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Homeschool Groups

10 Great Tips to Make Your Homeschool Graduation a Success!

Caps, gowns, diplomas, songs, seating, cakes, food…how in the world do you put it all together? Where will you have it? What will the ceremony consist of? How many people will attend? So many questions and so little time! This weekend we are having our homeschool group graduation. We’ve done it and you can too!…

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9 Effective Ways to Motivate People to Volunteer in Your Homeschool Group

Have you ever beat your head against the wall trying to find volunteers? Or maybe you have to constantly take over positions because no one shows up? Or maybe you would love to have a science class on Fridays for the 13 year olds but you don’t have time to do it yourself? We’ve all…

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How to Avoid Problems in Your Homeschool Group: Here’s a Handbook!

When our co-op first started, we didn’t have any rules written down. It ended up being a nightmare for our leaders! (Click here to get the whole story! ) In desperation we contacted Mrs. Wine, someone many of us knew because she had YEARS of experience running co-ops in our area. She gladly let us…

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How to Avoid Problems in Your Homeschool Group: High School Handbook

Here is our high school handbook. Feel free to use it as a model for your high school group to set expectations and prevent problems before they start! HOMESCHOOL CO-OP HIGH SCHOOL HANDBOOK TEACHER EXPECTATIONS ❖ The teacher is expected to choose, plan, and prep the curriculum. ❖ A syllabus is required for high school…

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How to Avoid Gossip, Conflict, and Misunderstanding: Trust Agreement

The idea for this Trust Agreement was given to us by one of our incredible mentors, Mrs. P, who runs a wonderful private Lutheran School in our town. We modified it a bit, and here is the end result! This agreement starts with versus from the Bible that model the Trust Agreement method. If you…

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Ultimate Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas: High School

Drama (Produce a play and perform it at the end of co-op) Improv Drama (Find improv games online. Learn about how to build scenes and what’s funny. Practice games each week and perform some at the end of co-op) Speech (We love IEW’s Speech Boot Camp, or develop your own speech program.) Biology (Apologia or…

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Ultimate Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas: Elementary & Middle School

Famous Artists (Study an artist each week and do a project that incorporates that artist’s style.) Painting (Practice painting using different types of paint–watercolors, oils, acrylics, watercolor pens, etc. Spend a few weeks on each topic) Portrait Drawing (Lean how to draw faces. Learn about proportions, eyes, shading, ears, hair, etc. Practice drawing using your…

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Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas: Preschool-2nd Grade

Music and Movement (Songs, action songs, finger plays and rhymes, worship songs, rhythm instruments.) Make and Move (Kiddos make their own instruments or crafts for music–bell bracelets for their feet, rings or sticks with ribbons, scarf flags, tambourines made from paper plates, egg shakers, etc. and use them with music or games) Circle Time (talk…

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5 Great Reasons to Start or Join a Co-op

1. Build Community Co-ops are a great place to make friends, both for kids and parents.  If you find a co-op you really like, you will not only make friends, but build a community around yourself with people who may become long-term friends of your kids, yourself, or your whole family.  It may not be…

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Starting a Co-op: 3 Key Ingredients

1. People Getting a core group of families is key to starting a co-op. This one may be a piece of cake for you if you already have some families chomping at the bit to get started. For that matter, you may practically have a whole community of families right at your fingertips! But if…

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