Secret Garden Unit Study

This class is held weekly on Mondays from 10:30am-12:30pm all semester long. For girls and boys of all ages 3 and up! The Class List with names/genders/ages of students registered up for these classes are found at the bottom.

A Unit Study is a type of curriculum that organizes all subjects around one topic. In this case, it's a unit study about the novel The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We'll be reading a chapter each class, and using the Travel A Year in the Secret Garden book: making recipes, doing fun activities, and studying the characters of the book. At the end of the year, we'll be watching the movie at the park! If this sound like fun, we'd love to see you, and make new friends!

August's Lessons:

8/12

• Chapter 1: There's No One Left
• Recipe: Scones and Ginger Tea

8/19

• Chapter 2: Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
• Activities: Paper Garden Model
• Character Study: Frances Hodgson Burnett

8/26

• Chapter 3: Across The Moor
• Recipe: A Taste Of Summer

9/2

• Chapter 4: Martha
• Activities: Garden Games For Family And Friends

Cost: $60 per student for these 4 classes.

Payment Due: August 1st 2024 @ 3:00pm

September's Lessons:

9/9

• Chapter 5: The Cry in the Corridor
• Recipe: Indian Style Chicken Curry

FALL BREAK 9/16-9/20 NO CLASSES

9/23

• Chapter 6: "There Was Some One Crying-There Was"
• Activities: Rangoli
• Character Study: Mary Lennox

9/30

• Chapter 7: The Key of the Garden
• Activities: Magic Carpets & Misselthwaite Manor

10/7

• Chapter 8: The Robin Who Showed the Way
• Recipe: Ploughman's Lunch

Cost: $60 per student for these 4 classes.

Payment Due: September 1st 2024 @ 3:00pm

October's Lessons:

10/14

• Chapter 9: The Strangest House
• Activities: Cutouts of Secret Garden Characters
• Character Study: Mrs. Metlock

10/21

• Chapter 10: Dickon
• Activities: Planting Bulbs

10/28

• Chapter 11: The Nest of the Missel Thrush
• Activities: The English Garden

11/4

• Chapter 12: "Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"
• Recipe: Hot Oatcakes

Cost: $60 per student for these 4 classes.

Payment Due: October 1st 2024 @ 3:00pm

November's Lessons:

11/11

• Chapter 13: "I Am Colin"
• Activities: Jump Rope, A Plastic Bag Jump Rope, & Jump Rope Rhymes

11/18

• Chapter 14: A Young Rajah
• Activities: Shovel, Shovel, Shovel
• Character Study: Ben Weatherstaff

THANKSGIVING BREAK 11/25-11/29 NO CLASSES

THEATRE ART'S TECH WEEK 12/2-12/6 NO CLASSES

12/9

• Chapter 15: Nest Building
• Activities: Bringing in the Evergreen & The Story of Mistletoe
• Recipe: Yorkshire Pudding/Toad-in-a-Hole

12/16

• Chapter 16: "I Won't!" Said Mary
• Recipe: Winter Bird Feeders & The Oak King vs. The Holly King
• Character Study: Martha Sowerby

Cost: $60 per student for these 4 classes.

Payment Due: November 1st 2024 @ 3:00pm

*Invoices will be sent out round the 15th of each month that will be due on the first of each month. It's assumed that you'd like to continue each month, unless you let us know that you no longer will. No judgements, just let us know ASAP, as there may be a waiting list for the class.

We'll be outside under a huge pavilion so prepare yourself for the day's weather. Bring enough water, bug spray, personal fans, cool clothing, etc. We meet in the rain, as the pavilion is huge and we stay dry. Please check our FB Page to see if any updates have been made about the classes each day. ALL announcement will be via FB, as I can't access the website via phone. If you're planning on dropping off your child please contact Kei Denevan our Head Organizer first to get approval.

Please make sure you fill out our Membership Forms before registering for your first class. The form's link can be copied and paste into your browser from our website.

Class List:

1. Ella/F/17
2. Brooklyn/F/9
3. Landon/M/7
4. Autumn/F/5

Host or Publisher Sociable Homeschoolers of San Antonio