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Getting Started Homeschooling: Everything from A to Z

This session is a practical “how-to” workshop, intended to help new home educators meet the Ohio state requirements for notification and assessment. Melanie will review Ohio’s homeschool regulations in a way that is interactive and engaging, as well as provide examples of notifications and Ohio’s assessment options. Whether you are in the process of deciding to home educate or you are ready to begin, this is an important session that will provide answers to all your homeschool questions!

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How to Write about Literature

It is essential, valuable, and fulfilling to read the great classics of literature; and it is also just as vital to write about them. What methods and techniques can be used to write well about literature? How should we approach a work of art in order to write about it? Is it possible to write about literature so that the essay, too, is a work of art? Learn steps, methods, and techniques to writing the artful and sophisticated literary analysis essay.

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How to Create the Perfect Homeschool for Your Family

This workshop will be foundational and helpful for a family at any stage of homeschooling. The 5 big ideas presented could potentially revolutionize your family life and homeschool. There will be five seed truths that we will discuss to help you focus on what matters this summer and to lay the foundation for next homeschool year well before you actually embark upon it.

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Mom, Don’t Make Me Think-Just Tell Me The Answer

Speaker: Ann MeolaAfter switching to a new Math curriculum with her daughter which led to her daughter saying, “Just tell me the answer!”, Ann Meola realized that children need a clear understanding of math, not just what the books says. (more…)

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Starting to Homeschool With 3rd Option

Starting to Homeschool with 3rd Option is a workshop for South Carolina homeschoolers to help you understand the South Carolina Homeschool laws. We will cover how to choose the Association that will work best for your style of homeschooling. How to keep your records and what you need to report to your association. We will help you with choosing a curriculum and creating a social life. A booklet will be given to each workshop attendee to help them with their homeschool journey.

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Teach Math to a Child with Learning Challenges

Teaching is not for the faint of heart. Mix in a child with learning challenges and you may end up becoming very discouraged, and possibly, ready to throw in the towel. Be encouraged, you are NOT alone. Whether your child has been diagnosed with a learning challenge or simply doesn’t “get”? math, come to this workshop to learn some teaching strategies and techniques. Help your child overcome those learning challenges and succeed in math.

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Building a Solid Math Foundation

Who is going to build a house by starting with the walls? Without a solid foundation, those walls
may hold up for a bit but eventually will come crashing down. Math is a lot like building a house.
We need to start with a strong foundation and build up from there. It doesn’t have to be hard!
Come and see how easy it is to teach math.

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Creating Joyful Learner through the Power of Play

Register for our session on “Creating Joyful Learner through the Power of Play” to see and learn strategies that make the learning experience fun, while improving retention and recall in the minds of our students.
Play is an important part of children’s learning and development. Active learning strategies make learning fun, while increasing engagement and student performance.
In a recent study, researchers found that cognitive word games can improve lexical memory access and decision-making processes.
Recent studies have found that cognitive games are a good strategy for effectively improving students’ performance by keeping them engaged (Annetta, Minogue, Holmes, & Cheng, 2009; Kim, Park, & Baek, 2009). When students build a strong academic vocabulary early in life, their chances for success will be significantly higher later in life.
Gamification is a new concept that promotes the use of games to enhance student engagement, memory, and improve the learning experience (Annetta,2010)

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Choosing Curriculum for Your Family

Choosing homeschool curriculum for your family can be overwhelming. In this session, you’ll receive tips for choosing programs that work for your family, ways to save money (and time), and what to do when a program isn’t working out.

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Homeschool From the Beginning

When do you get started and what do you do first? We’ve had precocious readers and we’ve had late bloomers, but every one of them has benefited from being homeschooled from the beginning. Learn to relax and introduce your little ones to the joy of learning in a gentle and realistic way that will prepare them for academic success!

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How to Simplify Your Homeschooling

Speaker: Kristi Clover Learn how to make education a fun learning experience! Kristi explains how she over bought curriculum and put a lot of pressure on herself and her children. You cannot do it all! Learn how to simplify your day and learning to make learning fun and enjoyable! Listen Now

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Teach the Child Not the Curriculum

Speaker: Sonya Shafer How do you teach the child and not the curriculum? Curriculum can be thought of as a “close recipe” and then you as the parent have the freedom to tweak the curriculum to fit the needs of your family! Listen Now

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A Curriculum Tune Up

Speaker: Heather Laurie A big talk about curriculum!! What your family can use and how to chose the best curriculum for your family! How you can take curriculum and tweak it to adjust to your family! Listen Now

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The Four Steps of Learning

Learning consists of four steps. No matter what is going on with an individual, each person (whether special needs or typically developing) should go through these same 4 steps. First, the brain receives the information being inputted. Next, the brain must process the information it has received. Third, the brain needs to store that information. Finally, the brain has to use the information. Again, this four-step pattern for learning is the same for every person. There are multiple factors which can affect each step of learning and cause corresponding challenges. In this session, learn about these 4 steps of learning and how to optimize each step to become an excellent, efficient learner.

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Bible Based Homeschooling: Building a Firm Foundation

I have often said that I don’t care if my children know all the math and science in the world. If they don’t know God, then I haven’t done my job. What good is it to acquire knowledge without first having godly wisdom? Call me an underachiever, but what does it matter to be successful in the world’s eyes, but not God’s? Who defines success? I may be an underachiever by the world’s standards, but I am not looking for worldly achievement, but to make disciples, and that,?my friends, is eternal gain. Several years ago we experimented with using the Bible as our main textbook, and even though we have added in other resources since our Bible is still the book upon which we build our homeschool.

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The First Three Years: A Workshop for Homeschool Rookies

If homeschooling up until now feels more like drudgery than delight or if the thought of homeschooling makes your knees shake and your palms sweat, this is the workshop for you! Perhaps you’ve been hearing from “experts” that view homeschooling as just another form of education, like any other. Public schools think that way, but homeschooling is nothing like the school system. It’s just the opposite. Learning at home is an adventure, a journey, a new lifestyle. Although you’re nervous now, it’ll all be okay. Homeschooling is worth it. So sit back and relax. You’ll soon discover that homeschooling is a journey like no other.

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Homeschooling and Parenting Without Guilt and Freaking Out

Many parents are haunted with guilt telling them that they are not good enough or as good as the other homeschool mom. How will you ever teach your child to read? It’s your fault your child isn’t a perfect little angel. What if my children don’t learn everything? Am I teaching them the right things? The list goes on. Let’s learn together the truth that will set parents free from guilt and freaking out.

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Finding Fun and Unique Ways to Teach Your Children

When we think of educating our children, we often think of our children sitting at desks or the kitchen table using textbooks and workbooks. While this kind of teaching/learning is enjoyable to some students, most students (and parents!) enjoy breaking out of the more traditional classroom setting in exchange for ideas and activities that are more fun! It is possible to incorporate alternative kinds of teaching and learning into your homeschool, and it doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive! There are ways to use hands-on activities, dance, poetry, drama, experiments, fun literature-related activities, music, travel, and more to spice up your homeschool! If you’re in a homeschool rut or if you’re just not sure how to add a little fun and adventure to your homeschool, we would love to share some ideas and information with you! Your children will thank you (Ok…it may be years from now! But they will!) and your family may discover a new love for learning this school year!

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Young girl doing math problems on the whiteboard

The Truth About Math Studies

Leigh Bortins, math curriculum developer, will provide insight to the truth of math, both it’s study and what it teaches, as well as ways to engage reluctant learners in a practical manner.

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6 Tools for Lifelong Learners

With the right tools, your student will be equipped and eager to continue learning for his entire life. Give your child practice with six practical tools now, and you will be amazed at how well he transitions into being a self-learner. Come learn what the six tools are and how to use them in your home school. Plus, discover the secret that makes those tools extra powerful in creating lifelong learners.

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How To Teach Your Child To Learn Independently

Discover practical strategies for teaching your child HOW to learn. This workshop will give you the tools to guide your child as they gradually transition to learning independently and learn to organize their academic life. Whether you have preschoolers or high schoolers you can decrease burnout, develop successful students, and bring peace into your home once again. Come experience a renewed vision for your homeschool.

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5 Things You May Not Know You Need to Know Before Choosing Curriculum

What goes through your mind when you step into an exhibit hall full of hundreds of curriculum choices? Maybe a bit of doubt and more than a few questions? It can be overwhelming, for sure. Have no fear! Veteran homeschool mom, Rachael Carman, has been there and she has the 5 Things You Need to Know (That You May Not Know You Need to Know) When Choosing Curriculum. Be inspired to choose with confidence as Rachael imparts her wisdom, earned over her more than 20 years as a homeschooling mom.

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