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Phonics Quest

Grades K-1

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Continue the reading adventure in Phonics Quest! Students will strengthen their literacy skills through engaging phonics games, hands-on activities, word-building challenges, and interactive reading practice. Learners will explore new spelling patterns, digraphs, blends, word families, and early reading strategies while building fluency, confidence, and a love of reading.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

Let's Write a Book

Grades 2-3

$190 per semester (1 voucher)

Together we will create a book that will be available for purchase by the end of the semester. Each child will be responsible for writing and illustrating at least one page of the book we create. By the end of the semester we’ll have published authors. Students will get the opportunity to learn how to make their story interesting, come up with a fun title for their composition, and illustrate it as well. Excited to see what these kids come up with.

Teacher: Leslie Johnson, Rock on Little Birdie

phone/text: 707.301.9983

Literature: Once Upon A Snack Time

Grades K-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Children’s literature is so fun but what makes it even better is taking time to create the foods in our favorite stories. Each week we’ll read a new book and learn to make its corresponding food or dessert such as Stone Soup, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, Dragons Love Tacos and many others. Students will make their own recipe books, be introduced to grade-level vocabulary words, sight-word memorization and literature comprehension. This approach to reading creates cognitive synaptic connections by combining a tactile activity such as cooking with visual and audible instruction from the story-time.
This class promotes ELA State Standards which include comprehension collaboration, integration of knowledge ideas, and vocabulary acquisition use. This class is designed to change every semester so that students can take this course for 3 years without the literature repeating.

Teacher: Dawn Setters

email: mycurriculumconnections@gmail.com

phone/text: 916.730.8057

MATH

Fun with Math

Grades K-1

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Students will engage in activities that develop, enrich, and expand their foundational math skills, including beginning math facts, measurement, telling time, patterns, graphing, and problem-solving. Each class features activities like Number of the Day, Calendar, and hands-on practice with the math skills listed above. My curriculum changes every semester, allowing students to take this class up to two years without repetition.

Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier

phone/text: 916.833.1124

Math Mania

Grades K-1, 2-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Get ready for another exciting semester of mathematical discovery! In Math Mania, students will tackle new number challenges, explore patterns, practice problem-solving, and strengthen their math skills through games and hands-on activities. From building number sense to exploring addition, subtraction, measurement, and logical thinking, students will develop confidence while
discovering the fun in math.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

Math City: Build it! Measure it!

Grades 2-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Get ready to take a deep dive into creating an imaginary city full of shapes and geometry concepts. Students will get to
design a city and each week in class we will go over information about shapes and lines and measurement.
Planning for a park, neighborhoods, streets, city hall, and so much more. Don’t worry we’ll still do some basic math of
adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing; but it will all be wrapped up in the creation of their own city.

Teacher: Leslie Johnson (Timm), Rock on Little Birdie

phone/text: 707.301.9983

Math: Money and Time

Grades 2-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Teacher: Dawn Setters

Time and money are part of every day—and this hands-on class brings both to life!

Through interactive games, real-world challenges, creative projects, and teamwork,

students will practice essential math skills while learning to read clocks and calendars,

manage schedules, plan ahead, budget wisely, save for goals, and make thoughtful financial decisions.

Each semester features new adventures and practical life scenarios,

giving students fresh opportunities to explore how time and money shape the world around them.

The semester concludes with a collaborative planning challenge where students use both budgeting

and scheduling skills to design and enjoy their own class celebration.

email: mycurriculumconnections@gmail.com

phone/text: 916.730.8057

SCIENCE

K-1 Science
Grades K-1

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Young minds learn best through exploration and hands-on experiences! Using our senses, we will investigate the world around us and discover the wonders of science. Students will explore fun and fascinating topics,
including Earth's four seasons—winter, spring, summer, and fall—as well as force and motion, including pushes and pulls, gravity, speed, and magnets. Each class features hands-on activities and experiments that
bring scientific concepts to life and make learning fun and memorable. My curriculum changes every semester, allowing students to take this class up to two years without repetition.

Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier

phone/text: 916.833.1124

Science: Space Explorers

Grades 2-3, K-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

The space adventure continues! Students will journey deeper into our solar system as they investigate planets, moons, distant stars, space exploration, and the mysteries of the universe. Through hands-on experiments, creative projects, scientific observations, and exciting space challenges, learners will discover how the universe works while developing curiosity, critical
thinking, and a love of science.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

K-1 STEM
Grades K-1

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Students will dive into hands-on challenges that blend science, technology, engineering, and math using a wide variety of creative materials. Through building, testing, experimenting, and problem-solving, students will strengthen their critical thinking skills while learning to work both independently and collaboratively. My curriculum changes every semester, allowing students to take this class up to two years without repetition.

Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier

phone/text: 916.833.1124

STEM Challenge Lab

Grades K-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Ready for a new round of STEM challenges? Students will become engineers, inventors, and problem-solvers as they design, build, test, and improve their own creations. Through hands-on engineering projects, science experiments, creative design challenges, and collaborative problem-solving, learners will discover how to turn ideas into solutions. Every challenge encourages experimentation, perseverance, critical thinking, and out-of-the-box creativity.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

Messy Science

Grades K-3, 2-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Let’s get messy! Well, not too too messy, just messy enough. We’ll do our best to not get too wild. Using some fun ingredients students will learn different science concepts. We will cover things like magnetism, chemical reactions, natural disasters, gravity, and more. Smocks will be provided for those that would like to use them.

Teacher: Leslie Johnson (Timm), Rock on Little Birdie

phone/text: 707.301.9983

Weird But True Science!

Grades K-3

$215 fee

Inspired by the National Geographic show, Weird But True, we dive into all the cool and funky things in our big, big world. Did you know dragonflies aren’t flies, geckos can’t blink and honeybees can recognize human faces? There is so much to learn and so many projects to do! All materials will be provided.

Teacher: Rachel Wattson

email: eclecticartsedc@gmail.com

phone: 760-716-2793

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Geography Quest

Grades K-3

$195 per semester

This semester we will be learning about Asia. Each week we will visit a country through a read-aloud book, learn about the culture, customs, traditions, games and make maps. We will occasionally have snacks (allergies permitting). And learn the 7 continents!

Teacher: Jaime Layton

email: philandjaime@gmail.com

phone/text: 530-306-0786

History: Heroes & Heroines

Grades K-3

$190 per semester (1 voucher)

Come along with me as we go on a journey back in time to meet some real-life heroes and heroines. These are people who went above and beyond to help the world become a better place. We’ll begin with our hero of the day and go through the criteria to see what qualifies them as being a hero/heroine. We will explore characteristics like honesty, courage, and determination while

examining their incredible lives.

Teacher: Leslie Johnson (Timm), Rock on Little Birdie

phone/text: 707.301.9983

History: Time Travelers Adventure Club

Grades K-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Pack your bags for another journey through history! Time Travelers invites students to explore fascinating civilizations, remarkable people, historical inventions, and important moments that shaped our world. Through interactive storytelling, hands-on projects, creative activities, and historical discoveries, students will step into the past and uncover how people lived, worked, and changed the world. Every lesson brings history to life through curiosity, imagination, and exploration.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

History: Timelines

Grades K-3

$195 per semester

We will travel through History with a Read-a-Loud “living picture book” that I will read. We'll discuss the person(s) and events in the book, and look behind and ahead in the Timeline of History. We will make visual, ongoing Timeline pictures each week with stand out quotes and drawings. This Spring will be studying 1787- 1829 Early American History: The Writing of the Constitution, the War of 1812, Erie Canal, Gold Rush, Pony Express, Civil War and SO much more!

Teacher: Jaime Layton

email: philandjaime@gmail.com

phone/text: 530-306-0786

Me on the Map: Young Explorers Geography

Grades 2-3

$195 per semester

Join us for an engaging, hands-on geography adventure! Students will explore the geography, cultures, traditions, landmarks, and animals of places around the world. Our adventures will include celebrating Chinese New Year in China, discovering koalas in Australia, exploring Carnevale in Italy, learning about the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island off the coast of Chile, and visiting many more fascinating places. This class combines geography, animals, culture, and creativity to make learning
meaningful, interactive, and memorable. Along the way students will develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the wonderful diversity of our world. My curriculum changes every semester, allowing students to take this class up to two years without repetition.

Teacher: Christina (Cris) Bollengier

phone/text: 916.833.1124

FINE ARTS CLASSES

ART

Art Exploration

Grades 2-3, K-3

$210 per semester

All new lessons! Explore a wide variety of fun subjects to draw and paint while learning the fundamentals of fine art techniques. Shading, texture, line, paint handling, and color mixing will be taught through a variety of subjects including animals, flowers, landscapes, portraits, and more. The artwork will be created using a wide variety of media including graphite, watercolor, tempera, markers, and pastels. Holiday themed art lessons will also be part of this course. A new art project will be created every week or two.

Teacher: Jennifer Rowe

email: jenniferrowestudio@gmail.com

phone: 916.212.3282

website: jenniferrowestudio.com

Becoming an Artist

Grades K-1

$195 per semester

In this creative art class the students will learn about 4 to 5 different artists per semester, their unique style of art, their
mediums and how they approached art in a new way. Students will make projects that simulate these famous pieces, then
create their own interpretation of that style. They will learn about the lives of these well-known (and some not-so-well-
known) artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Franz Marc, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Monet, Beatrix Potter and more.
Students will be introduced to charcoal, modeling clay, oil paint, acrylic, pastels, watercolors and other materials.
Learning about these artists’ journeys which often started from a young age will encourage your student to explore their
own distinctive art style without fear. They will be given a matted frame at the end of the semester to display their favorite
completed piece.
This class promotes Visual Arts State Standards which include role development of visual arts, aesthetic valuing, and
skills, processes, materials & tools demonstration. This class is designed to change every semester so that students can
take this course for 3 years without a specific artist being repeated.

Teacher: Dawn Setters

email: mycurriculumconnections@gmail.com

phone/text: 916.730.8057

Young Artists

Grades K-1

$210 per semester

All New Lessons! Discover the joy of drawing and painting with a variety of art materials in this class specifically designed for k-1. The emphasis will be on exploration and process with very gentle introductions of drawing and painting techniques for this age range. Students will learn about color, shape, line, and texture through various fun art projects.

Teacher: Jennifer Rowe

email: jenniferrowestudio@gmail.com

phone: 916.212.3282

website: jenniferrowestudio.com

DRAMA

Puppet Pals: Theater and Storytelling

Grades K-3, 2-3

$195 per semester

The show must go on! In Puppet Pals, students will bring fresh characters and imaginative stories to life through puppet creation, storytelling, and dramatic play. Learners will experiment with character voices, develop storylines, create scenes, and collaborate on fun puppet performances. This creative class encourages self-expression, public speaking, teamwork, and
confidence while giving every student a chance to shine.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy

phone: 916-799-2315

Jr. Musical Theater - (Only available at El Dorado Hills 3rd Period)

Grades K-3

$225 per semester

Become a part of a musical theater production! Each child will have a chance to participate as we rehearse and produce the Broadway Musical: Seussical the Musical Jr. Every week students learn their part in our big group numbers. Jr. Theater performers are essential to our ensemble cast. We practice stage presence, singing, and dancing. Costumes and props will be necessary. Most are provided. Students will be required to provide base costume pieces (like a certain colored t-shirt, pants). We perform our one hour musical on an assigned performance day outside of class meeting times to a live audience!

Note: additional rehearsals are required for this class close to our performance date. A rehearsal schedule will be sent out one month before we begin class. Performances will be on May 1st

Teacher: Rachel Wattson

email: eclecticartsedc@gmail.com

phone: 760-716-2793

MUSIC

Music and Movement

Grades K-3

$185 per semester

Shake, rattle and roll as we learn about rhythm, tempo, high notes, low notes and everything in between. Students learn songs and dance to the beat of different types of music using scarves and shakers. We play games, read music and use many different instruments in class. Come play with us!

Teacher: Rachel Wattson

email: eclecticartsedc@gmail.com

phone: 760-716-2793

Piano

Grades K-3

$190 per semester (one voucher)

Little musicians, this one's for you! Students will explore the piano through a fun, age-appropriate approach — learning chords, reading music, and discovering what those 88 keys can do. Using the Piano Adventures course (included in materials fee), each child gets the instruction that's just right for their level, so everyone gets to feel like a rock star.

Teacher: Ashley Black
email: ashblackmusic@gmail.com
phone/text: 205-213-3039

Ukulele & Movement

Grades K-3

$190 per semester (one voucher)

Strum, sing, and wiggle! This lively class introduces young learners to the ukulele through catchy songs, basic chords, and fun strum patterns that get everyone moving. Using the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Book 1, lessons are designed to meet each child at their level — whether they're picking up a ukulele for the very first time or ready to dive a little deeper. No experience needed, and the textbook is included in the materials fee.

PLEASE NOTE: Students are expected to bring their own ukuleles to class each week.

Teacher: Ashley Black

email: ashblackmusic@gmail.com

phone/text: 205-213-3039

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PE Fitness and Games

Grades K-3

$180 per semester

P.E. Games and Fitness is a fun class that will include a variety of exercises that will strengthen and condition your child, using their own body weight. Also this class will incorporate interactive games which will encourage team work and cooperation. This will be a great way to get your child moving and developing motor skills, coordination, balance, and team work.

Teacher: Sara Schneider

email: saraschnei@sbcglobal.net

phone: 530.417.3230

website: http://ba-lates.com

ENRICHMENT CLASSES

Bible: Good News Club

Classe for grades K-2, K-3, K-4, and 3-5

FREE

Each week the teacher presents an exciting Bible lesson using colorful materials from Child Evangelism Fellowship Press. This action-packed time also includes songs, Scripture memory, a missions story and review games or other activities focused on the lesson’s theme. This is a non-secular class, taught from a Christian world view, involving prayer.

Teacher: Good News Club® is a ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship

email: messages2mary@att.net

phone/text: 916.990.3494

Computer Basics and Typing

Grades 3-8

$ 250 per semester (one voucher)

Students learn basic computer skills like using a mouse, using a web browser, understanding the file system, knowing hotkeys, and word processing with Google Docs. Students also learn touch typing at their own pace through online lessons, with individualized instructor guidance. An outline of the class can be found on our website:

https://www.mrcodeswildride.com/typing

Most of the semester will be mastering typing skills, which is self-paced, so students can work at their grade level with help from the instructor and teaching assistants.

The class will have about a 6-to-1 student-instructor ratio to ensure that all students can get individualized help and guidance. Laptops provided for in-class use.

Teacher: Mr. Code's Wild Ride

email: kellerdb@gmail.com

phone/text:(916) 439-0991

website: www.mrcodeswildride.com

Hand Sewing: Building Fine Motor Skills

Grades 1-2, 2-3, K-3

$195 per semester (1 voucher)

Have fun learning to sew by hand! Sewing helps improve fine motor skills and focus. Students are able to follow pre-made patterns and projects they will take home. Students will learn basic hand stitches, how to thread a needle, cutting fabric, tying knots, how to sew on buttons and snaps, and adding embellishments like ribbon and lace. We will start with the most basic of skills, and advance step-by-step throughout the semester with fun and creative sewing projects. No previous knowledge needed.

Teacher: Jaime Layton

email: philandjaime@gmail.com

phone/text: 530-306-0786

LEGO Engineering
Grades K-3

$189 per semester (1 voucher)

Does hands-on building and creating sound like fun? Then come join us and learn STEM concepts through building fun projects, using LEGO® parts and motors. Explore your creative boundaries and connect your projects to real-world physics and engineering concepts, while guided by an experienced instructor. Returning students are welcome – we do different projects each semester.

All materials are provided. Students do not keep their creations but are welcome to bring cameras to class to photograph their projects.

Format:

- Project discussion/demonstration: 5-10 minutes

- Build/Experiment: 30-40 minutes

- Review/Wrap-up: 5 minutes

- Clean up: 5 minutes

Teacher: Lynda Weiss

email: lynda.weiss@lyndaweiss.net

phone/text: 916.390.6530

Little Kid's Kitchen
Grades K-3
$225 per semester

Welcome to Little Kids Kitchen!

All new recipes for a new semester! Get ready for a magical cooking adventure! In this class, students will be introduced to the kitchen and discover all the fun they can have while learning to cook safely. This semester, we’ll journey through Disney Parks around the world, exploring the magic of food from Disney Paris to Tokyo DisneySea. Little chefs will help create delicious recipes that we’ll enjoy together in class. Along the way, we’ll learn tips and tricks to bring a little Disney magic into every bite! So put on your chef hats and join us for a fun-filled, hands-on adventure. We can’t wait to cook, taste, and celebrate with you! Be our guest and let’s make some Disney magic together! Please be aware that because of the nature of how this class is set up this class can not be tailored for households with food allergies and dietary restrictions.

This course integrates core stands across multiple subject areas: Science, ELA, Math, Health & VPA.

Teacher: Kelley Ayres
email: kidskitchenfla@gmail.com
phone/text: 530-417-1013

Life Skills for Little Learners: Foundations for Independence

Grades K-1

$195 per semester

Little learners will continue building independence through practical, hands-on life skills! Students will explore new everyday challenges, including organizing belongings, following routines, practicing kitchen safety, understanding money, solving everyday problems, and learning how to make responsible choices. Through interactive activities and real-life practice, students will develop confidence, responsibility, and skills they can use at home and beyond.

Teacher: Amanda Kennedy