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Amanda Bennett is a wife, mother, homeschooling parent, speaker and author of more than 30 books for families. Holding a degree in engineering from the University of Florida, Amanda worked in engineering and professional research before turning home to raise and educate their three children. With more than 15 years of homeschooling experience, Amanda and her husband now have one child finishing her last year in veterinary college, another who is completing his last year of college, and a rambunctious eight-grader that keeps things interesting.
As a home educator, she has been motivated to develop a more effective means of learning for children and a more interesting method of teaching for parents. The results of her efforts, several series of unit studies, have become very popular across the country and around the globe. Her goal in writing is to help children enjoy learning, and develop into self-motivated students that will enjoy a lifetime of learning.
Amanda speaks across the country at homeschool conferences, churches and women's retreats, sharing encouragement, laughter and helpful information from her heart, using personal trials and tribulations as examples. Having survived two serious automobile accidents and numerous surgeries in the past few years while homeschooling, Amanda is uniquely qualified to share the ups and downs of reality family life and homeschooling. Because of her experiences, she can relate to audiences not only as a teacher, parent and homeschooler - but as a compassionate and understanding Christian friend.
Amanda is a graduate of CLASS - Christian Leadership and Speaker's Services, and has enjoyed speaking at many homeschooling and educational conferences, in various locations including
My Mission Statement
First, it is my prayer that others see Christ and His work in my words and actions, and want to develop a relationship with our Lord and Savior. While writing originally for my own children, slowly but surely the Lord has helped me to see that my efforts to help our own children could help others with both home education as well as their own faith.
Second, I work to help children develop a love of learning - a sense of wonder with all that God has created. In this age of overwhelming information overload, I work to open doors of interest for children, instead of overwhelming them with vast tidbits of disconnected data.
Honorarium
Past Engagements/Seminars
"Midwest Homeschool Convention" Cincinnati - 4/2009
Presentations
Faith, Hope and Love – Keys to Homeschooling Success
There are plenty of valuable ideas and methods for homeschooling that you read and hear about these days. After many years of homeschooling, Amanda Bennett has realized that one of the most important mandates was shared when the Apostle Paul said, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” From teaching our children to read, helping them through the maze of fractions and algebra, surviving drivers education and much more, the journey of homeschooling will take heavy doses of these three, along with plenty of humor and patience. Join us as Amanda shares with encouragement and laughter - how these three need to remain and play key roles in your journey of homeschooling.
Kids and Business – Masterminds in the Making
What child has not wanted to have a lemonade stand to earn money, or asked what he could do around the house to earn some money? From a young age, children want to earn money, and homeschooling presents a great opportunity to include important lessons about finance and business for the whole family. Preparing our children for life in these interesting economic times is a responsibility that Amanda has faced and now shares the lessons and ideas with homeschooling families across the country. Living in the middle of an entrepreneurial family, she has experienced the importance of teaching children about saving money, setting goals, having their own business and much more. This is an exciting topic for students – they are ready to learn and earn for their next missions trip, a new computer, their first car, and much more. Come join Amanda as she shares some ideas to help prepare them for successful lives as adults, with academic preparation as well as a sound and practical business education.
Learning to Live – Lessons of Success
After 17 years of homeschooling, and two of three children through college, Amanda Bennett has experienced an abundance of the ups and downs of reality homeschooling. One of the most important lessons has been the 17-year lesson of what success really means, and how to help our children move on down that path to success while we are given this opportunity.
The Power of Homeschooling
Empowering, enlivening, energizing – these are words that bring to mind a sense of power and energy, and they accurately describe the potential of homeschooling. Come and listen as Amanda shares what she has learned about the power of homeschooling – lessons for the parents as well as the students. From the confidence to think independently and not follow the crowd to lessons of responsibility and the importance of serving others, these lessons are vital, but all too often unseen in today’s fast-paced society. Amanda shares these concepts and ways to implement them in your homeschooling adventure, along with plenty of insight into how we are all like Michelangelo when he said on his 87th birthday, “I am still learning.”
Top Ten Tips for Successful Homeschooling
There are plenty of interesting ideas and methods for homeschooling that you read and hear about these days. After sixteen years of homeschooling, Amanda Bennett has collected her best tried and true tips and ideas to help you succeed. From teaching our children to read, helping them through the maze of fractions and algebra, and surviving driver’s education and poetry, the journey of homeschooling takes an abundance of love and patience. Join us as Amanda shares her best homeschooling tips, along with plenty of encouragement and laughter, to make the journey one of wonder and accomplishment for both the students and the parents.
Understanding Unit Studies
Have you been wondering about unit studies? Do you want to learn what they are and how they are used in homeschooling? Come join Amanda Bennett, author of Unit Studies 101, and learn the basics of this highly effective educational tool. Having written several series of unit studies, Amanda is uniquely qualified to share what she has learned about writing and using unit studies. If you have struggled with textbooks and workbooks in the past, and are looking for new direction or a refresher on unit studies, come and listen as Amanda shares her knowledge and experience about succeeding with unit studies.
Publications
Unit Studies 101
This new book includes the basics of unit studies as well as many helpful resources for creating your own studies. You will find a wealth of organization and research tips, as well as clickable links that can save you wasted hours of your precious time. There are helpful forms for developing and using unit studies, and they are printable from your computer. Amanda has also included a treasure trove of research methods and Internet resources (clickable!). Some of the topics in the book include: What is a unit study and how does it work? What is the difference in textbook study and unit study? How do we learn? The role of hands-on learning in today's children Why are there so many kinds of unit studies, and how are they different? Basics of using a unit study successfully Creating your own unit studies, and much more...
AABennett Books, Inc. 2009
Amanda Bennett Unit Study Series
With more than 20 studies in this ever-growing series, Amanda has developed and written a new kind of interactive unit study for homeschooling families. With interactive daily lessons, projects, and more, the students are taken through the realm of each topic. Their study adventures are cross-curricular in approach, including science, history, geography, and other areas. Titles include American Government, Auto Racing, Baseball, Birthday, Christmas, Digital Photography, Dogs, Easter, Elections, Flight, Gardens, Horses, Lighthouses, Oceans, Patriotic Holidays, Pioneers Sailing Ships, Scrapbooking, Space, Thanksgiving, Trains, and more.
AABennett Books, Inc. 2009
Amanda Bennett's Heroes of History
Each title in this series contains a collection of stories about heroes and heroines that are important to our history. The titles include: American Hero Stories, American History Stories, Heroes of Chivalry, Heroes of Invention, and Missionary Heroes.
AABennett Books, Inc. 2009
Amanda Bennett's Bible Studies
This series is a collection of Bible stories/studies for different ages. The titles include First Steps in Faith and Athletes of the Bible.
AABennett Books, Inc. 2009