Each week your learner and 5-8 of your learner's friends will learn life skills such as; crochet, canning, cooking, crafting, gift making, and more. This is a life skill course similar to that of home economics. Each week your learner will learn a new skill that will build self-confidence and critical thinking skills. My class begins with safety rules and class rules each week. Each child will receive a list of items to gather before class usually the Monday before class. Your learner will be expected to be prepared. I will be working with your learner and showing or telling them step-by-step what to do and how to do it. My teaching style is relaxed and encouraging. YOUR LEARNER CAN TAKE THIS CLASS WITH OR WITHOUT FRIENDS. 
Your learner will be 100% interactive in this class. There is no required experience. 
Week of March 20
Theme:  How to make refrigerator pickles (dill, sweet, or bread and butter).
Week of March 27
Theme: How to make chocolate-covered snacks
Week of April 03
Theme: How to make chocolate chip cookies
Week of April 17
Theme: How to make donuts chocolate or glazed
Week of April 24
Theme: How to make refrigerator Jelly (No hot water bath or pressure canning)
Week of May 01
Theme:  How to make salsa.
Week of May 08
Theme: How to make Zucchini bread, banana bread, or cinnamon bread. (Gluten-free available)
Week of May 15
Theme: How to make cupcakes.
Week of May 22
Theme: How to make soap.
Week of May 29
Theme: How to make a bubble bath.
Week of June 05
Theme: How to make bath bombs.
Week  of June 12
Theme: How to make gifts.
Week of June 19
Theme: How to make a slip knot and foundation chain.
Week of June 26
Theme: How to make rows for a washcloth. 
Week of July 03
Theme: How to continue and finish the washcloth.

We will learn safety rules for cooking, canning, and microwaving before we do those activities. We will learn how to handle hot cookie sheets, bowls, jars, pots, and containers of hot liquid. We will learn how to test soaps, fragrances, and dyes to make sure we are not sensitive to those products. We will learn how to make simple crochet projects such as a washcloth to use with our soap. We will learn how to make small gifts out of our leftover ingredients. We will touch on how to save money by making, gifting, and selling these products. My goal is when your child leaves this class they have a renewed sense of self-confidence, and that their critical thinking skill will be enhanced. That they can use the tools and techniques they have learned in class to make products for their home, their family, and their community. 
Go ahead and gather a group of friends and have your learner's friends in class with them, in your own home or in their home but, all together in class. I look forward to working with you and your learner. Let's bring back "handmade", "semi-homemade", and homemade to our homes and communities. What a great way to learn and grow. 
I do allow students to make changes to what we are making based on their likes and dislikes. 


IT WILL BE THE PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE LEARNER HAVE WHAT THEY NEED FOR CLASS.