Kidworks Practical Skills
2010-2011 School Year
Full Year Course
Grade K-3 only
Thursdays

Course Tutor:
Katie Schmidt
kschmidt.teenworks@gmail.com
 
Course Description:
Practical Skills is a class intended to enhance your child’s knowledge of basic living skills while further adding to the foundations of godly character which you are building at home.  The class will combine biblical principles with the study of cooking, gardening, forgotten household skills, etiquette, fitness, and handcrafts.  While this class does emphasize much of the same thematic skills from year to year, the projects do vary annually to encompass different creative techniques. There will be very minimal homework as much of the learning is very hands-on and will be completed in class itself.   Parents are always welcome to join in weekly class activities.

Course Prerequisites: None
 
Course Fees: $35 supply fee payable to Teenworks
 
Required Texts: None

Required Supplies:
All supplies will be purchased by the tutor with the course supply fee.

 

2010-2011 School Year
First Semester
Grades: K-3
Thursdays

Kidworks music is a fun, hands on class where students experience a variety of musical styles, basic music theory skills, and music performance skills. We learn about orchestral instruments and also have a “Missions Music” day where we explore music from another culture. 

One practice CD per family is provided; extra CDs will cost $2.00 each.

Auditions are held for all parts of the Christmas program. Those students not wishing to audition for a speaking part in the program will be assigned to the choir, and will only be responsible for singing the musical selections during the program. Students will have one to two weeks to rehearse for parts they are interested in, after which auditions will be held during class time.   Students are expected to have their speaking parts and the songs memorized to the best of their ability for the performance. 

*** A portion of this text will be used during class time. Due to copyright laws, each student must have their own book to use. ***

This may be purchased one of two ways – the book alone, or the book and CD set. The CD may be useful to you should you want to study the Christmas carols that are not covered in class at a later date, or if you would like your student to practice the carols at home with voice recording. A CD of piano only recording will be available after the start of the school year at no cost to you. 

 

 

Required Supplies:

 

• CD player for home use                  
• Crayons and/or colored pencils for home use
• Pencil for home use                                  

 

Kindergarten Skills

Course Tutor:

Course Description: 

A variety of children’s literature titles serve as the springboard for the many hands-on activities students engage in during the Kindergarten Skills class time.  Some of the subjects the children explore are science, history, writing, math, crafts and much more!

The class time also provides a wonderful opportunity to gently guide the young child through a daily routine and to make new friends.  In addition, other early learning skills such as calendar, weather, and helper assignments are covered.

Course Prerequisites: Children younger than five must receive prior approval.

Course Fees: $5.00 payable to Teenworks

Copy Fee: None

Required Texts: None 

Required Supplies: None

 

Kidworks Science
2010-2011 School Year
Full Year Course
Kindergarten-3rd grade
Thursday

Course Tutor:
Janice Mills
steve_mills@juno.com

Course Description: 

Developing an appreciation of God’s creation is the overarching goal of Kidworks science courses.  Each week students will be introduced to new ideas through hands on activities for exploration.  Throughout the year the children will deepen their awareness of God’s hand in all they see around them in the physical world. The academic outline will be supplied by the Bob Jones grade 2 text (K-2nd grade) and the Bob Jones grade 3 text (3rd grade). In addition to the Bob Jones resource, there will be activity sheets, a science lab notebook, and a nature notebook (modeling itself after the Charlotte Mason method). In the multi-grade class of K-2nd grade, homework assignments will be leveled. 

The Kindergarten through second grade class will include the following topics:

Living things
Environments
Fossils
Dinosaurs
Parts of the earth
Natural resources
How the earth moves
Light and shadows
How things move
Heat
Systems of the body

The third grade class will include the following topics:

Animal classification
Solar system
Skin
Ecosystems
Birds
Mass
Weight
Weather
Cells
Rocks and Minerals
Energy
Sound
Course Prerequisites:
None
 
Course Fees:
$5.00 supply fee payable to Teenworks

Required Texts:  (Available through the Teenworks Resource Center)

K-2nd grades:   BJU Science 2, Student Text (3rd ed.): BJU Press
3rd grade:  BJU Science 3, Student Text, (3rd ed.); BJU Press

Required Supplies: None

Kidworks Art
2010-2011 School Year
Full Year Course
Grades Kindergarten – Third
Thursday

Course Tutor:
Barb Darling
darlingren@netzero.com

Course Description:  

The art class is an interactive and exciting class. The goal I have for this class is to expose the students to many different types of mediums and materials through fun projects and ample use of their imaginations. We will complete one project per week.  No homework will be assigned.

Some topics covered in this course include:

•    FUN WITH PAINT
•    USING EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN ARTISTIC WAYS
•    EXPLORING DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE PAPER
•    3D OBJECTS AND SCULPTURE                

Course Prerequisites:  None

Course Fees: $25.00 payable to Teenworks

Required Texts: None

Required Supplies: None

Kidworks History – American Indians and Colonies

2010 - 2011 School Year

Full Year Course

Grades 1-3 recommended

Thursday

 

Course Tutor:

Molly Dean

aodean@comcast.net

 

 

Course Description: 

Kidworks History is a hands-on course designed to introduce young children to American History through applied activities and historical fiction. This course will spark your students’ curiosity and enthusiasm for history as they learn the subject in story fashion while participating in engaging materials.

 

This history course is a three-year rotational study of American history from Columbus’s discovery of America to the turn of the 19^th century. The first year covers early explorers, American Indians, and the establishment of the American colonies. In the second year, students learn about the American Revolution followed by a study of the Westward Expansion across the continent. Finally, the third year examines the Civil War and the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution.

 

Classroom instruction includes geography and timeline skills as well as interactive activities such as crafts, games, music, cooking, or dramatic reenactments. Homework assignments incorporate skills in reading comprehension and writing. Parents will learn history with their children as they read together the selection of biographies and award-winning historical fiction. Each semester culminates with the completion of a portfolio that will become a keepsake of your student’s work.

 

Course Prerequisites: None

 

Course Fees: $7 supply fee payable to Teenworks

 

Required Texts: (Available through the Teenworks Resource Center)

• Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
• Om-Kas-toe by Kenneth Thomasma
• If You Lived With the Iroquois by Ellen Levine
• Squanto: Friend of Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Skippack School by Marguerite de Angeli
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
• If You Sailed on the Mayflower by Ann McGovern
• If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern

Required Supplies: None

 

 

Kidworks Writing
2010-2011 School Year
Full Year Course
Grade 1-3
Thursday

Course Tutor:
Stephanie Schmidt
mrs.sschmidt@gmail.com

Course Description:

First Grade:

Since many of the students are not reading or writing fluently, we start with narration and progress to creative writing.  We also work on comprehension and memory through short stories and poetry.  Grammar is introduced and students also produce a book of poetry for Author’s Day at the end of the year.

Second Grade:

By second grade most are reading and writing a little.  We will continue with narration and dictation.  Next, we will begin complete sentences and copying from the board.  All parts of speech will be covered using music and poetry.  We will continue memorizing poetry and creative writing will be taught in the last nine weeks.  Students will write and illustrate a short story, which will be presented at “Author’s Day”.

Third Grade:

Third graders should be reading and writing well.  We start our program using the Institute for Excellence in Writing, teaching key word outlines and paragraph structure. Students will also learn how to use dress-ups and sentence openers in each paragraph.  Grammar is covered, reviewing all parts of speech.  Students will write and illustrate a short story or report about a person, place or animal and will present their “books” at Author’s Day.

Course Prerequisites: None

Course Fees: None

Required Texts (Available through the Teenworks Resource Center):

1st & 2nd grade:
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Levels 1&2 text
3rd grade:
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Level 3, text
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind workbook, Level 3

Required Supplies:

Pencils

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