First Class Update

Our First Class Co-op is coming right along! Now that Garden Way has agreed to partner with us in this venture, we have been busily working on a class list and schedule.

Click HERE for a tentative class list.

***If you cannot access the document at the above link, please email lighthomeschooling@gmail.com (or click the button on the right side bar!) for a PDF copy***

Several people have committed to teaching, but we still need a few more people to teach a class. Some class ideas are:

Building Class (LEGOs, Knex, etc.)

Sign Language

Book Club

Cooking

Cake Decorating

Fairy Tale Theater

Armor of God

Zoo Science

Physics

Dr. Seuss

Geography

Maps

Grossology (digestion)

Pirates

Colonial Times, World War II or any period of time

Sewing

Knitting

Wood Working (make a project but no power tools)

Board Games (ages 6+) – we’d divide into age groups within one class

These ideas are just to get you started thinking of your own ideas. Go to the library, pick a book that is interesting to you and break it down into 8 classes. Don’t forget Rainbow Resources and Homeschooling in the Woods for ideas. If you use or purchase your own materials for the class, those are yours to do with as you like. If you pass the cost of materials on to the kids as a materials fee, then the co-op would own the materials for use in a class at a later time.

You can also find additional class ideas on the First Class website: http://www.firstclasshomeschool.org/pages/uploads/LeadersFiles/Friday_School_Class_Ideas/FCHM-CLASS%20IDEAS.pdf

We also need "bargain hunters" to help us find LEGOS, Knex and other building materials. If you think you could help us out, contact lighthomeschooling@gmail.com for more information and budget details.

We will be scheduling a planning meeting in the next week, so watch your emails for the date and time. The meeting will be held at our co-op location, Garden Way Church, 231 N Garden Way, Eugene, Oregon.

We're looking forward to an exciting new year!

See you soon =)