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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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What is a Mother To Do With Sons?

Many homeschool mothers grieve over the conflict that often occurs between them and their sons, especially as the enter the teen years. How does a mother handle the transition of her little boy as he begins to identify with his father and manhood? What is her role? What can she do to not alienate her son as she gives instruction? You learn the answers to these questions and more!

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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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Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity

In a time when over 90% of boys have been exposed to pornography before they leave home, how can we teach them to keep their way pure? How can we help them walk in innocence when temptation lurks on a friend’s phone and beckons just a click away? Hal and Melanie offer frank and practical advice for teaching sons from toddlers to adulthood about God’s gift and Satan’s traps in the realm of sexuality. (Material is appropriate for ages 12 and up – parent discretion suggested!)

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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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The Middle School Maze

Middle school is a time of transition. Physical and emotional changes are taking place at a rate that will make any parent’s head spin. She may WANT to be an adult and may THINK she is an adult (and may even LOOK like an adult!), but her actions and thought processes may show the childlike qualities that are still present. Beth will discuss the various academic options available to you as you maneuver through the Middle School Maze.

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Finishing with Confidence: A Plan for Homeschooling 7-12th Grades

Would you like support teaching higher level math, science, history, literature and language classes? Do you need assistance with transcripts, diplomas, and college advising? Are you interested in help from instructors who love the Lord, love to teach, and are from homeschooling backgrounds themselves? Find out why more and more homeschooling families are turning to Logos Online School, an affordable, accredited, online classical Christian school, as their children get older.

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Diving into Memoria Press in the Older Grades: You’re never behind!

It is never too late to begin a classical education! If you are just starting your Memoria Press journey with a middle- or high-school student, this is where you need to be! Your student can absolutely gain the beauty of a classical education while earning the necessary credits to graduate from high school – and it need not be a struggle.

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Top Ten Tips for Successfully Graduating Your Child

With 19 years of home education and four homeschool graduates who have successfully been admitted to their chosen universities, Debby Sjogren has learned by success and some failure how to prepare your children to have an amazing high school transcript. Come listen and learn how you can also best prepare your children for their next level of higher education.

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How many labs?!!!

Should I do all the labs or just some of them? How do I choose which of the labs to do? What is the best method to use when doing labs? How can I get all the supplies together for labs? Join Bill Harmon for some practical advice and a LIVE demonstration!

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Shining Armor:Your Son’s Battle for Purity

It comes as a surprise, but the years from 9 to 12 can be some of the most challenging of all. Long before peach fuzz or body changes, you have to cope with outbursts of anger and the ???nobody loves me’ blues, but somebody’s got to be the adult around here. Learn how to survive, and make the teen years great!

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You Can Homeschool when Mom is Chronically Ill

When a parent is ill, many will encourage you to put your child back in school. You may feel guilty for being ill and feel like it would be better for your child to have healthy active adults leading their education. Your kids need YOU! Homeschooling is possible even with significant health issues. We understand because Chris is dealing with chronic illness and Heather is dealing with a life-shortening disease. Let us share why we chose to continue homeschooling and how to make it work for you and your children.

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