Showing posts with label LIFT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LIFT. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

LIFT End of Year Program

LIFT is the name of the co-op we belong to.  This last year, and at least for the upcoming year, I am the director of the co-op.  It's a pretty fancy title, basically I am the point of contact for the group and the liaison between the church staff and the co-op  leadership team.  

This is one side of Hannah's Flat Stanley project.  And Debby and Grandma helped Flat Stanley see some of America.  


I have really enjoyed being involved in the co-op, in this manner.  This year has been one of the biggest years yet, as far as our numbers go.  



These pictures were all taken during a reception held before the end of year programs.  We had snacks set out, that way people could eat a little something and walk around to look at all the projects our kids did this past year.  



To the left of the bright pink poster board is Hannah's Alexander Graham Bell poster board.  


The "R" canvas is some of Riley's handiwork.  It's hanging in her room now.  




What you see (or don't see rather) are pizza box displays about a book.  Each pizza "slice" tells about a part of the story; setting, characters, conflict, resolution, rising action and falling action.  I wish I had taken a close up picture of one.  


This is Hannah's shoe box diorama of the book Ella Enchanted.  





Hannah's lion habitat.  



I didn't get any pictures of the other half of the end of year program, which included each grade level performing a skit and/or song.  This is primarily because of my role in announcing each and such. The only project I didn't get a picture of, that Hannah did, is the t-shirt she created for Ella Enchanted.  

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

LIFT Trip to the Zoo

At the beginning of November, our homeschool group to a trip to the zoo together.  It's part of a program we enrolled in: Zoo Club.  The zoo makes two trips to us and the we make two trips to the zoo.  During these trips, the kids are taught an hour long class about a pre determined  topic.  It goes perfectly in line with our science class, which is Land Animals of the 6th day.


As with most things done for the first time, there were a few hiccups.  


Most of our coop made it to the class, which was all the way on the opposite side of the zoo from the main entrance.  


The kids actively participated and were well behaved.  



After the class, we all split up into smaller groups and wandered around the zoo at our leisure.  


David had taken the day off to go with us, and we ended up spending the day there, not leaving until 4 pm.  


We didn't see everything, but we weren't trying to see everything.  You see, with our zoo club membership, the girls and I can go to the zoo on any school day, for free.  


Plus we already have our spring trip scheduled.  The only thing we attempted to see, and did not. were the polar bears.