KIND & CURIOUS IS A

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FREE,

VIRTUAL,

SECULAR,

PARENT-RUN

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HOMESCHOOL CO-OP FOR THE

COVID-CAUTIOUS COMMUNITY

Semester 2 (February - June)

Clubs List

Enrollment

Numbers

• Each co-op family must host at least one club per semester.
• Meeting Frequency: Your club may meet once per month, twice per month, or every week. At minimum, clubs must meet for 30 minutes at least once a month four out of the five months of each semester.

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• Clubs can be any subject/topic you feel comfortable hosting. Choose a subject that you'll be excited to show up for. Most people are here for community, passion, and fun. Clubs tend to fall into one of three categories:
• Academic: A range of approximately 3 grade levels would likely be a good fit to capture those in other age brackets who are studying at varying grade levels depending on the subject.
• Examples: STEM, history, literature
• Social: Want to keep a smaller grade range in order to keep it to those specifically in your child's age cohort.
• Examples: playing video games, cooking/baking, show and tell, D&D
• Enrichment: A special topic where the purpose is to bring a wide range of kids together (~5+ grade levels).
• Examples: art, storytime, gardening, music

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• Class size: You choose, but most clubs range from 4 to 30 students (average is about 8 kids per club).

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• Materials: Please put some thought into what materials will be needed and how much they'll cost. Try to choose affordable and easily available materials and/or materials that families will already have in their homes.

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• Semester #1: September 1 thru January 31
• Semester #2: February 1 thru June 30

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Hosting Details:

HOSTING DETAILS

COVID CAUTION

Co-op members must be actively living in a way that minimizes the spread of COVID as much as they are able.

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Everyone’s situation impacts their decisions about what is safe and what is necessary. Co-op members know that:

• COVID is airborne
• Masks are effective when worn properly
• COVID has long-lasting impacts (including for vaccinated people and children)
• Spreading COVID impacts everyone, not just you

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Things that are not tolerated during co-op meetings:

• Minimizing covid (ex. saying that covid is “just a cold” or that kids are not affected by covid)
• Anti-mask or anti-vax statements
• Talking about unnecessary risky behavior (ex: unmasked trips to crowded public spaces)
• Saying that a covid-cautious lifestyle is bad for a child’s mental health
• Telling a member that they are too cautious or too fearful or too anxious
• Telling a member that they need to take different or lesser precautions

PRIVACY

• Do not record meetings.

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• Do not take pictures of other people’s children.

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• Do not screenshot or copy/paste from any co-op facebook posts, co-op. meetings, or other communications to share with people outside of the co-op

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• Do not share the meeting details with anyone not on the club roster. This means no one external to the club should be in attendance. We understand that in-home traffic may happen which is totally fine as long as it’s not disruptive to the meeting. Contact your Bubble Leader for any questions.

KINDNESS POLICY

As our name suggests, this co-op values kindness as a central trait to our community. As a community of volunteers, we’re committed to creating an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome, respected, and able to participate fully. For both children as well as the adults, we show kindness in the Kind & Curious Co-op through the following practices:

• Use kind words in voice and in chat – No name-calling, yelling, swearing, or being hurtful.

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• Listen to one another and take turns talking – Don’t interrupt. In several clubs, you’ll be encouraged to use the raise-hand feature to be called on.

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• Be respectful with technology – Use emojis to share smiles, hearts, surprise, but not to hurt or tease. Use Zoom’s chat, screen-share, and annotate only with host’s permission.

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• Be patient, mindful, and helpful – Be mindful that some people may communicate, learn, or express themselves in different ways – and that’s okay. Let’s be patient and supportive. If someone’s confused, offer encouragement, support, clarification, and/or grace.

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• Include everyone – We want everyone to feel included in the learning, socializing, creating, and playing that happens here. Though we hope and love that friendships form between our members, please don’t use club time to line up a playdate with someone else unless everyone is invited. We don’t want to make anyone feel left out.

KINDNESS POLICY

• Think before you click or post – Is this kind? Is this helpful? Is this safe?

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• Say sorry when needed – It’s okay to make mistakes if we make it right.

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• No bullying allowed – That means no name-calling, teasing, or being unkind on purpose — in messages, voice, or anywhere. If someone is being hurtful, tell an adult right away. This may be the host of your club or your adult. The host or your adult should contact their Bubble Leader immediately and let them know what happened.

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• Continued disruptive behavior will not be tolerated – Disruptive behavior includes derailing conversations off-topic, interrupting speakers, using inappropriate language, name-calling, being mean, etc. Should a child’s behavior disrupt a meeting, the host should acknowledge it then and there and let their Bubble Leader know. Should a child continue to disrupt a club/class, the host should contact their Bubble Leader. The Bubble Leaders will then reach out to the child’s adult and work toward a resolution– typically requiring adult supervision of the disruptive child during co-op meetings. Repeated offenses, however, could result in a family’s dismissal from the co-op.

OTHER POLICIES

Supervision: For children under the age of 7, we require a level of supervision during club meetings. Please monitor your young child closely, helping them turn their mic on and off for when it is time to talk/share versus when it is time to listen. Try to avoid talking directly to your child during this supervision when it isn’t necessary; instead, model listening and attention to the hosts and other classmates.

Grade Levels: Children will not be admitted into clubs outside their grade level. If hosts would like to increase their roster size after enrollment, they may choose to expand the grade levels for their club.

No-Show Policy: If a participant misses a meeting without notice AND doesn’t reply to messages from the host within a week, the participant’s spot can be given to someone on the waitlist. Some clubs have specific attendance requirements indicated in their club descriptions.

Anti-Discrimination: The co-op has zero tolerance for racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, anti-semitism or any other discrimination in or out of co-op meetings.

COMMUNICATIONS

• Each semester you will receive a Google calendar invite for any club your child is enrolled in or that you are hosting. This calendar will be maintained by the Bubble Leader team.

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• Cancellations or any updates of your event (including printables, supplies, time changes, etc) should be sent to everyone on your roster via email.

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• CC kindandcuriouscoop@gmail.com on all co-op communications

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• We have a private Facebook group as well as a BAND app group that we will use for discussions, community, and to share resources. These are both voluntary. All important information, as well as weekly emails, will be emailed out from kindandcuriouscoop@gmail.com

ZOOM

• All classes should be delivered via Zoom unless an exception has been made.

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• The participant name when you’re on Zoom should be the name you used when you signed up this semester. Note: If your child wishes to update the name they are called, you may email your Bubble Leader and/or reach out directly to the clubs' hosts prior to meetups.

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• Zoom meetings should have the same link for every meeting. If you need to change your Meeting ID and/or password for any reason, email your roster, and copy the co-op email, with the new information.

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• We strongly encourage people to use one of our two co-op owned Zoom accounts to host their meetings. A new meeting ID and password will be assigned to each of these two accounts each semester. If you do use the co-op Zoom, please wrap up your meeting 5 minutes before your time ends to allow for the next club to enter and get started.

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• If you use your own Zoom account, please create a meeting ID and password that will be used only for your co-op club(s).

How to create a zoom link that is the same every meetup: