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09 / 11
Start: 10:00
End: 15:00
Everyone is welcome at open house of Communidée, the new centre for homeschooling families: Friday, September 11th from 10am to 3pm at 75 Sir George-Étienne Cartier in St-Henri. (Directions) Feel free to drop in anytime during the day. There will be snacks provided, but please bring your lunch if you'll be there over lunchtime. If you want to, you can also bring some food to share. The plan is to have information, planning and discussion (adults) in the kitchen, and freeplay (kids with a couple of adults) in the gym. As long as the weather cooperates, we'll have some games in the park from 2 to 3pm. | ||
09 / 12
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09 / 13
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09 / 15
Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Beth Haarsma What: making & baking salt dough food & other items to play store. Develop math/money skills, as well as arts & crafts and languages, while having fun! Kids can take turns playing merchant and shopper. At the end of the day, merchants tally up their cash and deposit their earnings at the bank. When: two Tuesday afternoons in a row - September 15 & 22 Where: September 15 - the kitchen (room 129) for the making/baking/decorating; September 22 - the gym for playing store. Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Free play in the mini gym. Bring toys if you can. No need to sign up. See you there! | ||
09 / 16
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09 / 17
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09 / 18
Start: 10:00
End: 15:00
Free play in the mini gym. Bring toys if you can. No need to sign up. See you there! Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Who: Brad Doucet What: math workshops. The group will work through some of the material from TOPS When: four Friday mornings in a row - September 18 & 25, October 2 & 9 - 11am to 12pm Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Sonya Olthof Open to all. Bring your own hard spaghetti & marshmallows, or other materials for building. No sign ups required. | ||
09 / 19
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09 / 21
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09 / 22
Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Maude and her family will bring the necessary ingredients and know-how to bake a cake! We will smell it cooking over lunch and then enjoy it hot out of the oven : ) In case it's not obvious, it will take place in the kitchen (room 129). No need to sign up. Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Glenn Hilke What: " Song and Bong" - 60 min. percussion and storytelling....helping participants to create musical soundtracks to go along with their stories. Stories can be published or not (original)...contain images or not....be read or simply vocalized....be written or just improvised on the spot. The objective is to familiarize ourselves with sound making devices, literature, innovative ideas, listening and sharing and group creativity... One session for younger ones and one for older. Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Beth Haarsma What: making & baking salt dough food & other items to play store. Develop math/money skills, as well as arts & crafts and languages, while having fun! Kids can take turns playing merchant and shopper. At the end of the day, merchants tally up their cash and deposit their earnings at the bank. When: two Tuesday afternoons in a row - September 15 & 22 Where: September 15 - the kitchen (room 129) for the making/baking/decorating; September 22 - the gym for playing store. | ||
09 / 23
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09 / 24
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09 / 25
Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Glenn Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Who: Brad Doucet What: math workshops. The group will work through some of the material from TOPS When: four Friday mornings in a row - September 18 & 25, October 2 & 9 - 11am to 12pm Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Ana Carina What: physical education classes for young and younger When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the gym Language: English - if anyone doesn't understand, Ana Carina can translate into French (& Spanish!) Age range: 4 years and older - depending on who comes, kids may be split into smaller groups Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Doug Shiller What: Learn how to build 3-D models with free software from Google. The workshop will include structured tutorials as well as an opportunity for participants to work on their own creations. Participants will be expected to do some work at home. When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years | ||
09 / 26
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09 / 27
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09 / 28
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09 / 29
Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Maude and her family will bring the necessary ingredients and know-how to cook or bake something yummy! (We will only know what it is on that day... ) It will take place in the kitchen (room 129). No need to sign up. Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Glenn Hilke What: "Making Tracks" - an introduction to 3D shapes and forms construction using traditional brio/thomas tracks and accessories and found/recycled objects and surfaces. The objective is to create, have fun and learn some basic geometry. Duration up to 60 minutes....participants may drop in and out during the length of the activity. When: Tuesday September 29th from 10am to 12pm Where: room 129 Language: French & English Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Angie Billis What: COLLAGE ACTIVITY - FOR CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, TEAMWORK, AND OF COURSE FUN! Each family can do their own collage, and then we will take pictures of them to put on the website. When: Tuesday Sept 29th from 1 to 3pm Where: room 129 Language: French & English Age range: 2 to 99 Parent participation: parents have to participate On a scale of 1 (structured) to 5 (unstructured): 3, a little structured | ||
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10 / 2
Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Glenn Hilke Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Who: Brad Doucet What: math workshops. The group will work through some of the material from TOPS When: four Friday mornings in a row - September 18 & 25, October 2 & 9 - 11am to 12pm Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Doug Shiller What: Learn how to build 3-D models with free software from Google. The workshop will include structured tutorials as well as an opportunity for participants to work on their own creations. Participants will be expected to do some work at home. When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Ana Carina What: physical education classes for young and younger When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the gym Language: English - if anyone doesn't understand, Ana Carina can translate into French (& Spanish!) Age range: 4 years and older - depending on who comes, kids may be split into smaller groups Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured | ||
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10 / 6
Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Glenn Hilke What: Creative Dramatics for children and young people, grouped into ages 3 to 7 and 8 and up. The objective is to assist participants to develop improvisational skills based on physical, non-verbal (at times), abstract (non-linear), narrative and group creation styles. The work will be physical and require attention, focus and energy. Continuity is importaant and the ideas presented will vary but accumulate and evolve from week to week becoming more detailed from session to session. Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Offered by: Sonya's neighbour Charles Primeau What: Learn to make cheese! We will cook 2 pots and then dish out the curds to each kid to spice and wrap in cheese cloth. Where: the kitchen (room 129) Language: French & English Age range: all ages, with parents helping younger ones Parent participation: yes On a scale of 1 (structured) to 5 (unstructured): 2 Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Offered by: homeschooling parent Josée Cardinal What: Homeschooling basics for parents. Discuss daily life and challenges, methods and philosophies, curricula (or lack thereof), and legal issues. Ask questions and share experiences. When: Tuesday October 6, 1-3pm Where: room 129 Language: French & English Age range: for parents, but kids are welcome too : ) Signing up: Please use the sign up feature below or contact Sonya at (514) 845-5421. Start: 13:00
End: 14:00
Every Tuesday afternoon in October, homeschooling mum and math teacher Yanti will make herself available to answer any math questions and offer some tips and tricks for making math easy and fun! There won't be a space reserved for this, so you'll have to find Yanti and a quiet corner and take it from there... Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Offered by: 10-year-old homeschooler Lyra What: A mixture of circus, ballet, theatre and hip hop. Fun and educational. For all ages. The session will end with performance. When: four Tuesday afternoons in a row: Oct 6, 13, 20 and 27 Where: the mini gym Language: English and French Age range: 2 to 15 Parent participation: Parents can stay On a scale of 1 (structured) to 5 (unstructured): 3 Signing up: Please use the sign up feature below or contact Lyra at (514) 843-5591 | ||
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10 / 9
Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Rowan Smith What: storytelling When: Friday October 9th from 11am to 12pm Where: in a cozy corner in the gym Language: English Age range: 3 years and up Structured: not very structured Signing up: space is limited to 10 kids. Signing up in advance is required. Please use the sign up feature below or call Sonya at (514) 845-5421. Requirements: none. Rowan will bring the books. Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Who: Brad Doucet What: math workshops. The group will work through some of the material from TOPS When: four Friday mornings in a row - September 18 & 25, October 2 & 9 - 11am to 12pm Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Doug Shiller What: Learn how to build 3-D models with free software from Google. The workshop will include structured tutorials as well as an opportunity for participants to work on their own creations. Participants will be expected to do some work at home. When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the kitchen, room 129 Language: English Age range: over 7 years Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
Who: offered by homeschooling parent Ana Carina What: physical education classes for young and younger When: three Friday afternoons in a row - September 25, October 2 & 9 Where: the gym Language: English - if anyone doesn't understand, Ana Carina can translate into French (& Spanish!) Age range: 4 years and older - depending on who comes, kids may be split into smaller groups Parent participation: as needed How structured: quite structured | ||
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Events
Upcoming events
- Minecraft Workshop(Communidée Event)(15 hours)
- DS & Videogames(Communidée Event)(16 hours)
- Cuisine Collective(Communidée Event)(16 hours)
- Building Club: matchstick models(Communidée Event)(18 hours)
- Learn about the Turcot(Communidée Event)(20 hours)
- Parents & Tots(Communidée Event)(2 days)