My girls had a great time this year attending a few classes with their homeschool assistance program. They enjoyed some time with friends and fun activities, so we were really thankful that this was offered. The theme this year for all of the classes was American History. Ashlyn was in a little learners class for Pre-K and Kindergarteners and enjoyed learning about "heroes" in American History, learning art elements and learning some music from America's history. I think her favorite activity was making peanut butter when they studied George Washington Carver. Here she is with her teacher, Miss Rachel.
Jaclyn got to learn some American History through an American Girl class. She got to read many of the historical fiction books in the American Girl series and do lots of fun crafts and projects that went with each book. They did cooking activities (she loved churning butter), and they sewed dolls and learned to cross stitch (among other things). And, she truly just enjoyed reading the books and talking about them. She also participated in an art class and learned American music from our nation's past. Here she and Ashlyn are with one of her teachers, and our family's supervising teacher, Miss Diann.
Kendall usually wants in on the action too...
One of the events this year was a Banana Split Reading program. The girls read books and presented book reports to a teacher and earned toppings for a banana split, one topping for each book. Since they both already love to read, this wasn't hard for them. :) They enjoyed it and learned some good skills in writing and presenting book reports. On the last day of classes, they got to indulge in the fruits (or should I say desserts) of their labor.
One of their classes this year was preparing and presenting a musical called "America's Kids". They both had a great time learning the songs and Jaclyn had a few speaking parts and got to perform her first solo. They both did great!
