YSS is our answer for training parents to coach and mentor their kids combined with hands-on project-style content for Love of Learning and Transitioning to Scholar Phase!
Inspired by our young daughters who LOOOOONGED to have the goals and awards that they saw happening in their brother’s scouting activities, YSS is a program for girls and boys to assist them in broad knowledge, skills acquisition, refinement of talents and character development.
YSS can be run:
In a single home, with parent mentors
In a small, cooperative group of families
As a full-fledged club in an emerging or established community of families
YSS Coaching and Content is on a monthly subscription model.
Note that this includes full access to the This Week in History subscription, which costs $25/month – so you’re getting a crazy good deal for all the coaching and curriculum content!!
Contact us for information on how to get a multi-family YSS Club in your area, with special pricing and coaching.
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Delivered on a monthly subscription model, mother-and-daughter team Emma Cox and Rachel DeMille provide coaching and content support on a schedule you can rely on, and you use it on the timing of your own choosing to meet the needs of your family or club. The YSS format includes a binder system for planning and record keeping, and a community of support with others participating in the program.
AND! The YSS Coaching and Content subscription includes, at no additional cost, the award-winning This Week in History program for use in your homeschool or club learning!
Sample Calendar
Weekly Schedule:
Monday: Discover
Brief video(s) – from 5-20 minutes combined (at the students’ level of interest)
Printable content (at the students’ level of interest)
Introduces the goal area with basic instruction
Learning activities and goal project ideas
Appropriate for family and club learning with multi-age groups
List of rabbit trail starters from This Week in History (bundled with the YSS subscription at no additional cost)
Wednesday: Explore
Brief video(s) – from 1-10 minutes combined (at the students’ level of interest)
Printable content (at the students’ level of interest)
Expands exposure to and experience with the goal area
Keep students motivated and engaged with the week’s learning activities and goals
Appropriate for family and club learning with multi-age groups
List of outside resources for additional exploration
Friday: Coach and Prepare
Video(s) from 10-40 minutes combined (at the parent/mentor’s level of interest)
Printable content (at the parent/mentor’s level of interest)
Debriefing the week’s experiences
Coaching on mentoring skills, habits and mindset
Pre-exposure to the upcoming week’s goal area
Preparation helps for priming, planning and organizing the next week’s activities
Monthly Schedule:
1st Week
Book Club Colloquium monthly (Suggested Reading Schedule provided)
Even Months: Service Project (Support Packet provided)
Binder upkeep
2nd & 3rd Weeks
Working on Goal Areas
Follows YSS Calendar
Binder upkeep
4th Week
Club Meeting/Prisms (Support Packet provided)
Online Meetup
Every three months: Quarterly Event
Includes such events as: Spelling Bee, Physical Fitness Challenge, Heritage Arts Festival, Math Tournament, Science Fair, Poetry Tea Time, Speech Recital, Music and Art Gala, Georgics Pageant, Formal Banquet etc.
Medallion Awards Ceremony
Community recruitment and enrollment opportunity
5th Week (every three months)
Family Reset
Preparation for Upcoming Quarter
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Medallions
YSS is a service and achievement club sort of like scouting, with 6 areas of emphasis with 10 or so subtopics, or “Goal Areas.” The young person and his or her mom/dad/mentor develop a list of goals/achievements in each Goal area, tailored to the student’s aptitude, interest, phase of learning and other needs. Our Coaching service provides lots of ideas and resource materials to help you figure this part out!
Once all the chosen goals are completed in a given area of emphasis, the child earns a “medallion.” The medallion is actually a small brass pendant; it can be wrapped with beads on a leather strip from a walking stick, dangled from ribbon on a bookmark, worn on a cord or chain as a necklace, or as charms on a bracelet, for example.
Each achievement area is represented by a hero or heroine icon, chosen especially because of their significant contributions or example in the goal area.
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