[Reprinted with permission from Home Spun Juggling.]
Summer is time for planning ahead to the next school year, which makes it a great time to think about starting a homeschool co-op. Would you like to get together with a few other families for semi-regular playtime or field trips? Or do you envision a large organization with several classes for each grade level?
As the Bible says, "Plans fail
- Homeschool Co-Op Know How
How to start a small enrichment co-op with a few families, plus A Thanksgiving Lesson Plan.
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Homeschool Cooperative
Excerpt from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling.
- Homeschool Co-op Tips
Lots of good advice, including why a homeschool co-op may not work for your family.
- Homeschooling Co-ops: Pros and Cons
"Homeschool co-ops can be a wonderful experience, but you must know what you are getting into."
- Spring, the season for planning…
If only my kids could master the art of being in three places at once!
- How To Start a Homeschool Math Club
Math enrichment classes are a great co-op idea.
- How to harness metacognitive decision-making
A fun look at co-op planning in educational jargonese.
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6 comments:
How funny that I wrote about co-ops for this week. Yesterday (after this article came out) our co-op planning committee had a 13 e-mail discussion about an issue that has come up, which we have to decide this week. Today, 16 e-mails so far!
Every year, there is something unexpected that comes up. It's a constant learning adventure for the planners, as well as for the students.
Update: 30 e-mails today, and it's starting to slow down. I think we have come to a good tentative solution...
Yesterday ended up with 36 emails and a good resolution. We had an unexpectedly large number of students sign up for geography class, so we are shifting room assignments and hiring an additional teacher --- and we'll try to find a couple of aides for each teacher, too. Best of all, we didn't have to cancel the under-subscribed science class, either.
In the end, most of our students will be able to get their first-choice classes. If only all problems could be so happily solved!
So glad your co-op problems were resolved. Homeschooling co-ops tend to be the ultimate "herding cats" situation for us. I'm surprised we get anything accomplished with our diverse schedules!
Thank you for linking to me!
Peace and Laughter,
Cristina
What neat links you provided!
Three years ago, a small group of us created a CoOp for our then-3 year olds.
This year, we begin Kindergarten curriculums together, & our CoOp is still going strong. Great stuff you linked to!
The links to my co-op group articles are (unfortunately) outdated. These articles (and more related to co-ops) can be found here: http://guiltfreehomeschooling.org/extras/?p=69
Thanks for sharing them!!
--Carolyn Morrison
Guilt-Free Homeschooling
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