Hello Vintage Homeschool Moms! There are even more of us this year, with lots of new homeschooling families to welcome. Becky and I have thought up a few fun events for this Fall that we want to invite all of you to. Please pass around this info to all the homeschool moms in your circle!
Our first Old School Monday is this next Monday, Oct. 7, from noon till 2:30. As usual, we will meet there in the two right-hand downstairs classrooms in the Vintage Faith Children's Ministry building. This will be our annual "back to school" share day, and our theme is "What We've Been Up To." This is a great opportunity for your kids to prepare something to share with the group.
Some things your kids may have been up to, that they might want to share:
--What they did this past summer
--Something they learned this week
--Something they did recently that was exciting
--Someplace they went recently
You get the idea. There are also many ways your kids can share their information:
--They could make a display
--Or make an old-school poster board presentation
--They could write a story
--They could show some photographs
--They could write a play and act it out
--They could write an old-school report
--They could present an interpretive dance
--The new moms hopefully realize I'm joking. But yet, I'm not!
--They may do it individually
--They may collaborate with siblings or friends.
Again, you get the idea. There is only ONE rule: Any child who participates must have a writing element in his or her presentation. It can be as short as a page, or paragraph, or sentence, depending upon the age of the child. But there must be writing of some sort in the presentation.
I apologize for not posting this sooner and giving you more time to get all into it--and yet, I know most of us do these things only a few days beforehand anyway. ; )
So, there you go! I hope you encourage your children to participate, if they want to. But no one has to if they don't want to. However, any child who participates will earn a prize!
And let's make this first gathering a party! You are welcome to bring lunch for your family, or to eat before you come--whichever is easiest for your family--but please bring one food item to share with the group. Also, please bring your own dishware & cups.
But of course if nothing else we hope you just bring yourself and your kids. : )
Here is roughly what Monday will look like:
12:00 - 12:30 -- arriving, setting up displays, eating lunch for those who want to bring theirs
12:30 - 1:00 -- Circle time, introductions, story
1:00 - 1:30 -- kids can share whatever they prepared (don't forget their writing!)
1:30 - 2:30 -- kids can play in the gym, moms can chat!
Hope to see you there!
The rest of the Vintage Homeschool Moms gatherings we have planned this Fall:
Monday, October 28--The Old School Medieval Monday (Middle Ages costumes optional)
Monday, November 25--The Old School Monday Timeline Day
Friday, December 20--Our Christmas Party
In the past we have had an Operation Christmas Child shoebox filling party, which would need to happen by early November. If anyone is interested in doing this, please let me know. The likely date of such an event would be Friday, November 8.
Any questions or comments? Please feel free to leave them in the comments below, so everyone may benefit from the discussion.
4 comments:
We won't be able to make the first couple of OSM gatherings. However, we are hoping to attend the November and December dates. November's focus is Timeline - what is appropriate to prepare for this? I have a child in kindergarten and one in K4 (preschool).
Thanks,
audrey miller
Hi Audrey! Becky and I were scheming up the timeline day together, so at this point I only have a rough idea of what we will do. BUT our gatherings are always appropriate for all ages--the little ones play while the school kids engage as much as they are able. Becky and I will definitely work out the plan with kinders in mind. : ) And when the plan is made, we will post all about it here on the blog, so everyone knows what to expect and can prepare (if that's required). Whatever preparation needs to happen ahead of time will also be minimal and easily coming from whatever you are already studying. : )
Hello Vintage Homeschool Moms,
Hope everyone is getting plenty of opportunities to enjoy this beautiful fall weather with your sweet families! In the last Old School email, Lisa mentioned that we might consider having an Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Shoebox filling party. Our family would love to host a small scale OCC party and invite you all to Hidden Beach Park on Friday, November 8th, around 11:30ish. Our family will provide the boxes and take them to one of the designated drop off locations for mailing, *unless* your family would prefer to take your own box(es) home & deliver/mail at your own convenience. That is great, too!
Lastly, I would like to mention that two years ago we were honored to be able to host a small OCC Shoebox packing party on my son Jack's birthday, and we look forward to hosting again this year. Like last time, Jack has requested we bake his favorite mini cupcakes to pass out to all his homeschooling friends. While there will be sweets offered, I will also have some healthy snacks to share as well. And again, this OCC party is my son's wish to help fill some boxes for some precious kids, so please only bring gifts for OCC:)
And just a friendly btw--if you are having a rough morning (hmmm, this happens a lot at our house on Friday mornings!!) or if you do not have time to bring something for a shoebox that day, PLEASE please just bring yourself and your kids!
We hope you can join us!
Sarah
Thank you so much for the event and invite, Sarah! I am going to make this its own post so everyone is sure to see it. Thank you and we are looking forward to joining you all and Jack that day! : )
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