Homesteaders & Co-op

Co-op info

Registration for Spring 2025 semester is now open.
Sign Up HERE

Please call 607-566-2077 or email info@firstbaptistavoca.org with questions.

Spring ’25 is our 8th semester working together through our Co-op!
We are a Co-op that teaches from a Christian Worldview.
We ask that a parent/guardian stays on site during our Co-op time and volunteers as a classroom helper.
Each Co-op runs from 9:30am – 11:30am.
(please arrive between 9:00-9:15 so we’re ready TO GO by 9:30!)
**Feel free to pack a lunch and eat together at one of our tables before you head home–we ask that, if you stay, you help to clean up chairs, tables and trash starting at noon, so we can all head home by 12:15**

>>Spring 2025 Dates: 1/31, 2/21, 3/14, 3/28, 4/11 <<

Fee: $10/student (Pre K-12) for the whole Spring ’25 semester
($30/max for a family)

write check: First Baptist Avoca; Note: Co-op
mail: PO Box Q, Avoca NY 14809
drop off: 1 Church St, Avoca, NY 14809

If you need further information or have questions, please email info@firstbaptistavoca.org or call the church at 607-566-2077 so that we can put you in contact with someone who can help.

Spring ’25 Schedule

Pre-K (3-4 year olds) – This group follows their own schedule, enjoying calendar time, PE/Activity time, music, stories, crafts, snacks and play.

P.E. – physical education — a time to play/learn some games, sports and work on physical activity
Sensory– this will be a hands on time for fun, education, messy play
Art – a time to explore your creative side
Writing – an awesome opportunity to learn how to write a book (from a published author!) by the end of the semester you’ll have a book to take home
Animal Habitats– we’ll read a picture book together and then explore facts about the animals – hands on play and creativity during this time block
Elective – this class will feature guest teachers and work on a new skill each class (tentative plans: Physics/Egg drop challenge, Lego challenge, CPR/first aid)
Pottery – hands on creativity, working with air dry clay

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’24-’25 Field Trips

We are also posting field trip info at the Facebook group Avoca Homesteaders – Community Chat.

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There are a number of reasons to choose to school your kids at home and there are a ton of ways to do it! So many that it can be overwhelming!
Sometimes it can help just to talk to someone who has tried it, failed in some ways, overcome in others, survived a week, etc.
The Homesteaders is a homeschool support group that encourages, offers advice on curriculum, coordinates a few classes, plans field trips, and listens.
Visit our facebook page to ask a question or to get an idea of field trips.
Contact Kathy McFeaters by email.
Call the church office at 607-566-2077.

We do appreciate our public school system! We are very much aware that each family will need to make choices on how they carry out the responsibility that God has given parents to “bring them [their children] up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”(Ephesians 6:4 NKJV)
Many of us are choosing to homeschool because we feel that parents are best able to do this training with their children at home. This allows us to choose the curriculum and even center it around Jesus Christ and Biblical principles. That’s our focus!
We can, however, help even if that isn’t your focus. Looking forward to hearing from you.