Home School

Support Group Possibilities

It is hard to overestimate the importance of your home school support group (aka co-op). All members of the homeschooling family benefit.

Below are activity suggestions for your co-op. Believe me, this list just scratches the surface of possibilities. Each support group is unique. Poll Moms and youngsters to find out the needs and wants.

Notes: 1) The following activities could be scheduled during the meetings or as a separate projects.

2) There is overlap among ages in some of the categories. For example, many teens enjoy participating in the weekly or bi-weekly meetings of the entire support group. However, other older students may have other commitments or too much school work to spend three to four hours at a co-op gathering.

3) Be sure to leave some free time at the end of the meeting for spontaneous play.

For the Children:

Weekly/Bi-weekly Meetings with Brief Devotions

• Book Club

• Art Lessons (professional instructor)

• Choral Singing

• Craft Classes

• Language Classes

Special Get-togethers

• Geography Night

• Parties
  Halloween
  All Saints Day
  Christmas
  St. Valentine's Day
  St. Patrick's Day
  Easter
  

• Field Day

• Field Trips

For Teens:

Weekly/Bi-weekly Meetings with Brief Devotions

• School Study Groups/Tutoring

• Art Instruction

• Yearbook Staff

• Play Production (Shakespeare is a great choice.)

• Book Club

Special Get-togethers

• Weekend Game Night

• Weekend Movie Night

• Summer Volleyball (informal weekly games at a local park)

For the Moms

• Monthly Meetings (evenings)

• New Homeschool Moms' Meeting

• Dinner Out

• Christmas Tea

• Couples Pot Luck

• "The Visitation Group" (Families helping families with new babies or illnesses...prayers, meals, babysitting, carpooling, etc.)

For All:

• Beginning of the Year Mass/Prayer Service and Picnic

• Christmas Caroling at a Nursing Home

• Adopt-a-Family at Christmas or all year long

• End-of-the-Year Picnic

• Graduation

Friendship

Friendship, peculiar boon of Heav'n,
The noble mind's delight and pride,
To men and angels only giv'n,
To all the lower world denied.
Samuel Johnson, Friendship: An Ode

Your home school support group is an integral part of your homeschooling lifestyle. Getting together with other families with similar values adds opportunities, joy, interest, encouragement, security and challenge.

Thank you, dear Lord, for faithful friends.

Co-ops

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