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Our Middle Ages Co-op Day – Part I
Here at last I’m getting to the pictures of our co-op day. How fun it was! The day started out beautifully and the framework for our marketplace was started. But then it started to rain and it rained off and on for several hours. We couldn’t put the sheets on the “roof” of the marketplace because of the rain. What to do? Our whole event was planned for the outdoors. A last minute decision was made to move into the racquetball court. Off to the store some of the men went to buy some plywood and such for a platform and straw for the floor. A racquetball court is…
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Our Middle Ages Co-op Day – Part I
Here at last I’m getting to the pictures of our co-op day. How fun it was! The day started out beautifully and the framework for our marketplace was started. But then it started to rain and it rained off and on for several hours. We couldn’t put the sheets on the “roof” of the marketplace because of the rain. What to do? Our whole event was planned for the outdoors. A last minute decision was made to move into the racquetball court. Off to the store some of the men went to buy some plywood and such for a platform and straw for the floor. A racquetball court is…
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Bread for our Middle Ages Market Stand
I arrived home yesterday to the lovely smell of bread wafting through the house. The kids had been busy making 40+ loaves of bread for our Middle Ages Market. We are going to have a market place where our guests that come to hear the children give speeches (see this post if you are wondering what I’m talking about) can shop and bargain for any goods they would like to purchase. We made coin bags (see this post) several weeks ago and each family will be given one with “money” (flat marbles) inside to buy anything that pleases them in the marketplace. One of the items we’re offering is bread. Just look…
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Speech Writing for the Young
Just how do you go about writing a speech for younger children that have not learned to do it for themselves? How can you guide them into being able to eventually do it for themselves? There are always so many ways to approach something and if you have something that works for you that is different than me – great! But for those that need some direction, that wonder where to start, I will share what has worked for me. For our upcoming Middle Ages Homeschool Speech Co-op Day I have 5 children giving speeches. Their ages are 3, 6, 11, 14 & 17. The older ones wrote their own speeches, including Serenity (age…
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Review – Beginning Public Speaking
Beginning Public Speaking Written by: Teressa Moon Publisher: Communicators for Christ For the past several months I have been teaching a public speaking class to about 13 homeschoolers. My guide for conducting the class has been Beginning Public Speaking by Teresa Moon, published by Communicators for Christ. It has been a wonderful resource. There is a Teacher’s Edition, Student Workpack & DVD which are all available from Communicators for Christ for the price of $99.95. I did not have the DVD’s but used only the Teacher & Student Book and I think you really could just use the Teacher’s Edition and not purchase anything else. The individual books can be…
