Co-Op

As you may or may not know, I'm homeschooled. I've never really talked about it- I don't know why. No reason!

But, anywho, I go to a Co-Op every monday and I take 3 classes. It starts at 8:45. When you get there (it's in a Church) You go to the sanctuary, for Worship, Announcements, (Is anybody not going to be here? Who is going to be in what class,{there is adults called floaters, they go class to class per week depending on who needs help. Make sense?} etc.) Today, I said Psalms 139, it's 24 verses, and I said it infront of the WHOLE (almost, a couple people were missing) Co-Op, around 50 kids, and that's just kids! And then, I had one friend play piano and one friend sing for worship! I was just a little nervous, but then it got closer and my friends were saying about how they were nervous and I started to get nervous too... I like having something to do with my hands- alot. SO I brought these smooth rocks I got from a Childrens Muesum to play with while I was up there- I liked it.  Everybody says I did really good- Mom said at the end I got a little fast, which I was worried about. But I spoke up loud enough and at the beginning I said it with great feeling. It was very cool, and at the end of the semester, I get a ticket to go to an ice-cream bar! :D Everybody who says it gets to. Nobody had said it yet and we've had the verse for two weeks, so they hope my saying it will open it up to more kids to do it. 

After that, I go down stairs to DuckTape class. My friend teaches that. It's really fun. Today I made a hat! I'll post pics later. Last week I wasn't there because of Sukkot, or the week before, also because of Sukkot, but last week they made flip flops! I saw a friends pair. I know how though, I'd done it before. I have also made a wallet in that class I'll post pics of. And a flower pen.. :) I think they made a change purse too while I was gone, not sure what else. I missed three weeks, (1 week, then I was there 1 week, then I missed 2 weeks! LOL!) because of our Festivals. :) 

After DuckTape class, I go upstairs to Room 2 for Building Math. Today. Was. So. Much. Fun. OK, so I am the only girl in the class... On my team there is 2 other boys, (used to be 3 one dropped out) and the other team 4 boys. Were team Purple. (Booyah!) So, since I missed two weeks they filled me in. ]
 Building Math, yes, it's about Math, but in order to get to math we first have to work on everything else.
Everything we are doing has to do with cold, Mountain Climbing, we've been talking about Mt. Everest. So, we found that 1 layer Nylon, 3 layers Wool, and then another layer Nylon, works really good to keep us warm. (Oh, were doing a whole business plan thing in this... To do with math) So they designed a coat while I was warm, it's a hoodie (but MUCH warmer) with a hood that scinches really far. It costs $44.53 in materials to make it, they decided without me to price it at $400.00, but *Justin today decided to make it cost $450.00. But, that is because it is handmade, and we have 3 places around the USA with 10 people working at each, with custom fittings.  We give 10% of our money to Charity, Israel gets money, Africa gets blankets, and Russia gets coats.  Everytime you buy a coat of ours we throw in a free pair of Mittens. Anyways, our charity program is called Coats For Countries. I came up with that. :) I'm our SpokesWoman and Co-CEO, every time Justin passed me at Co-Op he called me SpokesWoman, or Co-CEO, I have a hat that I wear as SpokesWoman, it's my duct tape one. Lol. 
I will post about Seans team later. Because I will post the debate we had too. Oh, that Debate was WONDERFUL. :) I love to debate. :D

After Building Math, we go back downstaris to Lunch, which is 45 min, as is everything, then I go back upstairs to Room 2 again, which is Public Speaking which is fun because my (grownup) friend teaches it! :) It's a very fun class.  Our homework for this week is to memorize a poem to say next week, speaking of I better get working on it.. I'm going to write it.. :O Or, probably. We'll see how it goes. Lol.  A game we play in that class is called "The Ah, Um, game." You get a topic our teacher writes down, and you get 5 seconds to gather your thoughts, then you get 35 seconds, (which was just this week, every week we go up 5? seconds, I think it's 5, yah it is. :) ) to say something about that topic without saying Ah or Um, and you have to use up the whole 35 seconds. My topic today was Microwaves, Oh joy.. lol. Sean is in that class to, he is in Room 2 the whole day, he nicknamed it Seans room.:) Another game we play, (though we didn't today) is called Mrs. Mumbles. You have to curl your lips around your teeth and ask your neighbor (person sitting next to you) "Hello, is Mrs. Mumbles home?" And then he says "I don't know, let me ask my neighbor" BUT! The trick is, your teeth cant' show, even when were laughing! I didn't get that the first time so I lost.. I didn't know about the laughing thing, I mean. They had played it without me once when I was gone, that is why. It is soo fun, it makes your mouth hurt though.. Lol. We are always laughing in that class. :) Our teachers son is in that class, hey, now that I think about it, in Math class her son is in that too, thats Justin, and DuctTape Joyous teaches, (a kid) but with her moms help, it is mainly her though, her mom doesn't really know about the whole duct tape thing.. :)

After third period it is over,  sad face. :( Every other week it is boys'/girls' cleanup. This week was girls, my first week on cleanup. Every other time it was girls cleanup I was gone. LOL! :) What we have to do is go around in the classrooms that were used and take out the garbage, replace the bag, (if there is some in the bottom of the garbage, get it?) turn out the lights, close the doors,  vacuum the FellowShip Hall, that is pretty much it. Oh, the little garbages we get go in a big garbage which we take out.. Lol. 

So, anyways,  that was my day! Then we ran errands.. Now I'm home on the computer, obviously.. Oh, today is one of my dear friends birthdays! She goes to Co-Op. Happy birthday! 
Atira.