• This class will be team-taught by Rhonda Bunce, Susan Price, and Dawn Holmes.
• Please direct all questions regarding this class to Rhonda Bunce.
• Please make all checks out to Rhonda Bunce.

Tuition: $160.00 per year, payable in monthly installments of $20.00

Supply/Materials Fee (due at registration): $20.00

Deposit (due at registration): $20.00

Grades: K-1st

Class Time: 5th hour (1:25 - 2:20)

Minimum Class Size: 12

Maximum Class Size: 16

Is there a prerequisite?: Yes

List prerequisites: Must be able to cut and paste.

Required Materials:

Please send the following materials all together in some sort of pencil/craft box or bag that students can easily remove from their backpacks each day for class.

• Safety scissors
• Glue sticks
• Crayons-new box preferred
• Colored Pencils
• Sharpener
• Small Package of Markers
• Pencil
• Lined Writing Tablet (does not have to be in box).

Please check your child’s backpack regularly to ensure that he/she has these supplies each week. Also, please be sure to remove the activities which we send home each week. We know that you will want to praise your child for his hard work!

This is the 2nd hour of a 2-hour Unit Studies class for Kindergarteners and 1st graders.  The theme of the year is Habitats of the World.  We will be learning about pets, farms, cities, swamps, the arctic, oceans, caves, mountains, prairies, rainforests, and many, many more habitats!  The 1st hour (4th period) will have a Science focus (with some Math and Geography as well) and this 2nd hour (5th period) will have a Literature focus (with some Art, Drama, Music, and Language Arts as well). 

An example would be studying oceans. The 1st hour we would learn the locations of the oceans in the world, do hands-on experiments learning about the tide and the effects of salt in the ocean, read the book Somewhere in the Ocean and then sing the song, do a classroom graph on the various sizes of ocean animals, etc. The 2nd hour we would still be learning about oceans, but we would read the books Swimmy and A House for a Hermit Crab, make an ocean mobile, sing the song Down by the Shore, answer some ocean riddles, and create a class big book called "Starfish, Starfish, What Do You See?" 
 
Our desire is to provide a topical, hands-on, multi-disciplinary approach to learning designed with 5- to 7-year-olds in mind. The order and flow of the activities will be customized, tailored to the short attention spans of this age group. We all love teaching early childhood and are very excited about offering these classes at co-op. 

The classes will go hand in hand, but it is NOT a requirement to take both of them.  We completely understand that everyone's schedule and needs will vary.

Teacher Information:

Susan Price graduated from Baylor University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Arts in Marketing and Quantitative Business Analysis. Susan has taught for 2 years in public schools, and is a returning teacher for her 2nd year at the Brazos Valley Co-op. Additionally, Susan has taught piano for 15 years. She has also been very active in children's ministries at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church such as Preschool Division Director, Childcare Coordinator, Early Elementary (1st-3rd) Grade Sunday School Director, choir accompanist, and VBS Director. She is the homeschooling mother of three. She loves to teach children literature by taking a hands-on, creative approach. She thinks that these sorts of activities bring ideas alive for children. Susan also loves to study classical literature.

Rhonda Bunce graduated from Baylor University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with specializations in Early Childhood and Speech Communications. Rhonda taught 2nd grade in public schools and is a returning teacher for her 3rd year at the Brazos Valley Co-op. She is active in children's ministries at her church and currently serves as a drama director, VBS Director, and Girls in Action Missions Director. Rhonda is a homeschooling mom of 3 which includes a 7th grade son, 4th grade daughter, and preschool daughter. She is a teacher by heart and by trade. She really enjoys the primary grades and loves picture books, hands-on activities, and anything dramatic.

Dawn Holmes graduated from Baylor University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with certifications in Elementary and Special Education. Dawn has post-graduate hours in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary and in Early Childhood Education from Texas State. Dawn taught in public schools for three years and then taught and directed preschool for three years. Dawn has spent the last several years home schooling her four children and has also served as a junior kindergarten teacher at Live Oak Classical School. Dawn and her husband have four children.