“Write Methods” of Spelling

HOW you teach can be as important as WHAT you teach. But most moms end up adopting the methods of the public schools for lack of training. Spelling is the one subject in which skills have declined more than any other. Even homeschoolers don’t score as high as previous generations on college entrance tests. But the Bible is plentiful in teaching methods which are supported by sound research. In this workshop you will receive practical help implementing teaching approaches proven to work for all types of students and to raise foundational spelling skills.

Building Powerful Apologists

The Bible commands us to always have a ready defense for the hope that lies within. Without good training, that can sound like a heavy burden. This workshop will show how to use careful Bible study tools to develop good communication skills. With some simple techniques that can be integrated into your homeschool, you can confidently build students who are ready to share the reasons for their faith. Science Like You’ve Never Seen It Science often times is taught in isolation from other subjects. Yet science is a foundational skill for further academics. Science teaches observation and critical thinking skills and to view God’s world with wonder. To teach science apart from Biblical principles and reasoning, and in exclusion of its historical importance is to rob our children of some of God’s wonders. Come learn some fascinating ways to inspire your students as well as how to integrate science into all subjects in the homeschool.

Choosing Materials for your Homeschool

Who among us has not agonized over the “right” selection of materials for our children? Learn some proven techniques for teaching that will revolutionize your approach to education, maximize individual learning styles and ensure success for all students.

From Fear to Writing for Eternity

Turn writing from a boring, stress filled, or even a painful subject. It can be made pleasant and enjoyable for both moms and kids. We present a Biblical method of teaching writing which is easy for the student to follow in achieving better writing. And it contains an easy system for grading the work. Instead of getting groans over writing assignments, you just might hear, ‘Yes! I can do this.’.

Giggles and Grace in the study of Grammar

Are you afraid to teach grammar? Are your students loath to learn it? Rather than dread it, grammar can become a meaningful and fully-applied discipline and it can be fun, too! Come learn a few foundational principles so confusion can be diffused and everything — including comma rules — will fall into place.

Literature

Young children beg for stories but not “school” work. Using stories can light the fire of education. This workshop will show how to easily add stories to any curriculum. Come find out how to teach literature and make learning in all subjects “come alive” through the use of great stories and the classics in literature.

Protecting Precious Preschoolers from Educational Predicaments

The educational rush for earlier and earlier schools for young children is pervasive in our society. Forcing academic “schooling” on children too young sets them up for educational burn-out and discipline issues. Yet educational psychologists claim that more than half of a child’s learning occurs in his first few years. The preschool mind is like a sponge. What is a careful homeschool parent to do? Becky shows simply how to make the most of educational opportunities with preschoolers that don’t set them up for dangers. She offers tips on multi-level teaching, including teaching school-aged children with a toddler in the house.

Putting the BIBLE FIRST in All Subjects

For many parents, our greatest handicap as teachers is our own education. We were taught to separate the study of academic subjects from the Bible. Bible study was saved for family devotions or church. In this inspiring and empowering session, you will learn how to simply and practically begin to use Biblical reasoning skills in any field of study. You will see a shining alternative path, to search the Scriptures in history, science and math, etc., to take every thought captive to Christ, to become like the noble Bereans. These are the very skills which enabled the founders of our nation to develop The Constitution and the only solution for turning our country back to those principles. Many parents have made the decision to homeschool based upon Biblical reasons; then many times the Bible is set aside during history or science lessons.

Recovering the Lost Biblical Model of Education

What are the differences between the Classical Greek and Hebrew approaches to education? Does it matter? Does the Bible offer any clues for HOW to homeschool? For many parents, our greatest handicap as teachers is our own education. Many have no idea how to do school in any other way but the public education model. In this inspiring and empowering session, you will come to understand the Biblical model and purpose of education as God has prescribed. You will see a shining alternative path, one that develops Biblical reasoning skills, and able apologists, so desperately needed in today’s world. Come learn some methods to raise scholarship standards in your home while bringing rest to weary moms.

The Clark County Homeschool Info

with Allison Rice

Covers all local resources, how to get started homeschooling, a simple synopsis of the state law, high school ideas, reading lists,

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