Swish & Clay
Hands on Learning & Adventures in Art
Homeschool Classes
Curious Minds for Kinder
Hands on, engaging lessons will bring exciting themes to life every week! History, Science, Math, Social Studies, Writing and Reading will be weaved into enchanting fun thematic lessons that your kindergartener will love!
We will sculpt clay animals while learning about different habitats, crack open geodes while learning about crystal formation, and use cheerios and marshmallows to make an example of what is inside blood while learning about the human body.
Some of our themes will include: Geography & Our World, Community Helpers, Plants, The Rock Cycle, Our Fascinating Bodies, Measurements, Animals & Habitats.
Fridays 9:00am-12:00pm
Payment details: Accept charter funds, Venmo (@lani-wilkinson-5), Zelle (swishandclay@gmail.com) or check
Pacific Cross Preparatory
https://pacificcrosspreparatory.org * HSC Capo Beach, 25975 Domingo Avenue, Dana Point, CA 92624
Adventures with The Magic Tree House (Adventure Travel Books)
Project-based learning every week! Grades 1-3
The #1 kids adventure travel book series will come alive and become more meaningful through project-based learning. Become “Master Librarians” through hands-on, engaging projects that weave together history, geography, science, art, social studies, math and language arts.
“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.”
Projects such as; Plaster mummies with painted sarcophaguses (book: Mummies in the Morning).
Sculpting a creature from the Amazon (book: Afternoon on the Amazon)
Creating a board game about the history of the Olympics (book: Hour of the Olympics).
We will follow the “Magic Tree House” Series and the “Fact Tracker” nonfiction companion book, through time, solving riddles, and creating memorable projects. You have the option of reading one book every other week with your children to get full immersion in the weekly theme.
Book list for the fall and spring semester is below: (available at your local library, costco or on amazon)
I will also be creating an audio version, you and your child can listen to in the car on Youtube, and will share the link at the start of every week!
1 Dinosaurs Before Dark
2 The Knight at Dawn
3 Mummies in the Morning
4 Pirates Past Noon
5 Night of the Ninjas
6 Afternoon on the Amazon
7 Sunset of the Sabertooth
8 Midnight on the Moon
9 Dolphins at Daybreak
10 Ghost Town at Sundown
11 Lions at Lunchtime
12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime
13 Vacation Under The Volcano
14 Day of the Dragon King
15 Viking Ships at Sunrise
16 Hour of the Olympics
Tuesday 9am-10am
Payment details: Venmo (@lani-wilkinson-5), Velle (swishandclay@gmail.com) or check
Contact: lani Wilkinson, “Swish and Clay” ; swishandclay@gmail.com
Red Apple Academy
www.redappleacademy.org * Orange County
Adventures with The Magic Tree House (Adventure Travel Books)
Project-based learning every week! Grades K-4
The #1 kids adventure travel book series will come alive and become more meaningful through project-based learning. Become “Master Librarians” through hands-on, engaging projects that weave together history, geography, science, art, social studies, math and language arts.
“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.”
Projects such as; Plaster mummies with painted sarcophaguses (book: Mummies in the Morning).
Sculpting a creature from the Amazon (book: Afternoon on the Amazon)
Creating a board game about the history of the Olympics (book: Hour of the Olympics).
We will follow the “Magic Tree House” Series and the “Fact Tracker” nonfiction companion book, through time, solving riddles, and creating memorable projects. You have the option of reading one book every other week with your children to get full immersion in the weekly theme.
Book list for the fall and spring semester is below: (available at your local library, costco or on amazon)
I will also be creating an audio version, you and your child can listen to in the car on Youtube, and will share the link at the start of every week!
1 Dinosaurs Before Dark
2 The Knight at Dawn
3 Mummies in the Morning
4 Pirates Past Noon
5 Night of the Ninjas
6 Afternoon on the Amazon
7 Sunset of the Sabertooth
8 Midnight on the Moon
9 Dolphins at Daybreak
10 Ghost Town at Sundown
11 Lions at Lunchtime
12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime
13 Vacation Under The Volcano
14 Day of the Dragon King
15 Viking Ships at Sunrise
16 Hour of the Olympics
Thursday
Payment details: Venmo (@lani-wilkinson-5),
Velle (swishandclay@gmail.com) or check
Contact: lani Wilkinson, “Swish and Clay” ; swishandclay@gmail.com
Human Body & Anatomy
Project-based learning of the Human Body! Grades K-3
https://www.independentlearningacademy.org/orange-county-campus/
Children have a natural curiosity about how the human body works. “Human Body” is a course designed to ride that wave of curiosity and equip children with an understanding of the main body systems and organs that allow our bodies to function the way God created them. This introductory science class for young learners highlights God's design in His most fascinating creation... mankind.
We will explore through hands-on projects and analogies bringing these complex concepts to life for young learners!
Anatomy
Project-based learning of the Human Body! Grades 4-6
https://www.independentlearningacademy.org/orange-county-campus/
Using the Apologia text, “Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology" your student will embark on a year-long study of God's greatest creation...mankind. This course will cover how the human body is designed and put together...Anatomy. But it will also explain how all the body parts work together...Physiology. The first semester will cover the history of anatomy and physiology across cultures and times of the past, the cell, DNA, the skeletal system, muscular system, digestive system, renal system, health and nutrition, and the respiratory system. Second semester your student will learn about blood components, the cardiovascular system, the nervous system in great depth, and endocrine system, the senses, the integumentary system, the lymphatic and immune systems, genetics and human growth and development. Each week our class-time will include a lab (sometimes dissections) or projects to reinforce learning.
Please purchase the textbook (ISBN #978-1-935495-14-7) and only one copy per family is needed. PLEASE purchase the accompanying Apologia Notebooking Journal (ISBN #978-1-935495-15-4). This journal gives you work samples should you need them for your PSP or charter. This class does not accept charter funds due to the Christian content but the majority of work samples can be submitted to a charter for science samples. This is a comprehensive full science course for the year.
A detailed syllabus will be provided so you can discover exactly what is accomplished in class each week, as well as the weekly expectations for homework. This textbook is one of the most advanced in the Apologia elementary series therefore, completing the homework assignments each week are essential to your student grasping these concepts and being prepared for the class labs and discussions.
Questions: Contact Lani Wilkinson; swishandclay@gmail.com If you have questions or would like the scope & sequence, please reach out to the instructor.
https://www.swishandclay.com/
