About the Moms

Mom 1-
Mom 2-
Mom 3-
Mom 4- I organized the co-op and recruited moms of boys that my son seemed to talk about on Sundays after church. My son is the youngest boy in the group and he is also my first child and I wanted something more structured for me as a mom and for him because he really needs to be engaged and active. I have an almost 2 year-old daughter and a baby due in November. I thought a co-op would be the best way for my son to get what he needs and also get a bit of a break during the week and spend some 1-on-1 with my daughter before she becomes an older sibling.

Overview of Our Co-Op

The four of us all attend the same church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our boys attend a Sunday Nursery together and we decided to do an all boys co-op for the 2013-2014 school year. Each month has a theme and each week has a letter. We will all follow the same general schedule within our theme/letter but other than that we have organized it in a way that gives each mother/teacher the ability to bring out what she does best in ways that she feels are best.

We are doing our co-op every Tuesday for 3 hours.

            Schedule of the Day

1)  Gathering Time while kids arrive (10-15 Minutes)

2)  Jobs (15ish minutes)

3)  Introduce the Letter

i)      Tracing/ Sounding it out/ Capital and Lowercase etc…

4)  Connect the letter to the theme in a fun way

5)  Letter Bucket and Story Time- Read a story/stories about the theme or the letter.

6)  Number Time/Shape/Color

i)      If we are on the number trace number count etc… If it is shape or color come up with a fun way to learn about that thing.

7)  Mix of Mom’s Choice-mom of the week can choose from the following activity categories and make them apply to the theme, letter or number as she wants.

i)      Music Time

ii)     Show and Tell (if the mom plans on doing this she needs to let the other moms know)

iii)    Experiment

iv)   Physical Activity

v)    Color and Shape activities

vi)   Craft

vii)  Free Play/ Other

8)  Lunch Time Starts around 12:00- The Lunch Prayer child says prayer and the kids eat and then are picked up!

  Monthly Theme!

September- Things that GO!	February- Animals
October- Seasons- Each mom takes one	March- Bugs
November- Space/Planets	April- Ocean
December- Group Party only	May- Plants
January- Dinosaurs	Summer Time!!!!