Math and Humanities, Covered

Full curriculum instruction for Math and Humanities (History + English), completed through cohort hours and provided home activities. Everything practically based. Students practice the real-life applications of their lessons.

Social, Cohort Homeschooling

Small cohorts (around 4-8 students) provide a supportive learning environment where students can continue building social confidence and develop peer skills.

3 Cohort Days Each Week

Three hours each cohort day, and homeschool work provided for non-cohort days.

Example Schedule (Mon, Tues, Thurs)

9:00 -10:30 Math

10:30-11:00 Critical Skills "Break" Learn More

11:00-12:00 Humanities

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HomeBase's practical, hands-on lessons are focused on creating a joyful learning environment. Our founder, Samantha, has spent 8 years teaching with a specialty in re-connecting students with their curiosity and empowerment through learning.

MATH CURRICULUM

The HomeBase Math curriculum combines dynamic practical activities with the grade level standards. We use a mastery systems so parents can follow along with their student's progress in general goals.

Membership included office hours and additional materials for any students that need additional support on certain masteries.

Example lessonS:

Gold Nugget Hunt:

Mastering UNITS, MULTIPLICATION & ADDING DECIMALS.

This 4th grade activity helps students understand the value of precious metals today, and connects to our 4th grade Gold Rush history lessons.

+ Cohort Activity: Mini "gold nuggets" will be hidden. Students will find them and weigh them, recording the weight to exact decimals. Then will then research how much gold currently costs per ounce and multiply it by their "gold" weights to see how much it would be worth today!

+ Home Activity: Students can repeat this with their family, this time finding the value if it was silver.

House Square Footage Project:

Mastering AREA, MULTIPLICATION and UNIT MEASUREMENT

+ Cohort Activity: Students learn how to find area after learning stacked multiplication. Cohort works together to measure the HomeBase rooms and calculate the area.

+ Home Activity: Calculate the square footage of all the rectangular rooms in your house, bring and present to cohort.

Founder - Samantha Woo

Samantha is a native to Sebastopol and has been facilitating homeschooling for families in Sonoma County or Manhattan since 2017.

Her homeschooling services over the past 9 years have included:

~ Private facilitation of Math and Humanities for homeschool families (K-11th)

~ Custom curriculum design to achieve grade level proficiency in a joyful way.

~ Teacher of Math cohorts in Manhattan to get local students up to speed post-Covid.

~ Teacher of 5th grade (Math and ELA) at Higher Learning Summer School

~ Many private tutor students with IEP's and learning disabilities specializing in reconnecting the joy of learning in students with negative school experiences.

~ Diverse curriculums including Waldorf, Montessori and College-Prep

Her services became so popular that she founded HomeBase,

after seeing the need for a core academics hub that combined community

and peer skills with cohort learning.

Samantha believes in connecting students with the practical value of their education by showing them how their work can empower them in the real world. She specializes in practical and independence-based learning.

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Curriculum: Humanities

The HomeBase Humanities curriculum teaches grade-level History and English together. Grades 4 & 5 are combined.

Grade Levels History focuses:

4th & 5th grade - Local history (CA State History like Gold Rush, CA Missions, Indigenous Groups, Local Government, Early US History etc.)

6th grade - Early US and World History (Colonization, Early Institutions, Formation of the States)

Cohort work will focus on improving students' writing and synthesis skills, group discussions, and social/history lessons.

Home work will include reading assignments of historical novels, and projects like dioramas, reports, and investigative journalism!

Critical Skills "Break"

During our break, students eat, play, and socialize through activities that

teach critical thinking and home skills.

Critical thinking

Students self-direct play through critical thinking games

home Skills

Students rotate setting the table, preparing group snacks, and cleaning up.