Help People Respond to Special Needs with Grace (50 minutes)
How can we families with children with challenges encourage others to relate well to people with special needs? How do Christians view suffering and disability? What should Christian parents be telling their children about people with disabilities? Consider how can God use special needs to strengthen all his people.
College Bound, but Struggling: Tools for Success (50 minutes)
When high school subjects become challenging, some teens discover they aren’t crazy or lazy—they’ve been unknowingly battling learning disabilities or other challenges. Is college still possible? Is it the best choice? Learn tools for high school, college, and career success from author Kathy Kuhl. For parents and teens.
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Help Distractible Students Succeed (50 minutes)
Is your child’s mind a million miles from your lesson? Learn how to change your homeschool to curb distractibility, help your child improve his or her focusing power, and make your homeschool more friendly to that wandering mind, without building a 3-ring circus. Veteran homeschooler and author Kathy Kuhl also discusses related character issues, and how to teach if you’re distractible.
*Raising Never-Give-Up Kids (50 minutes)
How do you nurture resilience, so your kids can discipline themselves, not to quit in adversity? How do you encourage them toward a realistic view of themselves, and help them better handle emotions and relationships? Is your child struggling in one or more academic areas? Kathy Kuhl, the author of Encouraging Your Child, shares lessons for everyone, based on her research and experience with homeschooled students with learning problems.
*What Good are Labels? Understanding your Child's Learning Problems (50 minutes)
Wish you understood your child's difficulties better? Want to find strengths amidst problems? Do "labels" help? Join author and homeschool veteran Kathy Kuhl in exploring the process and benefits of diagnosing learning problems. Unravel your child's learning puzzles!
*Planning Homeschool with Learning Challenges (50 minutes)
Your child struggles with some part of learning, or has given up. How do you help them begin again? How do you establish wise goals? How will you tell when you’ve reached them? Learn how to work around areas of weakness, strengthen them, and adapt curriculum. Get tips on how to keep going and to help your child keep going.
Staying Sane as You Homeschool (50 minutes)
Losing the joy of learning? Veteran homeschooling mom Kathy Kuhl shares common sense Biblical strategies—and tips from parents who homeschool children with disabilities—to help you take care of yourself, be a better teacher, parent, and spouse, and have a happier, healthier family.
When Writing Doesn’t Come Easily (50 minutes)
Does your child struggle to write, to form letters, or to compose a clear paragraph or an essay? Learn about causes of writing problems, handwriting tips, and accommodations for problems with handwriting, memory, organization, spelling and vocabulary. Kathy Kuhl homeschooled her dysgraphic son (who loves to write), taught composition and English, and has written three books.
Workshops for Christian Women's Retreats
All are 45 minutes. Small group questions, personal reflection questions, etc. available on request:
Reasons for Hope
Hope is the least talked about of the "faith, hope, and love." What reasons do Christians have to be hopeful? What grounds do we have? What are the benefits of nurturing a hopeful heart?
Guarding our Hope
Our hope is assaulted many ways: from within and without. How do we avoid quenching our hope? How can we guard and build hearts full of hope and confidence in God? How do we encourage others to grow more hopeful?
Math workshops, all 50 minutes:
Algebra: Hands-on Makes Functions Meaningful
In this hands-on workshop, learn and practice strategies to help your child grasp how functions work, what they’re good for, and how to solve them. Great for kids (and parents) who hate algebra or don’t see what good it is.
Fractions, Decimals, & Percentages: Hands-on Methods for Mastery
Fractions, decimals, and percentages are topics where many students struggle with math. These core skills enable students to proceed to algebra and higher math. Veteran homeschooler and math teacher Kathy Kuhl shares and lets you try multisensory strategies you can incorporate into any math curriculum.
Teaching Integers: Multisensory Methods Help
Is your child confused by signs? Are you? These core skills prepare us for algebra and higher math. Learn how to explain why negative + negative = negative, yet negative times negative = positive, and more. Explore multisensory methods to help your kids master integers, with homeschooler and math teacher Kathy Kuhl.
Teaching Word Problems: Conquering Distance-Rate-and-Time
Word problems woes? Applying math to real life is a neglected skill, which can leave us and our kids puzzled or petrified. Learn hands-on ways to clarify concepts, decipher clues, find patterns, and make math fun. Kathy Kuhl’s experience helping students with learning challenges and making algebra interesting for all kids can help, whether you or your child struggle with math.
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