The school year is almost over for our "Lafayette School" as Ivana calls it. And we have celebrated the end of the year at our homeschooling co-op with a spring concert.
It was the first year that we have joined a "Fine Arts Co-op", and it was a great experience for both me and the girls. I was able to meet very nice Moms, and Ivana and Leona made friends with a couple of kids.
Today we took home Ivana's folder from her Art class with all the projects they worked on during the course of the year. And since I spent most of the time in the nursery and could not participate and observe the classes, I was kind of in a dark about what they were doing. Her folder looks pretty impressive!
Music class was just great! Ms. DeJulia was the only professional paid music teacher at the co-op.It's too bad that she is not coming back next year. She was able to teach the kids a lot, and Ivana personally loved the class. For the Spring concert her class learned two songs, as she actually memorised the lyrics!
Gym was favourite for all the kids in the co-op. As a teacher we had a Mom, former Olympic athlete, and a beautiful facility where the kids could do their warm ups, stretchings, and play group games and sports.
There are huge changes coming up for the next year at the co-op. It seems like it's going to be a totally different program. Since the co-op is based on parents' initiative and participation, this year I was more a "receiver" than a "giver". Being new to the group, moving to another state, expecting a baby and then having a newborn, etc. I was doing a lot of cleaning there not to feel that I contributed nothing. At first I was hesitant whether to come back for the next year, since the music class is very important for me. But then I reconsidered and decided on participating more next year. I have tons of ideas, and having a "different" program does not necessarily mean "worse" program. "Different" can be also "better". So, I offered to teach an Art Class for younger kids, and also be an organiser of a Creative Dramatics Class with the performance for Christmas and spring. It seemed that there was a lot of interest from other parents on me doing that... So I got "green light" to sleep on the ideas and come up with a plan for a year. I guess my brain will be pretty busy this coming summer.
2 comments:
That sounds like fun - kids and drama just go naturally together.
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