Preschool & Kindergarten Education at Home (Two one-hour workshops)
Understanding the developmental abilities of your young child is essential before planning a preschool/kindergarten curriculum. What should your child know by the age of six? Susan Chrisman, homeschool mom of five and grandmother of three, will show you the keys to early education, and how to set goals for and record what your young children need to know. You will learn the specifics of academic preparation for your young child.
A Home Educator’s Guide to Scheduling & Planning
Susan will break down the task of educating into step-by-step details that will get you started with a workable schedule. This practical session will help you with yearly, weekly and daily schedules and planning ideas, what to do with toddlers and preschoolers during school time, tips on lesson planning, and ideas on what to keep and where to put it.
What is Education?
Our view of education is usually limited to our own experience. Understanding what true education is will help you set your priorities, choose your curriculum, determine your schedule, visualize your overall educational picture and follow your daily plan. This workshop contains information to guide you as you lay a foundation for your many educational decisions, expanding your idea of what education is and how to achieve it.
Evaluation—How to Know What Your Child Really Knows
What are the best tools for evaluating what your child has learned? Are true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice tests really effective indicators of what your child knows? Join Susan, homeschool mother of five, to learn how to truly assess your child's proficiency.
When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
A workshop on burnout, Susan will show you how to watch for S-M-O-K-E in your life. As smoke is an indicator of fire, so are there indicators of potential burnout in the life of a homeschool mom. Hear Susan, a mom with twenty-five years homeschooling experience, share her heart along with the warning signs of burnout and how to avoid it.
Relating to Your Children as God Relates to You
God has revealed through His word, through His example as our Father, how to relate to your children. Learn practical ways to develop those vital relationships, guiding your children into a relationship with God through discipline, academics, character formation, and family life. Learn the difference between schooling them with facts and information, and mentoring them for life, leaving a legacy for your family.
The Will: Bend It? Break It? Develop It? What's a Parent to Do?
Do you have a toddler who throws himself on the floor, crying unconsolably for something he should not have, or a defiant child demanding his way, or a young person who is merely outwardly compliant? We parents need to understand the will, its function and its power in order to guide our children toward building a strong inner person. This workshop offers a realistic and practical look at the will and how it should be developed in our children.
Scheduling: A Routine or Regime?
Whether you have preschoolers, toddlers and infants, or elementary, middle school and high school-age children, or any combination of them all, a schedule helps mom and students know what is expected. But a schedule does not have to become a regime. Learn the importance of healthy routines and how to benefit from having them.