Show and Share Night

Our homeschool co-op had their 2nd annual Show and Share Night this weekend.  This is a huge event for our children and my personal children had been anticipating it greatly.  They generally only have 1-2 "events" a school year where we invite family and friends to attend and this was the "BIG" one.  We had over 95 people in attendance and I was blown away by the talent that all of the children shared.  

My children are still quite young, however I want to encourage them to not be bashful and to take these opportunities to present, so we worked on short memorization pieces for them to recite during the share time.  

Xavier got a little gun shy and I was afraid there was going to be a break down, however he pulled it together and did fantastic.  Have I mentioned lately that he's growing up?

He sang the 12 Apostles Chant from our bible curriculum, Bible Study Guide for All Ages.

Natalee was tickled pink to be presenting this year, which both floored and pleased me!  Last year she did a solo ballet dance and was happy to do so as long as she didn't have to speak.  This year she was happy to say her bible verse, Matthew 22:36-40.

Both of the children took part in a choral group led by Miss Janeane, and as such they got to take the stage with their class and sing:

 

Xavier participated in the Lego co-op class this spring, which didn't have a "performance" but did share a building structure downstairs.  Natalee participated in ballet class and they performed three pieces at the end of the share night.

 

I led this little class, using the DVD A Fantasy Garden.  We started class with warm-ups and a game, then spent some time with the DVD, paused for a story using my Usborne's Ballet Treasury book, did some "fun/wild" songs from the DVD, and then had another short dancing game before closing.  We met weekly for an hour and 15 minutes and I was very pleased with the girls at the performance.  

Besides our upstairs talent shares there were also tables set up downstairs with all kinds of things the students brought in.  There was a movie a family made, art work, Lego structures, lap books...it was really quite amazing.  I got so overwhelmed and involved in fellowship (a.k.a. running my mouth) for the time I was there that I didn't snap one picture!  Our children took their habitats that we'd carefully saved from this winter and got many sweet compliments on them.

We are thankful for the support of our family and friends that encourage us on our educational journey.  We've had a great co-op year and are also grateful for our friends!