Outdoor Skills Classes have begun.

 Today we learned about what to do if you're lost in the woods, distress signals, keeping your temperature regulated and of course how to make a fire.  Some of the younger children had never struck a match. After class we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows on our fire and some of the kids worked on a fort in the woods. Fun!

Start small

success!

Pine Needles make great tinder!

Finding Kindling

Where there's smoke there's fire!

Next week -  Can we make fire WITHOUT MATCHES??

Greetings! For our upcoming summer session we will be having an Outdoor Skills class. It's a fun class where we'll learn things like fire making, shelter building, and navigational skills. It's free, you just need to bring some basic supplies which you will be notified about a week before the class, and each family will need a compass. Park locations where we'll meet will be sent out a couple of days before the class. Any homeschoolers may attend- please RSVP for which classes you will be attending. Here are the times and dates:

July 16th 10am Fire Making
July 23rd 6 pm Advanced Fire Making
July 30th 10am Hydration in the wild
August 6th 6 pm Shelter Building
August 13th 10 am Orienteering and Using a Compass
August 20th 6 pm Outdoor Cooking

We hope to see you there!

Learning about Chinese Culture!

Rockets, Paint, Experiments, and Drama!

Today was another fantastic day at BCHE.  We made rockets in astronomy, painted impressionist paintings in art, learned about science with fun experiments from one of our students, and practiced our mini-play in drama.

Constructing a rocket.

More rocket construction.  We shot them off too, but we were too busy launching rockets to take any pictures  of it!  Since it was a windy day, the rockets kept blowing over.

However, later on in the day, the children decided to upgrade the rockets.  They used dry ice and water from their science experiments to fuel the rockets.  Brilliant!

Pre-schoolers painting

All of our artists!

Painting  van Gogh style

In progress

Finished!

Lots of dots!

Nice work!

Dry ice and lava lamps 

Drama

Pre-School!

Our second semester is now well underway! In addition to some exciting new classes, we also have some new members.

Drama!

Putting on stage make-up.

Answering a question in Drama.

A fantastic portrayal of a lion by one of our preschoolers.

Experimenting in Astronomy.

More Astronomy!

Halfway through ALREADY!

This semester is flying by!  Isn't that what happens when you have so much fun?  We have visited the IMA and the State Museum, and we are looking forward to the IRT and a Star Gazing Party in April.  In this past Tuesday's classes, we were busy with hurricane tubes, painting, charades, decorating and eating cupcakes-- WOW!  What a great week!

Summer session planning will take place soon, and we are always thinking of new and fun classes for the next fall semester.  If you're interested in joining our co-op, email us!  We love meeting new families!

indyhomeeducators@gmail.com

Are you ready for some HOMESCHOOL??

Winter/Spring semester is coming up soon!  Our start date is Tuesday January 29th.  This semester we will explore Astronomy, Art, Drama (with a play!), Culture studies, Apologetics and more!  The kids will also be working on a yearbook together.