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Getting Started – homeschooling in the early years (2 hour workshop)
* setting-up for success * materials * balancing needs of different ages
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Do I Need To Be Supermom To Teach My Kids at Home? (2 hour workshop)
12 characteristics necessary to succeed at homeschooling
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Play and Learning
(2 hour workshop)
* why playtime is important * facilitating play * ensuring safety
How to support, encourage, and stimulate your children’s creativity
and creative expression.
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Unschooling - A Leap of Faith (2 hour workshop)
Baffled but intrigued by phrases like "interest-initiated" and "child-led"
learning? Find it hard to believe that such a process actually works? If packaged curricula and structured lessons overwhelm
you, consider a less formal approach. Discover and explore the implications of natural learning, where the student controls
what and how and when s/he learns.
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Curriculum Matters (2 hour workshop)
- The value of an overall educational goal road map
- Learning styles and methods and curriculum guides
- Suggestions for materials other than textbooks
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Helping Your Child Learn To Read (2 hour workshop)
*creating a literate home *the joy of reading *materials to use *learning
theories
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Inviting Children To Write (2 hour workshop)
Practical suggestions to stimulate a child’s interest in writing
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Time of Wonder – using children’s books as curriculum
(2 hour workshop)
Practical suggestions about how to use children's books - both fiction
and nonfiction – to help your child learn to read, write, do arithmetic, learn critical thinking
skills, and gain an understanding of the world.
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Reflections On Homeschooling
(2 - 4 hour workshop)
A time of reflection about what homeschooling means to you and your family.
Each person will have an opportunity to share highlights. This workshop encourages you to recognize your contribution to your
child’s/children’s well being, and to renew and refresh your enthusiasm helping you to prevent burn out.
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Living Outside The Cultural Norm
(2 hour workshop)
- How does one cope with being different
- Ideas and techniques for dealing with culture clashes
- How to define your values in a positive way
- How to live in a society that doesn't support your values
- Helping children learn to live within contrasting/conflicting value
systems
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Surviving the Bumps and Potholes of Homeschooling (2 hour workshop)
A look at some of the common pitfalls of homeschooling and how to find suitable
detours. With gentle humor and practical ideas, I’ll help you put your concerns in context and help you to find another
route to the kind of homeschooling you want. There will be plenty of time for participants to share their own stories, too,
so that we can all benefit from various life experiences.
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Education - A Lifelong Process (2 hour workshop) (Presentation)
- * Why I chose to homeschool 25 years ago
- * What I would change
- * Why I would homeschool now
A long-range view of education with an emphasis on creating environments that
support children’s learning. Illustrated with examples drawn from my years of homeschooling experience.
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