Co-Op Fun

  Occasionally I will mention a trip to Village Home.  Have you ever wondered what I am referring to?  I thought I would use today to share with you our “community college for homeschoolers” in the Portland Metro area. What is Village Home? Village Home Education Resource Center serves homeschool families in Beaverton and Portland, [...]

Yesterday we attended the first event for the Westside Tweens group.  The ages were 7 to 15.  A good mixture of boys & girls.  We showed up an 1/2 hour late because I’m time-impaired.  It was really fun.  They split the groups into four.  Each group had to look for items in the park and [...]

Tuesday is co-op day.  We meet with a couple of other families.  Today, we celebrate Roald Dahl Day.   This year marks 50 years of James and the Giant Peach.   Want to celebrate with us?  Visit Roald Dahl Day for more information! Mr. Dahl wrote The BFG, The Twits, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The [...]

This summer we began a co-op with my adopted sister’s family.  They live outside of a local town in “the country”.  We love to visit their place and enjoy the fresh air, space and chickens! We agreed upon reading The Story of the World Volume I together.  We usually use our co-op time to complete [...]

Fridays are for our homeschool co-op.  We are reading Story of the World this year with another homeschool family.  Today we read Chapter 1: The Nomad Farmers & the Fertile Crescent Valley. The activity was to create a shelter for our tribe using materials available.  They had to determine what to eat, what to hunt, [...]

What do homeschool families do when they get together?  LEARN! The Boy and WD (names changed to protect the innocent) both like to make brownies.  Each boy has developed his own unique style of brownie.  Well, because we like to eat brownies encourage their creativity, we declared a brownie cook-off.  The date was scheduled, the [...]