We broke some ice by creating a class playlist, which was wonderfully varied (Parents, look for the playlist in your email soon!). Then, I asked folks what they knew about or associated with the word “rhetoric;” we established that rhetoric
Weekly Summary: Fall Leaves – Quarks – Nature Study
First week of co-op the Quarks were introduced to their nature journals . We will be exploring recording our findings in them the rest of the year . The week theme was Autumn leaves . We observed the color shades
Weekly Summary: Anatomy & Physiology – Muons
We started with a little getting to know one another and sharing some obscure facts about the human body. Then the muons were assigned a directional anatomy term – they shared definitions and learned from each other. We practiced the
Weekly Summary: Muons – Language Arts
The Muons started Language Arts with a group review of a few concepts – adjectives, syllables, and how to use a dictionary and thesaurus. Almost everyone got involved in explaining these concepts, so it really was a refresher for most.
Weekly Summary: Glazing Bisked Clay – Muons – Art
A variety of glaze options were presented to the Muons. The could choose between primary colors or glazes with effects. The first half of the Muons already glazed a few weeks ago. This week, the other half finished up. Since
Weekly Summary: 100 Point challenge – Muons and Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
For the last gym class this school year, we reviewed what we had done all year. Kids first got to say what they remembered and demonstrate / practice together. This was the prep for our 100 point challenge (an appendix
Weekly Summary: Eiffel Tower/marble maze – Electrons and Neutrons – STEM
The Neutrons and Electrons had two engineering projects to choose from this week… a group project of building an Eiffel Tower out of newspaper, or a solo project creating a marble maze using cardboard and popsicle sticks. Interestingly enough, most
Weekly Summary: Kicking and soccer – Muons and Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
We used the beautiful weather today to make it feel like summer! For warmup, we used hula hoops to hula on our waist and arms, jump through them and play games with the hoops. Then we switched to a beach
Weekly Summary: Metal Tooling – Quarks – Art
Last week we experimented with metal tooling. Each kiddo created their own design on paper first. We then taped that over a piece of heavy gauge aluminum and used paint brush handles to trace over that design effectively embossing the
Weekly Summary: Nature Story telling – Neutrons – Nature Study
This week we took our story-telling skills from last week and honed in on natural elements to weave into our stories. We attempted to take a hike, but the trail we chose was a bit wet, to say the least,