New year, new start

The Feast will begin our spring term Friday, February 6 at 11:30 at Veterans park in Hoover.

We will meet in the new pavilion and then begin with music class.  In February we will be memorizing Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.  We will continue our so fa singing and improvisation. Our folk song for this term will be The Keeper and our hymn for February will be Jesus Paid it All.  If you have time, try to sing through both songs and read through the poem in your weekly activities so that you and the children will be familiar with them in class.  We will also work on rhythm and learning about instruments.

Please sit alongside your children if possible during music class so that you can interact with them and learn with them.  They will get the most out of class this way.

After music class we will begin our handicraft.  For this term, we will be doing a paper folding craft called Sloyd.  Next week we will be making envelopes and cards for Valentine's day.  The point of Sloyd is strengthening the eye and hand as well as preparing for geometric concepts.

We will have picnic lunch after music and handicraft.  This is when the children enjoy playing together on the playground.  Often a football game forms on the big field behind the pavilion after lunch.

Children fourth grade and older then meet to read and narrate their Plutarch study for the term while the younger kids continue to play.

If you have any questions, our contact information has changed.  Please contact me at imaginationsmusic@bellsouth.net.

Handicraft and music day

On the first and third Friday of each month we meet at Veterans Park in Hoover for handicrafts and music.  We meet at 11:15 for music and handicrafts.  After lunch, the children have free play followed by Plutarch's Lives for the older group.  

This term the children have been working on hand sewing as their handicraft and have made a bag for their sewing materials, a pin cushion, a small change purse and a felt Christmas ornament.

In music, we have sung the hymn Abide with Me, worked on a few folk songs, recited poetry and worked on basic rhythm with unpitched percussion instruments.  We have also learned about the different instruments of the orchestra.

 After lunch and playtime, fourth grade and up meets for Plutarch's Lives.  They are reading and narrating Solon this year.

Nature study

Nature study has been beautiful this fall!  We have been meeting every second and fourth Friday at Heardmont Park at 11:15 to read the Burgess Bird book and to work on our nature journals.  After lunch and playtime, the older children meet for Shakespeare.

                                      

Informative meeting for home school co-op class

Friday, September 5th from 11:15 to 12:30 will be an informative meeting before we begin our 20:14-2015 school year for the Feast co-op group.  This will be a time to learn more about our group and get to know each other.  Our program for this year will include nature study, music, and handicrafts for all ages.  Shakespeare and Plutarch Lives will be presented to children fourth grade and up.  We will meet at a different park each Friday of the month at 11:15.  To learn more about the program, click here.  Ages six and up.

Please contact Elisa for directions to the meeting and to let us know you are coming.   alwaysastudent@yahoo.com

The "Feast" co-operative home school class

The "Feast" co-op is a home school co-operative group meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Charlotte Mason described education as an abundant feast overflowing with diverse and rich "living" ideas that is spread before the student. Each student comes to the feast hungry to learn and takes the knowledge that he can digest. Our goal as a co-operative is to provide group learning experiences for home schooled children from ages six and up to complement or supplement learning at home. We will meet at different parks and locations around Birmingham each Friday from 11:15 to 2:30 for a rotation of nature study, fine arts, Shakespeare and play time.

Our 2014-2015 school year will begin with an informative meeting on Friday, September 5th from 11:15 to 12:30. Please email Lauren at imaginationsmusic@bellsouth.net for directions and more information. 

 After the first meeting, we will begin our rotation schedule which will be as follows:

•  1st and 3rd Friday of each month we will meet for music, handicrafts and Plutarch's Lives (Plutarch's Lives are for fourth grade and up) 
• 2nd and 4th Friday of each month we will meet for natural history, nature study with dry brush x and up painting and Shakespeare club (Shakespeare club is for fourth grade and up)

Each student will be responsible for bringing their own supplies for nature study which will include a nature notebook, watercolors, and a very fine brush (or colored pencils). Parents are required to stay with the children as this is not a drop off class.

“We spread an abundant and delicate feast in the programs and each small guest assimilates what he can.” Charlotte Mason