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Jump, Sing, Draw and Define
What type of learner are you? How do your children learn best? In this session we will explore Multiple Intelligences and learn how to tailor the curriculum of your choice to your children’s needs. Join us to better prepare yourself to be a DWIT!
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TBA
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All
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COLLEGE PREP 101 AND COLLEGE SEARCH 102….helping homeschool students navigate the college planning process.
Are you planning to apply to a college or university, take the SAT or ACT, apply for scholarships, register for college courses or move into a residence hall in the next few years? Then this workshop is for you. College Prep 101 and College Search 102 will give you practical and useful information to help the college-bound homeschool student navigate this sometimes confusing process.
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Wendy Stanley
Regional Admissions Coordinator
Piedmont College
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College Preparation, Admissions, Financing, Scholarships & Success
This is a Comprehensive Home School Approach, entertaining, information-packed seminar. I show parents and students how to target, apply for, and get accepted into the college that’s right for them, while saving countless hours of random research. I’ll also outline a variety of available college funding sources, saving any family thousands of dollars over the course of a 4-year education.
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Terry Wilfong
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Meaningful Grammar and Writing: Methods That Make Sense!
Frustrated with (or even afraid of) teaching grammar and writing? Tired of wading through meaningless writing assignments and dealing with pages of grammar "exercises" with minimal results? Learn how to integrate grammar and writing in a way that's quick, thorough, and highly effective. Plus, learn how to incorporate meaningful, real-life writing experiences across the curriculum. Appropriate for all ages.
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Dawn Burnette
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Get a Handle on Reading
Increase your children's understanding of what they read. Learn simple, research-based techniques that strengthen vocabulary and increase comprehension in all content areas. These strategies are appropriate for elementary and middle school students at all reading levels.
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Judith Holbrook
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Building a Better Brain ~ Unlocking the Pathway to Your Child's Learning
Is your child firing on all cylinders? Do you have a child that struggles to learn? Are they diagnosed with dyslexia, ADD or ADHD or any other vegetable soup diagnosis? Have you wondered how you are going to deal with learning challenges and difficulties in your own children as you homeschool and how they will ever learn all they need to know? Have you ever wondered if there are strategies out there to build a better brain?
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Lisa Baughn
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Adventures in Homeschooling ~ Fun for Frazzled Homeschool Moms
Finding things at home dull and boring? Feel like every school day is the same? Is homeschooling losing its luster and do you feel like a frazzled mama? Educating at home is an adventure! Laugh and cry with Lisa as she takes you on a delightful journey as you get a peek into the wonderful world of creative homeschooling at Chez Baughn in a fun digital presentation. You will leave with a whole new view of how to make education come alive in your home, based on your own lifestyle. Learn how to create lasting memories that will knit your family's hearts together for a lifetime. This is a can't miss seminar that will encourage, equip and inspire you for years to come.
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Lisa Baughn
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Organization for Homeschool Moms ~
We all crave better organizational skills when it comes to being the keeper of our homes. Fabulous tips for getting your home, kitchen, school, grades, activities and life in better order. No, you won't be organized in a day, but you will be challenged and equipped, whether you are a beginner or super organized!!
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Lisa Baughn
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Creating a Unique Educational Philosophy Around Your Family~
Torn between Charlotte Mason and Classical, Unit Study and textbook, video learning and traditional, unschooling and more - a family can get lost flitting from one educational philosophy to the next. Each new book that a homeschool mom reads can leave her more confused than the last. The Lord has given each family their own bent, so why adapt someone else's mold and be miserable? Discover creative ways to nail down what is great from each learning style for your, unique family and go on to create your own individualized FAMILY lifestyle of learning. You can do this!
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Lisa Baughn
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Language Arts: Structured and Simplified
Language studies in the home school are both critical and challenging. Come learn how Writing Strands provides a structured, simplified way to prepare students for college and career writing. We’ll also discuss how to teach reluctant readers and writers.
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Cathy Canen
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Nature Walks and the Charlotte Mason Theory
Home school families should recognize that curriculum is not always the answer to our educational needs. Mr. Wirtz will combine an overview of the relevant education philosphy that suggests a flixeble element component to our home educating methods.
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Joseph Wirtz
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Lapidary Introduction
Mr.Wirtz will present hard earned advice on “entry level” Lapidary pursuits. You will learn how to save money on rough rocks and equipment, as well as the various types of artistry you and your family can participate in.
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Joseph Wirtz
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Want to know more about our natural wildlife?
Tim will cover some of the reasons why birds are a great doorway into a broader appreciation of the natural world. Tim will introduce some of the tools of the trade, including binoculars and field guides, and introduce a number of resources available.
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Tim Keyes, Wildlife Biologist
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Math Frustration
Mary's popular workshop on the difficulties some children face with math in the elementary grades, and how to deal with them.
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Mary Hood
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Working with Middle Schoolers:
Formerly Titled: Beat the Middle School Blahs Mary discusses developmental issues concerning middle schoolers, and how to understand and work with this age group. It includes a discussion of volunteer experiences and community involvement.
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Mary Hood
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Reading & Writing/Children's Literature:
This is Mary's most popular session, formerly entitled, Reading and Writing the Natural Way. It includes a discussion of readiness, learning styles, and an introduction to some of Mary's favorite authors for children
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Mary Hood
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Panel Discussion
A question and answer time with our veteran homeschool parents. They have tried just about everything we came up with! Delight Learning, Konos, Unit Studies, Packaged Curriculums, Discipline, Fun, Miquon and more!
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Laura Fowler Lora Laminack Suzanne Klopp TBA
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Preparing Christian Homeschool Students for Psychology 101
Have you ever considered psychology, your Christian worldview, and homeschooling in the same thought? Ask yourself if academic psychology has a place alongside biology, chemistry, and physics in your high school student’s education and consider how academic psychology fits (if it fits at all) with the` Christian worldview you impart to your students.
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Dr. Tim Rice
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Lapbooks and Notebooking:
Through the use of paper, notebooks, scissors, and glue, you and your students will find new ways to organize information into “bite size” booklets that wil lstimulate learning fun. The use of lapbooks and notebooks can be used by all ages from elementary to high school. This class will briefly show you some of the techniques needed to present and display information for your students.
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Denise Leak
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