Talent Show! (180 + 9 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids went to their new MAHC classes.  W is taking Current Events, Yearbook, and Movie Class.  R is taking Current Events, Teen/Tween Storytime, and Movie Class.  D is taking Air Dry Clay, Fairytale Cooking, and Spring Read-Alouds.  J is extremely stoked to be taking not only her 4s & 5s class, but also participating in the Fairytale Cooking class I am teaching, along with her best friend.

W attended his Teen Coop program.  He played D and D several times.  D went to circus, J went to Ballet.

They all attended the MAHC talent show!  J was the only one brave enough to perform (in two separate sets!)

R, D and J attended their religious education program.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  W read independently.  R read with support.  D mastered 

The Red Hen by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  She also worked with Handwriting Without Tears.  J practiced reading, and worked with Explode the Code.

I read to the girls:

Terrible Storm by Carol Otis Hurst


Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley


Mary and Her Little Lamb by Will Moses


Fancy That by Esther Hershenhorn


The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder by Mark Cassino


Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg

R turns 12! (180 + 8 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes. It was the last week of this session.

R turned 12!  He celebrated with a bunch of friends including nerf guns, water guns, slip-and-slide, and cupcakes and ice cream.

W attended Teen coop.  He played D and D.  D attended circus and J attended ballet.

We went on the MAHC camping trip.  Fires, rope swings, boulder field, and much hiking occurred!

W, R and D worked with LOF.

W read independently.  R read independently.  D and J practiced reading.

D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

I read to the girls:
Chloe by Peter McCarty


Jitterbug Jam by Barbara Jean Hicks

Volunteer! (180 + 7 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here's W in debate:

W attended Teen Coop.  He played D and D.  D attended circus and J attended ballet.

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W's coming of age group volunteered at Del Val Community College's A Day state fair.

We all went to enjoy the festivities!  D climbed a traveling rock wall:

W, R and D worked with LOF.

W read independently.  R read part of  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.  D mastered
Go, Bus by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Muff and Ruff by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

I read to the girls:
Too Loud Lily by Sofie Laguna


I'm Not a Baby by Jill McElmurry


Everything but the Horse by Holly Hobbie


Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Discoveries by Mike Venezia


Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray


That Book Woman by Heather Henson.

Coming of Age (180 + 6 weeks)

R went to Parkour.

D, J and W rode the local trains.  W is babysitting and our goal is for him to be able to get to the job and back on the train independently.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.  D made cupcakes with beet-colored frosting, to accommodate classmates with sensitivities to food coloring in her Tea Time with Beatrix Potter class:

We completed our first draft design for our MAHC t-shirt:

W attended his Teen Program and played D and D several times

J went to ballet

and D went to circus.

W completed his Coming of Age program year.  He participated in leading the recognition worship service by lighting the chalice and speaking joys and sorrows for the congregation.  He also presented his Credo, or statement of belief.  The other kids attended the service to honor him!  Before hand we had some exploratory play in the woods.

W, R, and D worked with LOF.  D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

W read independently.  R practiced reading, completing his first full-length chapter book (he read part, we read part each day:
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome.  D mastered
Rub-a-Dub by Bobby Lynn Maslen and J mastered

Jig and Mag by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  I read to the girls:

Letters Home From Our National Parks Yosemite by Lisa Halvorsen
Do They Scare You?: Creepy Creatures by Sneed B. Collard III


The Mummy Makers of Egypt by Tamara Bower


Anasazi by Leonard Everett Fisher.

Mutter (180 + 5 weeks)

R went to parkour.

All the kids went to their MAHC classes.  Here's R in his seasonal cooking class:

And D in her Beatrix Potter Tea Party class:

W attended Teen coop, where he began new classes, Evolution and Hiking:

He also played D and D several times.

D went to circus class, J went to ballet.

W went to the Mutter Museum:

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

W, R and D worked with LOF.  W read independently.  R practiced reading.  D mastered 

Ok, Kids by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J mastered
Dot and the Dog by Bobby Lynn Maslen.

J worked with Explode the Code and D worked with Handwriting Without Tears.

I read to the girls:  Whose Eye Am I? by Shelley Rotner