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Delia Poythress
Member since 02/2011
Delia Poythress is a Christian, wife, and homeschooling mom of 3 blessings. Her professional background is in the field of pediatric occupational therapy, specializing in sensory integration applications to learning.

My Mission Statement

My mission is to encourage families as they follow God's call to educate their children through homeschooling. My main objectives in every presentation are to empower families to discover the joy of being a family and learning together, as well as to help them unlock their children's learning potential through activities that are easily incorporated into everyday routines.

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Past Engagements/Seminars

"From God's Word to Modern-Day Science: Using a Multisensory Approach for Learning" FAITH Homeschool Support Group Meeting in Port Orange, FL - 10/2011

""Fun, Easy Ways To Increase Your child's Attention"" FAITH Homeschool Support Group Meeting in Port Orange, FL - 9/2009

"Fun, Easy Ways to Increase Your Child's Attention" Northwest Florida Homeschool Convention Pensacola, FL - 8/2008

Presentations

Enhancing Fine Motor Development from Infancy throughout Childhood

Discover how to encourage your child to develop their fine motor skills and postural abilities, in preparation for everything from sitting at a desk to handwriting. Believe it or not, you can start with your infants, but if your children are older, it's never to late to begin strengthening their skills!

From God's Word to Modern-Day Science: Using a Multisensory Approach To Learning

This workshop explores specific instructions in the Bible regarding how to teach our children and uses modern-day scientific facts to support the use of a multisensory approach to learning. Included is an overview of learning styles and how to implement them into your lessons, regardless of curriculum utulized.

Fun, Easy Ways to Increase Your Child's Attention

No matter which homeschool method or curriculum you use, this workshop will teach you ways to increase your child’s attention without the frustration! Become a detective and solve the mystery of what the best learning environment for your child is. Discover how you can use “The three S’s” to maximize your child’s attention for learning, and focus on what a blessing children are! Whether you are a new or veteran homeschooler, this is a workshop you won’t want to miss!

Sensory Processing Disorder: The "Hidden" Learning Disability and What You Can Do About It Today!

In this workshop, you will gain a basic understanding of what sensory processing disorder (SPD) is and how it can make learning difficult. Learn methods you can implement immediately to help decrease the symptoms of SPD throughout your homeschooling day, in order to enable your child to learn more effectively.

Publications

Sticky Hands to Writing Hands: Enhancing Handwriting skills from Infancy

A broad overview of how a child's fine motor and handwriting skills can be enhanced through every day activities from the time they are an infant through the elementary school years

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine 2011