Foothill Learning Academy
Homeschool Enrichment Program
FLA is closed for summer break from June 1 - July 31, 2021.
LOWER ELEMENTARY - K-3 CLASSES
Each K-3 class, taught by caring and nurturing teachers, contains fun-filled movement activities
and hands-on learning projects designed to foster creativity, collaboration, and learning.
MATH
K-1 Math
Grades K-1
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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Students will engage in hands-on activities that develop, enrich, and expand basic math skills, including beginning math facts, measurement, calendars, patterns, money, graphing, telling time, and problem solving. Each class time will include whole group activities and instruction, as well as divided group activities and instruction according to grade and ability level.
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Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier
email:
phone/text: 916.833.1124
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Fun With Math
Grades 2-3
$185 per semester (1 voucher)
Spring Focus: Money and Time
This semester, students will explore money and time through engaging, hands-on, and higher-level thinking activities. We will build on their previous currency knowledge and cover coin and bill recognition, value, counting, adding and subtracting. We will also practice telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour and minute. The semester will culminate with a
class store where the students will be able to budget their class money and purchase their lunch.
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Teacher: Mary Frederick
email:
phone/text: 916.990.3494
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LANGUAGE ARTS
K-1 English Language Arts
Grades K-1
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
Students will participate in a variety of language arts activities designed to foster creative thinking, oral expression, and growth in basic reading, writing, and spelling skills. Each class time will include both whole group activities and instruction, as well as divided group activities and instruction according to grade and ability level.
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Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier
email: crisbollengier@gmail.com
phone/text: 916.833.1124
Write on! Language Arts
Grades 2-3
$185 per semester (1 voucher)
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This semester it’s all about insects! We will be focusing on expository writing. The students will learn about a new insect each week. They will practice reading and understanding informational text, organizing information, and writing expository sentences and paragraphs. The focus of our writing will be learning how to write to inform. Students will complete an informational narrative on an insect of their choice. They will also create their own new bug and write a detailed informational description to introduce it to the world.
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Teacher: Mary Frederick
email:
phone/text: 916.990.3494
website: www.writeon4kids.com
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Beginning Writer's Workshop
Grades 2-4
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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This exciting class will focus on teaching beginning writing skills and encouraging the love of writing. Students will participate in a variety of interactive, hands-on activities designed to increase their confidence, ability, and knowledge of the mechanics and art of writing. We will learn and practice everything from pencil position, handwriting, word placement, and spacing, to sentence structure, paragraphs, and punctuation. Join us and learn to LOVE writing!
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Teacher: Mary Frederick
email: messages2mary@att.net
phone/text: 916.990.3494
website:
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SCIENCE
K-1 Science
Grades K-1
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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Young minds need active learning. Using our senses, we will explore the world of science. Students will dive into fun and interesting topics including ecosystems, habitat, life cycles, weather and climate, five senses, force and motion, and moon phases. Classes will be taught with a hands-on approach consisting of different activities that illustrate the lesson.
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Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier
email: crisbollengier@gmail.com
phone/text: 916.833.1124
Little Wonders Science
Grades 2-3
$182 per semester (4 vouchers at $45.50 each)
Little minds need active learning. Using our senses, we will explore the wonders of science. Students will engage their minds in topics including ecosystems, weather and climate, forces and interactions, space systems, and engineering design. Classes will be taught with a hands-on approach consisting of different activities that illustrate the lesson.
Teacher: Sara Diggs
phone/text: 916.502.6470
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STEM
Grades K-1
$195 per semester (1 voucher)
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If your child learns by doing, then this STEM class is for them! We will combine science, technology, engineering, and math to investigate challenges using a variety of materials. This class will encourage students to independently, and as a group, explore, discover, manipulate and experiment while developing their critical thinking skills.
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Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier
email: crisbollengier@gmail.com
phone/text: 916.833.1124
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STEM: Little Wonders Student Engineering
Grades 2-3
$195 per semester (4 vouchers at $48.75 each)
Having an understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math prepares children to be problem solvers, collaborators, creators, and investigators, all while being mindful of the resources available to them. There is no denying that STEM-based learning provides students a head start to success in the rapidly changing 21st century. In this hands-on class, we will take on current, real-life problems, and find solutions based on our investigations.
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Teacher: Sara Diggs
phone/text: 916.502.6470
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
Me on the Map
Grades K-3
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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Me on the Map is a fun, hands-on way to introduce geography to kids. It puts them on the map! We will creatively explore our place in our school, community, state, country, continent, and planet. Join me as we travel the world to find out where we fit on the map. This class combines art, geography, language arts, and community awareness.
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Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier
email: crisbollengier@gmail.com
phone/text: 916.833.1124
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FINE ARTS AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES
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Art
Grades K-3
$180 per semester (4 vouchers at $45 each)
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Art is such a fun way for children to express their creativity. In this hands-on class, students will be encouraged to freely explore the different medias of art each week. We will learn how to apply new techniques to our work, along with some fun history of how they were created. Class fee includes all supplies.
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Teacher: Sara Diggs
phone/text: 916.502.6470
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Beginning Spanish
Grades K-3
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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Debra Heiden, a credentialed Spanish bi-lingual teacher, will teach students conversational phrases, such as “Good morning”, “My name is_____,” and “Thank you”. In addition, students will learn several words in Spanish pertaining to the following topics: school items, colors, numbers, days of the week, types of foods, and members of the family, as well as holiday-related vocabulary. Class lessons will include songs, art projects, and fun games and activities. Have your students learn Spanish the fun way!
Teacher: Debbie Heiden
email:
phone: 916.817.1821
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Bible
Grades K-3
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Children will enjoy hearing true life missionary stories, stories from the Bible, memory verses, lively songs and, if time permits, we play a review game. What a joy it is to start the morning with children full of joy and eager to learn.
This is a non-secular class, taught from a Christian world view, involving prayer.
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Teacher: Coordinated by Mary Frederick, taught by Marilyn and Bob Halk
email: messages2mary@att.net
phone/text: 916.990.3494
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Little Wonders Dessert Emporium
Grades 2-3
$192 per semester (4 vouchers at $48 each)
Dessert Emporium is an exciting introduction into the world of desserts. Students will learn how their favorite desserts are made. They will practice coloring frosting, using a piping bag, basic piping techniques, cupcake decorating and much more. They will make a take-home dessert each week, along with an entry in their dessert cookbook that will go home at the end of the semester.
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Teacher: Sara Diggs
phone/text: 916.502.6470
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Drama
Grades 2-3
$164 per semester (1 voucher)
A fun and exciting introduction to drama and acting with an emphasis on building confidence and public speaking skills! Students will work together to explore the world of drama, acting, song, and dance.
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Teacher: Asten Fallavollita
email:
phone/text: 916.220.6798
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Hand-Sewing
Grades 2-3
$180 per semester (4 vouchers at $45 each)
Hand-sewing is a practical skill that will last a lifetime. This is an introductory level class that will teach young students the techniques necessary to master the basics of hand sewing. We will start with how to thread a needle, and the proper way to make a stitch. Our projects will progress in skill level as we move through the semester. There is nothing more fun that taking home a project once completed to show off your hard work. This class will move at an appropriate pace for the students as they gain confidence in their ability to sew.
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Teacher: Sara Diggs
phone/text: 916.502.6470
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Games around the World
Grades K-3
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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In this creative and interactive class, students are provided with the opportunity to learn interesting facts about a variety of countries, cultures, and traditions through playing games. During each class, students will hear a story about a different country that provides them with information about the culture and traditions. As part of each lesson, students will either do an art project that reflects the culture, or create and play a game that is enjoyed by the children of the country that we are “visiting” that day! Join the fun!
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Teacher: Debbie Heiden
email:
phone: 916.817.1821
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Hand-Sewing
Grades 3-8
$180 per semester (1 voucher)
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Hand sewing is a fun and creative activity that is also useful. In this class, students will learn this extremely valuable lifelong skill through a variety of engaging projects designed to teach traditional hand stitches. The project-based learning includes sewing a needle book, a pincushion, a button "tree", a felt mouse, and a drawstring bag. Additionally, throughout the class, students will be exposed to vocabulary unique to the world of sewing. Class fee includes a small personal sewing kit and fabric. 3rd grade students may join this class with teacher's approval.
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Teacher: Lisa Hindmarsh
phone/text: 530.313.3789
website: www.handsonsciencefun.com​
LEGOS: STEM FUNdamentals with LEGO® Materials
Grades K-3
$197 per semester (1 voucher)
Spring Session: Gear up your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and thousands of LEGO® parts! Apply concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through projects such as Houseboats, Mini Golf Courses, Forklifts, and the London Tower Bridge. Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment. This class is 1 hour 10 minutes long.
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Teacher: Lynda Weiss (or other Play-Well TEKnologies instructor)
phone/text: 916.390.6530
website: www.play-well.org
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Ukulele
Grades K-3 $180 per semester (4 vouchers at $45 each)
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Every student can be a ukulele player! This course serves as an introduction to the instrument and will provide students with instant success making music on the ukulele. Focus points will be strumming and rhythms, reading music, and improvising. This course is also a great way to kick start kids into learning musical instruments. The ukulele is a lot easier to learn how to play starting out than the piano or guitar. Students that start with ukulele will find that they can learn other instruments a lot faster as a result.
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Teacher: Jonathan Jimmerson
email: jjmusiclessons1@gmail.com
phone/text: 505.720.4617
website: www.jjmusiclessons.com