You Wouldn't Go to a Chinese Restaurant and Order Spaghetti and Meatballs, Now, Would You?
Most beginning homeschooling parents ease into the process by starting with an academic structure and style similar to the one they grew up with. Eventually, however, many develop an approach thats more tailored to their childrens specific needs. This workshop will help parents identify the methods that best fit their unique circumstances and maximize homeschoolings inherent benefits.
The Goldilocks Test: Choosing a Curriculum That's Just Right
The best way to find out if something works is to try it. Yet, year after year many homeschoolers spend money on materials they know very little about. This workshop will present a method to help you locate and select the materials that will best fit you and your childrens needs.
How to Prove to Doubting Relatives that Homeschooling Is Best...by a Harvard Graduate
If you have friends and relatives who still have trouble understanding that homeschooling makes sense, this workshop is for you! The speaker,who holds two masters degrees from Harvard and ran a private school for academically-gifted students, tells why even so-called elite private schools cant match a well-run homeschool in the key areas of academics, socialization, and character-building.
High School: The Most Important Time to Homeschool
Thinking about sending your children to conventional school when they reach high-school age? Think again. High school is a time when teens need to focus not only on academics but also on solidifying their character and exploring possible career paths. Greg Sabouri explains that success in these areas requires the freedom, flexibility, and individual attention that only homeschooling can offer.
The Right Way to Teach Arithmetic
Few, if any, would deny that a solid understanding of basic math is important to daily life, but homeschoolers differ strongly in their approaches to teaching these basics. How much drill and memorization work should we require? Are calculators good or bad? How important are word problems? Greg Sabouri will answer vital questions such as these in this workshop.
Math for the Real World
Overcoming Math Phobia
How Can I Tell Where To Place My Child In Math?
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