LEAP CO-OP

 

Song School Latin 1

Instructor: Mrs. Davis

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Class Description:

Get ready for a fun adventure with Song School Latin Book 1. In this class, you’ll learn Latin words and phrases through catchy songs, silly chants, and fun activities. We’ll be introduced to friendly characters and Roman culture while learning to speak Latin like ancient kids. Whether you're curious about how words work or just love music and games, this class will have you learning and loving Latin!

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Special Notes:

• Extra supply fee of $25 per student (or per family) is required to purchase the consumable student workbook. We will complete the first half of the curriculum in the fall, and the second half in the spring 2026 semester. No additional supply fee will be due in the second semester.

• The optional, online/streaming supplement (games, videos, and lapbooks) is available to our group at a 75% discount ($6/family for one-year subscription).

• Class will include some homework and parental involvement.

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Syllabus:

Week 1 – Greeting Words & Making Friends

Week 2 – How Are You?

Week 3 – Family Members & People

Week 4 – Classroom & Household Items

Week 5 – Classroom Commands

Week 6 – Manners

Week 7 – Pets & Animals

Week 8 – Review

 

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The Wright Brothers’ First Flight

Instructor: Mrs. Wright​

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Class Description:

Join us as we learn about Orville and Wilbur Wright and their first flight. Recreate some of the same challenges that the Wright brothers likely faced as we experiment with the principles of flight.

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Special Notes:

• No homework

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Syllabus:

Week 1 – Intro to the Wright brothers
Week 2 – Virtual presentation from Wright Brothers National Memorial
Week 3 – Principles of flight
Week 4 – Glider STEM challenge introduction
Week 5 – Plan building ideas
Week 6 – Budget and begin building
Week 7 – Work on glider structure
Week 8 – Test gliders

 

 

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Spelling Bee

Instructor: Mrs. Davidson

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Class Description:

Spelling doesn’t have to be B-O-R-I-N-G.  Through some friendly competition, students will play games to reinforce spelling words and vocabulary.  For the majority of this class, we will be using Scholastic’s “Daily Word Ladders.”

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Special Notes:

• Homework will be required each week for students to practice their spelling words.  Each spelling word list will contain between 8-12 spelling words.

• *Students will need to bring a hat for Week 2.

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Syllabus:

Week 1- “Human Body” (Human Spelling) 

Week 2- “Fairy Tales” (Wear the Word) 

Week 3- “Seaworthy” (Catchphrase) 

Week 4- “Go Team!”  (Spelling Relay Race) 

Week 5- “Snack Food” (Bananagrams)

Week 6- “And the Winner is…” (Roll, Say, and Add)

Week 7- “Boo!” (Heads Up!) 

Week 8- Ultimate Jeopardy! - we will play a game of Jeopardy using all of the spelling words learned this semester.

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Lego Champs

Instructor: Mrs. Peterson

 

 

 

Class Description:

Welcome to LEGO CHAMPS! In this class students will enter in and explore the wonderful world of LEGO.  Each week we will learn fun facts and history about the LEGO brand and its famous bricks.  We will review relevant vocabulary, complete building challenges and use our creativity to have fun! 

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Special Notes:

• None

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Syllabus:

Week 1- INTRO to the World of Lego and a LEGO Scavenger Hunt/Speed Build

Week 2- LEGO Disaster Island!

Week 3- LEGO Circus

Week 4- LEGO Marble Mazes

Week 5- LEGO Swap Day

Week 6- LEGO Car Racing Day

Week 7- Upside Down day!

Week 8- Lego Zipline challenge

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Conquering Cursive

Instructor: Mrs. Crary​

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Class Description

Build neuro-pathways! Retain information from notetaking better than your peers!  Read that letter from Great-Gram! Study primary sources!  Sign your name!  Learning and practicing cursive has many benefits.  This course is an introduction to writing cursive and beginning reading cursive. 

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Special Notes:

• No experience necessary. 

• We will learn how to form each letter in cursive – lower case and upper case.  We will practice joining letters in different combinations. Then we will each learn to write our own names in cursive. We hope to examine and practice some sentences: Scripture, jokes, historical quotes and sources.  Practice makes progress!  Homework will just be practicing what is learned in class as opportunity and interest allows. No pressure. 

• We are not expecting to have any additional fees.  Depending a bit on class enrollment, materials fee should cover paper and printing practice pages. But will update after registration; it will be minimal even if necessary. 

• Some pencils and pens provided, but please bring if you have a favorite. Different size/shape/style of writing implements work best for different people.

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Syllabus

Week 1 –  Why cursive?  Intro to study.  Cursive as a mental AND physical practice. Experiment with different writing implements, approaches for right and lefties. Hand and body positioning. Trace your name.

Week 2 – Let’s learn little letters! (lower case)

Week 3 – Let’s begin BIG letters! (upper case)

Week 4 – Position/posture review. Letter review. New: Coming together.  Joining strategies for different letter combinations

Week 5 – Joke Day. Tracing jokes and fun sayings. Position/posture review. Letter review.

Week 6 – Scripture Study.  Trace, and re-write if desired, Bible verse. Position/posture review. Letter review. 

Week 7 – Historical context. Examine portions of historical documents (Constitution, Bill of Rights, George Washington’s resignation letter, Gettysburg Address, etc or similar selections) Practice reading and re-write option.

Week 8 – Free-hand write names and individually selected and approved sentences on mountable sentence strips for presentation. 

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Duct Tape Art

Instructor: Mrs. Yeh

 

Class Description: 

In this class, students will discover the endless uses of a single medium, duct tape! We will spend our class times crafting various projects with this versatile and flexible material.

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Special Notes:

• This class requires a $5 student materials fee.

• Homework, if any, would be limited to finishing projects started in class.

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Syllabus:

Week 1: Keychains

Week 2: Water Bottle Holder

Week 3: Wallet

Week 4: Storage Pocket

Week 5: Duct Tape Roses/Flowers

Week 6: Bookmarks

Week 7: Tote Bags

Week 8: Pencil Case