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Comment by Melissa Wardell on August 17, 2010 at 9:23pm

Clear communication with your baby or toddler is possible!! Join Melissa Wardell, instructor with My Smart Hands - Des Moines (www.facebook.com/babysignlanguage), for a Level 1 Baby Sign Language class! The course is 45 minutes once a week for 8 weeks. You will learn over 100 signs, including the American Sign Language alphabet, and sing and sign lots of fun songs! We will have a Level 1 class on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 in Des Moines starting September 12, and another Level 1 class on Monday mornings at 10:00 in Ankeny starting September 13. Email Melissa at melissa@mysmarthands.com to sign up or for more information!

Comment by lisahuffey on February 21, 2009 at 5:31pm

Learning Cooperative for all ages: Our 2nd meeting is on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7PM in Pleasant Hill. For anyone that is interested in attending, we will be discussing activities, subject areas and community events we would like to cover for the upcoming school year. If you are interested in attending visit http://homeschool.meetup.com/702 and email me for more info.

Thanks for your time!

Lisa Huffey
http://homeschool.meetup.com/702

Comment by lisahuffey on January 15, 2009 at 9:19pm

I have started a group on meetup.com http://homeschool.meetup.com/702
that has been in the formation process since August, we currently have 46 members with 14 homeschoolers or future homeschoolers showing interest in a learning cooperative that meets on a weekly basis. We will be meeting in Pleasant Hill on January 30th at 6:30 PM. I would love to open the invitation up to anyone that is interested in creating a wonderful opportunity for our children, as well as anyone that has experience with a functioning cooperative that could share their experiences and/or thoughts.

The vision for the cooperative starts with preschool through grade school, but it can be adapted to fit any age that we have participants, as many members interested have children in all age groups.

If anyone is interested in this idea, or knows of anyone that would be interested, please feel free to pass on my info and I would be happy to discuss details about the 'brainstorm' session on January 30th as well as locations and times of future meetings and discussions.

Thank you for your time and I wish everyone a blessed and productive
week!

Lisa Huffey
http://homeschool.meetup.com/702/

Comment by lisahuffey on September 29, 2008 at 10:51pm

Is anyone interested in developing a learning co-op? I am trying to form a group of like-minded families to share and grow with during my childs educational development. A learning co-op program is a group of families who come together to share the teaching and learning experience. Co-ops generally meet once a week. The general setup of a co-op program will involve one parent who is proficient in math teaching a math class with students. Another parent who is proficient in writing or science may hold a writing or science class for the students and so on. Learning co-ops are a wonderful outlet for parents and it is also fun for the children because they can be around their peers and learn from other like-minded families. These co-op programs work very well for any age group. Co-ops come in many different shapes, sizes and styles. They can also provide more than just outlets for academic learning. They may participate in field trips, plays, sporting events and other activities which the group approves.