Little Class in the Big Woods

Time: 10:45 - 12:45

Mentors: D.D. Black, Gina Amodt, Lora McLaughlin

Class Fee: $50 fall semester

Ages: Prescholar 10 - 12

Name of class: Little Class in the Big Woods - Second Semester

Cost of class first semester: $50

Scholar level: Prescholar/scholar

Join us for a fun, hands-on, year long adventure through "The Little House in the Big Woods" book series! As this book series does such a beautiful job at teaching the importance of community, family & service, we will also be reading a chapter each week in class out of the book "Love Does for Kids" by Bob Goff. This book offers such fun inspiration for love-in-action. We will be giving a fun "Love Does" service challenge each week for prescholars/scholars to complete during the week.

We will also be learning cursive this year in our class! This is a skill that is slowly slipping away, but very much needed in order to read original documents. (*For an applicable example of how historical, original documents were written most often in a form of cursive, here is the link to the digital images of Charles (Pa) Ingalls homestead documents: https://www.archives.gov/research/land/ingalls )

The reading of original documents is a vital element of not just a great education, but one in which we can actually learn the truth for ourselves. To truly be a free people, we need to know & choose the truth for ourselves. We need to make sure we & our children have this capability! A great way to learn to read cursive, is to begin by writing it. So, we are going to do so, week to week.

Our "Little Class in the Big Woods" is for prescholars and scholars ages 10-12+. However, pre scholars that are a little younger or older that need/want & are ready for this class are welcome to join us. The values, principles, skills & lessons we learn from these books will benefit & bless your prescholar for a lifetime! We are excited to share this class with you!

Little Class in the Big Woods

Each week in class:

*Prayer & pioneer era game/ song/dance (10 min.)

*Prescholar presentations - Prescholars take turns each week sharing what they learned from an “I wonder…” they had from the week's reading (5 - 10 min.)

*Debrief of last week's "Love Does" challenge & read chapter in "Love Does for Kids" by Bob Goff for upcoming week's challenge. (10 min.)

* Cursive lesson & practice (10 min.)

*Homework shares, review chapters read at home & vocabulary word discussion. Get prizes! (35 min.)

*Hands on learning/activity/experience directly from that week's reading!(40 min)

*Next week's homework review, get new vocabulary word & cleanup. (5 - 10 min.)

Week to week reading & homework schedule (2st semester):

***For the first day of class, prescholars need to have read:chapters 1-9 in By the Shores of Silver Lake

Week 1 (Jan. 9th )

*Sign up for a presentation on an “I wonder…” you have from the week’s reading that you signed up for. THE DATE I CHOSE IS ________________

*Sign up to bring a snack. Something from the books would be great! THE DATE I CHOSE IS ________________

*Read chapters chapters 10-19 & define vocabulary word given in class in your commonplace journal.

* For an additional prize: Write your thoughts, “I wonder…” questions or your favorite part from the week’s reading & copy a quote you like from any book into your commonplace journal.

Week 2 (Jan. 16th )

*Read chapters chapters 20-30 & define vocabulary word given in class in your commonplace journal.

*Opinion paper #1: Did you like this book? Why or why not? Share details!