Check out our spring classes!

Session 6
10:00am	11:00am	12:30pm
Mom Tot Yoga  (Pre-K to 7)	Nature (Pre-k and up)	Play Practice (all)
Game Making (8 and up)	Yoga (8 and up)
Yearbook (10 and up)	Spanish  (8 and up)
	Play Practice (all)
Session 7
10:00am	11:00am	12:30pm
Mom Tot Yoga  (Pre-K to 7)	Nature (Pre-K and up)	Play Practice (all)
Survival (8 and up)	Yoga (8 and up)
Yearbook (10 and up)	Chess (5 and up)
	Spanish (8 and up)
	Play Practice (all)

Nature Explore

Come explore with Susan, a master naturalist, and discover animals and plants outside this spring.

Teachers: Susan Kleiman

Ages: Pre-K and up

Cost: none

Min/Max:

Time: 10 a.m.

Sessions: 6 and 7

Game Making

Skittle Scatter, anyone? Over four weeks, make your own games to take home and play with your family.  Several game options are available (Skittle Scatter, Cops & Robbers, Heads & Tails, Push & Shove, Beetle Bugs, Straw Football, Grand Derby, and Floor War) that you can make with a friend or by yourself. If you have another game idea, bring it!

Teachers: Karen Fruend

Ages: 8 and up

Cost: $4

Min/Max:

Time: 10 a.m.

Sessions: 6

Mom and Tot Yoga

Experience yoga through stories. Kids can use their gifts of imagination to become animals and travel on journeys, having fun as they practice.

Teachers: Leslie Brefeld (Karen Fruend)

Ages: Pre-K to 7

Cost: $5

Min/Max: 3/8

Time: 10 a.m. (45 minutes)

Sessions: 6 and 7

Yoga

Learn about the yoga sutras, meditate with kid-friendly mantras and experience yourself in a peaceful way.

Teachers: Leslie Brefeld (Karen Fruend)

Ages: 8 and up

Cost: $5

Min/Max: 3/8

Time: 11 a.m.

Sessions: 6 and 7

Outdoor Pursuits

We'll be taking magnesium and steel out to the kiva again! Bring your fire-starting supplies and dress for the weather. As a free bonus, this time around we'll be making our own paraffin fire-starters to add to our survival kits. Yep, you'll be a happy little squirrel after this session!

Teachers: Scott Neal and Karen Freund

Ages: 8 and up

Cost: n/a

Min/Max: n/a

Time: 10 a.m.

Sessions: 7

Chess

Come to have fun playing chess and to learn more about tournament play! There will be a focus on tournament skills.

Teachers: Kris and Jenny Campbell

Ages: 5 and up

Cost: none

Min/Max: n/a

Time: 11:00am

Sessions: 7

Beginning Spanish

Teacher: Nina McConnell Hatch

Ages: 8 and up

Cost: none

Min/Max: 3/8

Time: 11:00am

Sessions: 6 and 7

** If you are signing your child up for Spanish, please sign her or him up for both sessions **

Yearbook

Teacher: Emily (Nina McConnell Hatch)

Ages: 10 and up

Cost: $12

Min/Max:

Time: 10 a.m.

Sessions: 6 and 7

Play Practice

We are doing a spring play. All are invited to take part. Please bring your ideas to this class, and we will work together to bring a play to life!

Teachers: Krysta Wasilewski, Denise Rosenquist and Kara Anderson

Ages: all

Cost: n/a

Min/Max: n/a

Time: 12:30 p.m. (those who are without a class at 11 a.m. may come early!)

Sessions: 6 and 7

Another great session starts this week

We'll be kicking off the next session with a Valentine's Day party. Kids can bring Valentine's to share with their friends -- don't forget a box for all your Valentine cards and treats!

We have lots of great classes this session, including a play writing class for our upcoming spring play.

Classes this session include: Sensory Playtime (pre-schoolers), Art, Spanish, Book Club, Crochet, Gaming, Play Writing, Legos and Writing Club.

We're looking forward to another great H.O.U.S.E. session!

More about Rockford Area H.O.U.S.E.

Rockford HOUSE is open to all homeschool families in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Our principle is to provide homeschooling families with educational and social interaction, and to provide the opportunity to connect and share ideas, information, and give each other encouragement. All educational and religious philosophies are welcomed and respected. The direction of our group is determined by the active participation of our members.

First a support group, our local chapter also chooses to offer classes one day a week. We meet in Rockford from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays throughout the year, with breaks during December, March and during the summer. Classes are available for homeschoolers of all ages, from pre-school through highschool. What is offered depends completely on the make-up of our group, but in the past we have held classes on topics ranging from art, to chemistry to Spanish. We also offer fun classes based on the interests of kids in our group -- things like Pokemon, Minecraft and Legos.

Who We Are

H.O.U.S.E. is a network of homeschool groups whose purpose is to support families in exercising their right to homeschool regardless of age, color, creed, ethnic background, family composition, financial condition, gender, learning diasabilities, race, religion (or lack thereof), sexual orientation or educational needs.