Come play with us! A fun child led free play class!
We will have creative sensory stations set up for exploratory play each week to support each child's interests. This will encourage fine gross motor skills, social play interactions and improve hand eye coordination. Sensory stations will have non toxic sand, colorful rice, beans, fabrics, organic homemade play dough, woah dough & fun nature pieces my kids will collect and bring in for cutting and creative art. We will also start each class with show & tell! Each week we will have an art craft which kids are welcome to participate in but if social and sensory play is more appealing they are welcome stay playing and creating together. :)
Montessori has the ultimate scientifically-based way to address child development. As a Paraprofessional Educator for Battle Ground School District in the special needs area I have learned the importance of creative free play for kids. As a homeschooling Mama myself, my two children and I utilize the Montessori approach and we all love it!
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. Calling all Star Wars fans! During our Camp Week, we will have a HUGE variety of activities about all-things Star Wars! We will do fun activities such as games, obstacle courses, sensory play (like making snow for the Planet Hoth), LEGO builds—and crashes, food creation, crafts (yes, we’ll make more than one type of lightsaber!), and short YouTube videos. Hopefully everyone will learn some new things along the way, while also enjoying activities surrounding general Star Wars fun!
Students will receive their own small LEGO set of a Star Wars character/ship ($10 or below). These will be purchased by the teacher based on availability and enrollment. The students will get to take their set home, as it is part of the class fee.
Each day will include:
1.) A fun “lesson” on a Star Wars topic
2.) A movement or sensory play activity that goes directly with the lesson
3.) Snack Time
4.) Craft Time (Designing lightsabers and general time for Star Wars character and food crafts)
*Firmly Planted has a YouTube Pro account; so there will be no advertisements during videos.
Requirements:
None
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
3
Admin Tier:
Summer Camp
Admin Fee:
$5, Term Total = $60
Class Fee:
$110.00
Supply Fee:
$25.00
Elementary Composition and Grammar
Ages 7yr-12yr
Becky Pomaville
Fall 2023
Language Arts
- Writing
Schedule:
Wednesday - Classroom - 220: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Description:
This beginning writing course (Write to Show Thyself Approved) is for students who are ready to learn how to compose fact and fiction pieces. It covers organizing and note taking to build a formal paragraph. By the end of the year students will be writing reports and stories. Grammar will be taught in context with stories. Students will learn the mechanics of writing as well. There will be required homework each week. I homeschooled 8 children as well as pursued additional teacher training. I love to see kids make progress in academics and so I present the class in a fun & engaging manner. Each child will be able to progress from their own, individual ability to higher levels. We will cover what God has to say about writing and character traits and how we should use our best efforts at improving communication skills.
Requirements:
Students taking this class are expected to be already reading and able to write a sentence. Students should also be able to understand and follow directions to participate in classroom activities, such as reading aloud, speaking when requested during the class, respectful listening, and participating in simple in-class writing. All core classes require the family to commit to completing homework. Students will need to bring a 3 ring binder to class for handouts and resources. Also required are pens in black, blue, and red ink.
Assistants:
Homework:
Up to 2 Hours Week
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Specialty
Admin Fee:
$4.00, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$150.00
Supply Fee:
$10.00
LEGO® Games, Builds, and Beyond!
Ages 8yr-12yr
Sharon Czerwien
Summer Camp: August 2024
Science
- Engineering
Schedule:
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:
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. Here’s a camp for LEGO fans! During this week, we will do a variety of activities, games, freestyle builds, sensory play, crafts (yes, even with food!), and short YouTube videos—all themed around LEGO bricks!
Students will also get their own LEGO set to work on each day. The set will be part of the class fee, and the students can take these small builds home throughout the week. The exact set will depend upon availability, based on enrollment.
Please note, this LEGO camp will not be a “hard core” LEGO class. We will not be engineering and creating masterful builds to win competitions. The camp is designed for children who want to have general fun with LEGO bricks.
Each camp day will consist of 6 parts:
1.) LEGO Fact-of-the-Day (including a 5:00 minute or less YouTube video)
2.) Game/Activity using LEGO bricks
3.) Snack time
4.) LEGO craft and/or sensory activity
5.) Building time for the take-home LEGO set
6.) Freestyle building opportunity
*Firmly Planted has a YouTube Pro account; so there will be no advertisements during videos.
Requirements:
none
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
3
Admin Tier:
Summer Camp
Admin Fee:
$5, Term Total = $60
Class Fee:
$110.00
Supply Fee:
$25.00
Music Composition
Ages 12yr-19yr+
Jonathan Metz
Fall 2023
Music
- Theory
Schedule:
Wednesday - Music Room - 117: 10:00 am - 10:50 am
Description:
This engaging, interactive, and explorative class seeks not only to teach the craft of music composition but to encourage participants to feel like real composers. Students will have the opportunity to explore the practice of composition by seeing music through a composer’s lens — learning more about what makes music music through its core elements: melody, harmony, rhythm, expression, instrumentation, structure, other essential elements of music, as well as writing with lyrics if desired. Participants will compose their own pieces and songs with colorful tools and artistry, share their work with other students, dive deep into the great compositions and songs of the past, and ultimately discover God's creative gift to mankind to imitate him — the ultimate Creator.
Requirements:
Concurrent involvement in music in some other fashion, for example, private music lessons on an instrumental, voice, or ensemble participation. Piano skills not required but helpful.
This is a class for younger students who want to learn the game of Chess. Chess is great for improving a young person’s concentration and strategic thinking. Educational research has shown that students who learn chess have improved their math abilities, and their general academic performance. Chess Club Beginner 1 will be a 1 hour session each week at FPHRC. This club will be shorter than our clubs for older students and include more playing time and less instruction. Our goals are for the young player to have fun and to learn basic strategy and tactics for winning chess.
Every session will include a motivational Chess “Life Lesson” as we discuss what God wants us to learn from life and playing chess.
We are thankful to God for the success of the chess program at FPHRC. We have won first place, and third place as a team at chess tournament competitions. This will be Mr. Snyder's third semester at FPHRC. He has a college degree in Graphic Design and a Masters in Teaching from WSUV. He has been a public and private school teacher for the last 16 years. Before that he was an advertising manager, graphic designer, and computer technician. He is currently a professional artist and substitute teacher in six districts in Clark County. He enjoys Bible Study, chess, reading, swimming, and hiking. He is a widower with an adult son and daughter.
Requirements:
To be successful in this class students need to be motivated to learn chess and have a desire to become a good chess player.
Assistants:
Homework:
Up to 2 Hours Week
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Elective
Admin Fee:
$4.00, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$80.00
Supply Fee:
$10.00
Campfire Kids
Ages 5yr-7yr
Diana Reinhardt
Summer Camp: August 2024
Unsure
- Uncategorized
Schedule:
Monday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description:
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. Welcome to Campfire Kids.
Each day your kids will experience a real, retro-style camping trip (minus the bugs). The kids sit on real sleeping bags inside a real tent to learn camp songs, read camp stories with their flashlights and learn our bible devotion for the day. We will eat classic camp snacks like s'mores and trail mix, on real tin camp dishes and do a different nature/science craft each day. A big highlight everyday will be earning Merit Badge stickers that they will add the their Camp Journal (Fruits of the Spirit and "Scouting" badges). The kids will learn a camp skit and do a variety of relay races and other "get moving" games. I can't wait to meet all my happy campers.
:) July and August Campfire Kids will each be unique experiences with new crafts, snacks, games and badges.
Genius Hour was first invented by Google where employees were allowed to use 20% of their time (Fridays) to work on their own ideas for projects. GMail, Google News, and many other profitable ideas came out of this initiative.
GeniusHour-Visual Art Special Projects at FPHRC will be an exploration time for students to imagine, create, and share visual art projects. So it will NOT be a classic Genius Hour in that we will limit the projects to visual art, graphics, etc.
Some examples:
- Produce a children's book on a parable in the Gospels
- Paint a large composition illustrating home schooling for a hallway at FPHRC
- Produce a sculpture of the Apostle Paul preaching at Athens
Guidelines and rules for projects provide safety, moral, and legal guidelines. Here is the basic process:
1. Students will propose a project for approval by parents, the instructor, and the administration
2. Students will plan how to create and share their project
3. Students will produce their project for approval
4. Parents and Students will evaluate and decide the next steps
So, Genius Students at FPHRC. Join this class for an adventure in learning.
Students will be able to use the computer lab for two hours during class time and by appointment with Mr. Snyder. The computer lab has Wacom screen tablets, Adobe Premier Rush, Gimp, Blender, Audacity, and several other software programs useful to produce projects.
Here is a good YouTube to learn more about Genius Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMFQUtHsWhc
Here is a website for ideas: https://www.geniushourguide.org/ It may have some wrong ideas but it seems to have some helpful information also.
Mr. Snyder has accumulated lots of art related supplies. If Mr. Snyder does not have the supplies needed, then parents and students will have to provide them.
Requirements:
Art Studio and Computer Lab will be needed for this class.
Assistants:
Homework:
Up to 4 Hours Week
Billable Hours Per Week:
2
Admin Tier:
Specialty
Admin Fee:
$4.00, Term Total = $128
Class Fee:
$120.00
Supply Fee:
$20.00
Campfire Kids
Ages 5yr-7yr
Diana Reinhardt
Summer Camp: July 2024
Unsure
- Uncategorized
Schedule:
Monday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday - Classroom - 220: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description:
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. Welcome to Campfire Kids.
Each day your kids will experience a real, retro-style camping trip (minus the bugs). The kids sit on real sleeping bags inside a real tent to learn camp songs, read camp stories with their flashlights and learn our bible devotion for the day. We will eat classic camp snacks like s'mores and trail mix, on real tin camp dishes and do a different nature/science craft each day. A big highlight everyday will be earning Merit Badge stickers that they will add the their Camp Journal (Fruits of the Spirit and "Scouting" badges). The kids will learn a camp skit and do a variety of relay races and other "get moving" games. I can't wait to meet all my happy campers.
July and August Campfire Kids will each be unique experiences with new crafts, snacks, games and badges.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
3
Admin Tier:
Summer Camp
Admin Fee:
$5, Term Total = $60
Class Fee:
$100.00
Supply Fee:
$10.00
Volleyball 1
Ages 8yr-11yr
Sonia Brown
Spring 2024
Physical Fitness
- General Fitness
Schedule:
Tuesday - Auditorium - 002: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Description:
Come and learn basic fundamentals of volleyball through age specific drills. We'll use lighter balls called volley-lites, balloons and beach balls to develop skills in passing, setting, hitting and serving. A heavy emphasis is on sportsmanship and becoming a good teammate. Let the fun begin! All levels are welcome. We'll meet in the Auditorium or Outside depending on the weather.