Hillside Co-op

We had our first day of co-op on Friday, and although I really enjoyed it, I think I am still recovering! (Well, maybe it's just the fact that we had to work on the rental house also this weekend...I am just feeling so very tired.) Well, and we also had the fun of a lunch with extended family on Saturday (got to meet Dorian's girlfriend, Merrill, who is SO sweet) and a birthday party for Grampa on Sunday. Somewhere in there we also cleared the garage, repaired the hole in the floor at the rental, and made of list of things we still need to do.

But back to co-op...it went very well! I need to tweak my plan for the 1st-2nd grade class, but the other classes went great. Beau and Geneva fit well into their Kindergarten and Preschool classes, and Katarina and Dane enjoyed their 3rd-5th grade class. I pretty much taught Math concepts--patterns, calendar work, counting, sequencing--with a few games thrown in for fun. The Kindergarten class did a fabulous job with the Speckled Frog song...what fun! The older kids got to take a manners/etiquette class, classical music, sci-fi literature, and U.S. Geography. They will have many different classes throughout this year, which is a good thing.

Did I mention that I'm tired?

Okay, so I'm sure it will get easier. But today I am just exhausted from the Fri-Sun time period. But our Monday is starting out great...more on that later...time to teach Grammar!