Homeschooling Somewhere in Between

I organized and hosted a co-op class today at our house.   It was a mini-session of Camp Half-Blood (my son’s current obsession).

This morning, Hepheastus’ forge was busy prepping shields for the young demi-gods that would be attending.  My husband’s work gets some of their materials with these large pieces of corrugated plastic which we used (with duct tape of course!) to make the shields.

When kids arrived we had a trivia challenge and after every three correct answers they were given a clue to find information to discover who their immortal parent was.   After three clues they guessed who it was.   We had children of Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Hermes and Athena.

Then they decorated their shields, most honoring their immortal parent.

Then, after a quick fencing lesson they had a skirmish

Attempting a phalanx.   Um, homeschoolers are hard to line up!!!

Then they divided into teams and played capture the flag, which was supposed to be a team freeze tag.  True to the books, both teams cheated and it devolved into chaos but lucky thing, snacks were laid out.  We had nectar, strawberries and chips.  I wanted to make ambrosia, but procrastination and laziness won out.

They made a necklace with big chunky wood beads which they decorated in commemoration of their “year” at camp.

Then, those that were inclined, made a book with some pages made by Aubrey, some pilfered from online coloring sheets and a few from

http://www.rickriordan.com/welcome_to_camp_half_blood.htm

http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/percy_jackson_eventkit.pdf

and

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/Religion%20&%20Mythology/greek_mythology.php

Aubrey’s pages:

I believe all demigods went home tired and happy.   I know I’m tired!!!

I guess I took quite a blogging break.   We’ve been busy playing outside, planting gardens, riding bikes, soccer, baseball, finishing college courses, playing outside some more, going on field trips, reading a bit and playing outside.     I’m going to try to get back in a better habit of logging things more frequently because it helps me organize my pictures and reminds me on the bad days of how much we do.