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Saturday, November 18, 2017

The Mathematician

Ben requested that this photo be taken (and posted on Facebook) to commemorate the day he started multiplication! He's a math-loving boy!

yup he's 5.... going on 15.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Julia's favorite class at co-op this fall was Mini Markets, a class in economics and starting a business. They spent seven weeks learning about owning a business and earning money by completing tasks. Then for the last week they opened their own shop.

Julia's product of choice was playdough. So she spent an afternoon this week making, packaging, and creating advertising!

Ben, the supervisor!

creating her signage

finished product!

The store was a great success! Her shop made plenty of money that she then spent on everyone else's fabulous creations.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Christmas Prep - Tree Hunting

We lucked out and had a gorgeous day yesterday to go Christmas tree hunting. We found a very pretty tree and now our fingers are crossed that it is still there when we go back next month!

ready to hunt

who brought Pikachu?!?

1 tree found!

an autumn bouquet

my guys

hmmmm.... a Halloween tree????

Friday, November 10, 2017

Great White Sharks by Julia

Fridays are "Friend-days" around here! This our 4th year joining a small group of families to get together 2 Fridays a month for a co-operative group. Last years format of having both the kids and the parents present topics of their own choosing was so successful that we decided to stick with it again this year.

So for our first meeting of the year, I worked with the kids on how to evaluate news sources and recognize and identify fake news. In our second meeting, Julia did her first presentation of the year on Great White Sharks. It has been so fun to see the kids become more comfortable with each other and with their speaking skills. Julia was excited to present this to everyone and had a great time doing it!