and show kindness and respect to the teacher and fellow classmates.
About once a month I usually have a take-home assignment for the kids to do and bring back.
Climb up into the treehouse with your fellow patriots to explore the godly foundation and growth of our great nation.
Students will time-travel through US history with crafts, music, stories, songs, biographies, art history, games, dress-up days, and more! They will memorize the Pledge of Allegiance, The Star Spangled Banner, how to name & locate all 50 states, create a timeline of US events, and much more - all while creating their own patriotic notebook!
The material in this course is based on K-2nd grade Abeka history texts along with other Christ-Centered resources.
Requirements:
Students should be ready to write a few words each week (they can trace or copy from the board). Students will be encouraged to follow 3-step directions, work independently, ask for help if needed, take turns, and show kindness and respect to the teacher and fellow classmates.