HOMESCHOOL CONVENTION - Oregon Home Education Network
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<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Network</strong> (OHEN)<br />
presents its 12th<br />
<strong>HOMESCHOOL</strong> <strong>CONVENTION</strong><br />
Saturday, June 30, 2012<br />
9:00 am - 5:15 pm<br />
Valley Catholic High School<br />
4275 SW 148th Avenue<br />
Beaverton, OR 97007<br />
www.ohen.org/convention<br />
Tap into resources!<br />
Learn from each other!<br />
Connect with your community!<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Network</strong> is your INCLUSIVE statewide<br />
homeschool resource support group!<br />
For more information about the OHEN Convention, visit<br />
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2012 OHEN Convention Schedule<br />
Saturday June 30<br />
9:00 - 10:00am Registration and Vendor Court (open until 2:00pm)<br />
10:00 - 10:15am Introduction<br />
10:15 - 11:00am Session 1: Meet & Greet, Vendor Shopping<br />
11:00 - 11:15am Break & Vendor Shopping<br />
11:15am - 12:15pm Session 2: Parent, Teen, Children Workshops<br />
12:15 - 1:45pm LUNCH & Vendor Shopping<br />
1:45 - 2:45pm Session 3: Parent, Teen, Children Workshops<br />
2:45 - 3:00pm Break<br />
3:00 - 4:00pm Session 4: Parent, Teen, Children Workshops<br />
4:00 - 4:15pm Break<br />
4:15 - 5:15pm Session 5: Parent, Teen, Children Workshops<br />
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OHEN is always looking for committee members and volunteers.<br />
If you would like to find out more or get involved, please contact<br />
Alison Jakel at registrar@ohen.org<br />
Board of Directors<br />
President Alison Jakel<br />
Vice President Gina Guzman<br />
Secretary Bobbi Burton<br />
Treasurer Carol Pitkin<br />
Information Coordinator Stephanie Nystrom<br />
Event Coordinator Diana McIntosh<br />
Outreach Coordinator Rosalyn Newhouse<br />
Non Board Members serving vital roles for OHEN<br />
Legislative Liaison Barbara Smythe<br />
Legislative Consultant Amy Grant<br />
Helpline Coordinator Carol Rulla<br />
PR/Media Coordinator Tara Atkinson<br />
OHEN Convention Committee<br />
Chair Diana McIntosh<br />
Treasurer Carol Pitkin<br />
Secretary/Registrar Alison Jakel<br />
Vendor/Facility Coordinator Rosalyn Newhouse<br />
Website Manager Stephanie Nystrom<br />
Volunteer Coordinator Tara Atkinson<br />
Program Coordinator Alison Jakel<br />
Children’s Sessions Diana McIntosh<br />
Teen Sessions Anne Ashton von Borg<br />
Teen Committee Jacob Ashton von Borg<br />
Vivianna Ashton von Borg<br />
Taylor Scharp<br />
Tia McIntosh<br />
Advertising/PR Gina Guzman<br />
Publications Barbara Hammond<br />
Visitor Bags Bobbi Burton<br />
Signs Coordinator Mai Lon Ross<br />
Lunch/Hospitality Trisha Mitberg<br />
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Vendors and Presenters<br />
Acerlogic Language Services International<br />
Amy Grant Lola Carlile<br />
Anne Heinrich Mad Science<br />
Anne Shoepe Masabi/Barefoot Books<br />
Ano’s Art Metropolitan Youth Symphony<br />
Annunciation <strong>Home</strong>school<br />
Enhancement<br />
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Misty Stromme<br />
Christian Family Adoptions Moonstar Dance Studio<br />
Better Learning Solutions Northwest Children’s Theater<br />
BJ the Clown OATAG - <strong>Oregon</strong> Association for the<br />
Talented and Gifted<br />
Cori Smith OMSI - <strong>Oregon</strong> Museum of Science and<br />
Industry<br />
Cwerks <strong>Oregon</strong> Chautauqua<br />
Destination Imagination <strong>Oregon</strong> Gymnastics Academy<br />
Discovery Toys/Simply Fun Outdoor School Partnership<br />
Donate Life Northwest Seven Stars Studio<br />
Emily Troper Tamra Orr - Author and <strong>Home</strong>schooling<br />
Expert<br />
Evergreen Aviation Museum Teaching Textbooks<br />
FixMyGadget Terry Jordan - Storyteller<br />
Gina Guzman Terry Purcell<br />
Ian Powell, Speech Therapist Test Metrics<br />
ITT - Technical Institute Trackers Earth<br />
Jesse Hampton Twin Rocks Friends Camp<br />
Dr. Jim Petersen United Studios of Self Defense<br />
John Bennett VEGA Fencing Academy<br />
Just Ducky Books - Usborne Books Village <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Resource Center<br />
K12<br />
OHEN would like to thank all our vendors and<br />
presenters for participating in the 12th annual<br />
OHEN <strong>Home</strong>school Convention<br />
Adult Workshops - Session 1<br />
Who are your homeschooling neighbors?<br />
During Session 1, parents and children together will gather informally<br />
in small groups, to give families who live near each other,<br />
and families with learning challenges, a chance to connect.<br />
Come learn about local resources, meet other<br />
homeschooling families, and swap email addresses.<br />
A1 - Meet and Greet Your Neighbors - Rooms 101 - 105, Cafeteria<br />
and 202 - 204<br />
See registration desk for specific room assignments, designated by geographic<br />
area. Pre-arranged childcare will be in Room 210.<br />
A2 - Meet and Greet for Families and Children with Special Learning<br />
Needs - Room 103<br />
Are you worried that your young child is delayed in his/her speech and<br />
language development? Are you concerned about your child’s learning?<br />
Troubles with reading, spelling, writing or math? Does your child have<br />
problems with focusing or attention? Come meet other families with similar<br />
challenges, or find out the most common causes of difficulties in these<br />
developmental and academic areas and what you can do to help your child.<br />
Professionals in the field will be available for you to talk to and answer<br />
questions you may have.<br />
A3 - Meet and Greet for Teens - Room 205<br />
<strong>Home</strong>schoolers ages 12 and up may meet up with other teens and<br />
nearly-teens in the Teen Room.<br />
About <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Network</strong> (OHEN)<br />
OHEN is an inclusive, statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting<br />
all of <strong>Oregon</strong>’s homeschooling families. OHEN supports the right of all<br />
homeschoolers to educate their children with as little government intervention<br />
as possible. Celebrating the diversity within our homeschooling community,<br />
OHEN welcomes any person without regard to educational philosophy, religion,<br />
creed, race, color, sex or ethnic or national origin.<br />
For more information about OHEN, visit www.ohen.org.<br />
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Adult Workshops - Session 2<br />
A4 - No Math, No Problem (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102<br />
When are we going to use this math stuff in real life? Come hear a math teacher's<br />
(and homeschooling dad's) journey of how the answer to this common question changed over<br />
time and how his controversial conclusion is polarizing the world. You may never think of math<br />
the same way after this.<br />
A5 - Staying Connected With Your Teenager (Emily Troper) - Room 103<br />
This class focuses on the primacy of connection in parenting teenagers. Hear from experienced<br />
parents of teens about how they stay(ed) connected with their teenagers through these exciting,<br />
scary, fragile, powerful years. You will come away with an understanding of the importance of<br />
preserving connection between parent and teen, and ideas and inspiration for how to live together<br />
harmoniously while setting limits respectfully. Incorporates concepts from the work of Patty<br />
Wipfler, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, and Mira Kirchenbaum.<br />
A6 - On the Cutting Edge:<br />
How <strong>Home</strong>schooling Embodies Best <strong>Education</strong> Practices (*Lori Walker ) - Room 104<br />
Do you wonder if what you are doing at home will "measure up" to the neighborhood school's<br />
curriculum, or even the curriculum of that expensive private school? Discover what an ideal 21st<br />
century education looks like, and take a look at how your homeschool plans compare. Gain clarity<br />
on what really matters, and how we can best support the lifelong learner within our children and<br />
ourselves.<br />
A7 - <strong>Home</strong>schooling the Young Child (Cori Smith and Gina Guzman) - Room 105<br />
So you've decided not to send your child to preschool or kindergarten. Now what? Learn how to<br />
inspire discovery and creative play. Combine the effective use of living books, storytelling,<br />
hands-on learning, and field trips for a well-rounded education for young children. Learn to<br />
observe your child and notice the signs of readiness instead of following the age-based<br />
"standards" of modern education. Recent studies in the field of education will be presented for<br />
consideration.<br />
A8 - Beyond Brainstorming (*Karen Anderson) - Room 202<br />
This will be an interactive session for parents covering both Teamwork and Creative Problem<br />
Solving skills. The development, characteristics, and behaviors of teams will be discussed, and<br />
some team-building games shared. The tools that can be used to develop creative problem solving<br />
skills from generating ideas to implementation will be shared and used. A brief discussion of<br />
Destination ImagiNation and how its concepts can work in the homeschool environment will end<br />
the session.<br />
A9 - Privately-Developed Plans (PDPs):<br />
An Alternative to Testing and Individual <strong>Education</strong> Plans (IEPs) (Amy Grant) - Room 203<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> law allows children with disabilities to be assessed under a Privately Developed Plan<br />
(PDP) as an alternative to standardized testing or an IEP. At this session you’ll learn about the<br />
qualifications and requirements for a PDP, and have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss<br />
the advantages and disadvantages of a PDP.<br />
A10 - Word Magic (Tamra Orr) - Room 204<br />
Worried about how to teach writing to your children? Want to teach the creativity and magic of<br />
writing instead of getting tangled up in grammar and sentence diagramming? In this workshop,<br />
author/writer Tamra Orr will present ways to keep the fun in writing, with games to play, ideas to<br />
try and stories to create. Let’s explore how to make writing a natural part of life—and not<br />
something to be "taught."<br />
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* Visit their vendor booth for more information<br />
About Our Speakers<br />
Lori McKee Walker is the founder of Village <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Resource<br />
Center and currently serves as the Executive Director. Village <strong>Home</strong> is gaining<br />
national recognition for its innovative approach to education, and will be<br />
featured in the upcoming documentary, "Class Dismissed." Prior to becoming<br />
a mother, which she believes is her most important job, Lori was the Director<br />
of Training and Curriculum at Learning Forum, where she designed<br />
curriculum for life skills and academic skills programs worldwide. She also<br />
served as a facilitator herself at programs in the United States and abroad. Lori<br />
has over 15 years of experience teaching and training adults and children in a<br />
variety of subjects, from geography and pysanky, to accounting for REITs.<br />
She earned BA degrees, graduating summa cum laude with distinction and<br />
honors, from SMU in Business Management and Psychology, with an<br />
emphasis in child development.<br />
Shadowmoon Wolf (Moonstar Dance Studio) Shadow is the founder of<br />
Moonstar and she’s been dancing for over 20 years throughout the West Coast.<br />
She spent most of her high school years on the Forest Grove Vikettes Dance<br />
Team and went on to instruct dance camps at Portland State and Western<br />
University. She later returned to Forest Grove to take the head coaching<br />
position in 2005. Shadow has danced with the <strong>Oregon</strong> All-State team,<br />
Portland Forest Dragons, Semi-Pro Football, Team and the Thunderbolts. She<br />
recalls that she’s had many wonderful dance experiences over the last 10<br />
years, but she always had a dream of owning her own dance studio. Five years<br />
ago she founded Moonstar Dance Studio and she says, “Every day I feel<br />
excited about the opportunity to touch the lives of our youth!”<br />
Ano Youssefian (Ano’s Art) Ano believes that art has the power to shape<br />
lives. To practice art is to affirm one’s beliefs. To share art is to create a<br />
dialogue with others. To appreciate art is to find the best of ourselves<br />
reflected in it. Ano learned to connect art and life from her mother, Serpouhi<br />
Sakouyan, who found so many ways to show it. Now it is her privilege and joy<br />
to bring this family tradition to her art and teaching. Taking the time to savor<br />
the big and small wonders of life—and to share them—is both the greatest<br />
lesson she has learned and the greatest gift she can give. With each child that<br />
Ano teaches, she passes along the same love, hope, and care that her mother so<br />
tenderly gave to her. (Ano’s assistants, Jamie and Xia, will be teaching the<br />
Ano’s Art workshops at the OHEN Convention.)<br />
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About Our Speakers<br />
Misty Stromme & Jesse Hampton Misty loves nature and is passionate about<br />
teaching! She is currently obsessed with model rockets and toy dinosaurs, but her dream<br />
is to one day establish a complete outdoor education program for homeschooled<br />
children and their families. She recently led an expedition to eastern <strong>Oregon</strong> to search<br />
for rare birds with several Village <strong>Home</strong> families. As Baba Dioum said, “In the end, we<br />
will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will<br />
understand only what we are taught.” Jesse has taught OMSI outreach programs for the<br />
past 10 years; everything from astronomy to forensics. His specialty is in physics and<br />
using science to solve everyday problems. Jesse is a fun, enthusiastic science teacher.<br />
His interests and hobbies are too many to count but they include board games, wildlife<br />
photography, and building model rockets.<br />
Joel Thomas is a licensed teacher with a passion for science education who has chosen<br />
to teach outside of the traditional classroom. He started teaching science in 2000 and<br />
has been involved in camping ministry since 2004. Currently he works as the Outdoor<br />
<strong>Education</strong> Coordinator for Twin Rocks Friends Camp on the <strong>Oregon</strong> Coast. Joel also<br />
founded, and directs, the <strong>Oregon</strong> Outdoor School Partnership Program<br />
(www.odspartnership.org).<br />
Emily Troper is the mother of four kids (ranging from 7-20 years old) and is a life-long<br />
student of child development, alternative education, and parenting. She currently works<br />
as a respectful holistic caregiver to the elderly.<br />
United Studios of Self Defense located in Beaverton, <strong>Oregon</strong>. To ensure top quality<br />
instruction, all Instructors must graduate with honors from the United Studios<br />
Instructors Academy. The Academy is taught by Senior Instructors that have been<br />
training in martial arts and managing studios for over ten years. Our Instructors must<br />
constantly refine their teaching and organizational skills to make your Martial Arts<br />
training experience exciting and enjoyable. Upon completion of this unique training<br />
course, we certify them to teach the United Studios of Self Defense System. Fully<br />
qualified, they are prepared to help you with all aspects of your Martial Arts’<br />
Training. Instructors participate in weekly training sessions taught by Master Instructors<br />
as well as 10th Degree Black Belt and United Studios founder Professor Charles<br />
Mattera.<br />
Archers Afield (503) 639-3553<br />
11945 SW Pacific Hwy Ste #121 Portland, OR 97223<br />
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FixMyGadget<br />
425 SW Madison Ave<br />
Suite H-2<br />
Corvallis, OR 97333<br />
Telephone: 541-250-0349
Adult Workshops - Session 3<br />
A11 - The New Consciousness of <strong>Education</strong> (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102<br />
The education system in the United States is in need of a major transformation, despite<br />
continuing governmental controls and ongoing efforts from within the system to effect change.<br />
The imbalance between relationships and resources remains at the core of the problem. The key to<br />
the solution is looking at the problem in a different way and NCE, The New Consciousness of<br />
<strong>Education</strong>, is that new lens. Come try on a brand new pair of shades, custom-fit with NCE lenses.<br />
Not only will you see the world differently, you may never want to take those shades off ever<br />
again.<br />
A12 and A19 (2-hour session) - Experience Dyslexia:<br />
A Learning Disabilities Simulation (Kelly Arnold and Anne Shoepe) - Room 103<br />
Come learn more about the most common cause of reading, writing and spelling difficulties.<br />
Experiencing Dyslexia is a hands-on experience that was designed to increase awareness of the<br />
difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia encounter daily.(This also mimics problems<br />
with ADHD, dysgraphia, and auditory processing problems since these conditions are often<br />
associated with dyslexia.) Participants rotate among six learning stations that simulate various<br />
language-related tasks similar to those encountered in the classroom and workplace.<br />
This workshop will extend across both session 3 and session 4.<br />
A13 - College Planning 101:<br />
Practical and Streamlined Advice for Parents and Students (Brian Bills) - Room 105<br />
As early as the 8 th grade equivalent academic year, families need to start helping their students<br />
chart the course for acceptance to the colleges of their choice. This workshop will help you<br />
understand today’s increasingly competitive college admissions process, highlight the importance<br />
of building a winning student profile, and address unique issues for the homeschooled applicant.<br />
A14 - Making the Brain-Body Connection:<br />
Music & Movement for Whole-Brain Learning (Kaylyn Mabey) - Music Room<br />
How can a song paired with purposeful movement make memorizing easier? Does music really<br />
help children learn sequence and impulse control? What body movements help develop<br />
communication and coordination between both sides of the brain? Learn the answers to these<br />
questions plus tips and tricks to incorporate music and movement into your homeschool<br />
experience.<br />
A15 - Language Experience Approach (Gina Guzman) - Room 202<br />
The Language Experience Approach is a gentle language arts method for teaching reading and<br />
writing that works with any age, any ability, and any educational philosophy. In LEA we use the<br />
person's own words and experiences to create stories that are then used to teach a wide variety of<br />
language arts skills. Best of all you can do it for free and with very little prep time. This is a good<br />
workshop for anyone who wants to get out of the reading and writing workbook rut or just wants<br />
something new to add to their current methods.<br />
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About Our Speakers<br />
Dr. Jim Petersen, a professional counselor and retired pastor (and fisherman),<br />
distilled more than forty years of experience in interpersonal relationships,<br />
teaching, and counseling into an informal, often humorous volume<br />
loaded with practical tips, examples, and techniques to practice. He leads<br />
workshops and teaches listening/counseling skills in churches’, businesses and<br />
schools, based on his book, “Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating &<br />
Connecting in Relationships.”<br />
Terry Purcell feels younger than he is. He knows what a paradiddle is, and<br />
will teach you for free. He reads at a 25th grade level. He knows, off the top of<br />
his head, what words can be spelled with the letters A-E-E-I-N-R-T. He loves<br />
getting people excited about events that happened 50, 100, or even 1000 years<br />
ago. He still gets excited about those events himself on a daily basis. Aside<br />
from this, Terry is also an instructor at Village <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Resource<br />
Center and is charged with keeping up with teens, tweens, and little ones - a<br />
task he loves.<br />
Chris and Marian Scadden (Cwerks) are co-owners of Cwerks Interactive<br />
Theatre & have been homeschooling for almost 20 years. They've been<br />
performing, teaching, and directing for even longer throughout <strong>Oregon</strong>,<br />
California, and Washington. Chris has a masters in bilingual education and<br />
Marian has a degree in children's theatre.<br />
Debbie Schmidt (Cwerks) is well-known throughout the homeschool<br />
community for her science dissection classes and primitive living skills camps.<br />
She is a part of Cwerks Interactive Theatre's new AHSM ("awesome") program<br />
= Arts, Humanities, Science and Math. Debbie has also taught a variety of<br />
classes for all ages: at conferences, schools, church daycares, 4-H events, scout<br />
events, museums and other venues. She has been home/car schooling for almost<br />
19 years.<br />
Anne Shoepe has a Master’s degree in Special <strong>Education</strong> and is the owner of<br />
Developing Young Minds, which is a private practice servicing children with<br />
developmental delays and disabilities. Anne is a certified dyslexia<br />
specialist and provides both testing and tutoring for dyslexia. She has<br />
homeschooled her three children, one of whom has special needs.<br />
Cori Smith is the mother to two boys ages 6 and almost 9, who she has<br />
homeschooled since preschool. She has an eclectic approach that has<br />
influenced by Charlotte Mason and modern studies in education. Cori blogs at<br />
www.wonderinthewoods.wordpress.com about homeschooling and parenting<br />
topics.<br />
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About Our Speakers<br />
Gina Guzman has been teaching, in one form or another, her entire life. Besides<br />
earning a degree in Elementary <strong>Education</strong> and Learning Disabilities she has tutored<br />
students of all ages, helped start a family literacy program, taught American<br />
Citizenship, Adult Basic <strong>Education</strong>, and English as a Second Language; as well as<br />
taught within the homeschool community. Her family has been homeschooling for ten<br />
years.<br />
Anna Heinrich, M.Ed, has been training adults for over 20 years. She is an<br />
instructional designer, facilitator, and producer with InSync Training, a global Virtual<br />
Classroom provider. One the things that drove Anna to homeschooling was her work<br />
with the Northwest Media Literacy Center in 2000-2003. “<strong>Home</strong>schooling gives us<br />
time. This time with our son counters the impact media has on him and our society.”<br />
Anna and her husband have homeschooled their son for all his 13 years. “I’m the first<br />
to admit homeschooling has been challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!”<br />
Terry Jordan, a homeschooling mom for 16 years, has a passion for storytelling. She<br />
has shared her tales, encouraging others to do the same, in workshops and<br />
presentations at retreats, festivals, and conferences all around the country and even<br />
abroad in Dublin, Ireland (which is a grand place for telling tales, don'tcha know).<br />
Terry is a member of the National Storytelling <strong>Network</strong> and served on the board of the<br />
Portland Storytellers' Guild where she continues to be a member. For five years, Terry<br />
has facilitated a monthly Story Coaching session for storytellers of all levels. Terry is a<br />
Reiki Master/Teacher and co-Founder of EastWest Reiki Association, whose mission<br />
is to train and support all those using Reiki as a tool for self-care. She teaches a weekly<br />
preschool class at Village <strong>Home</strong>, teaches Taekwondo to adults and children and is<br />
currently training to run in the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon while raising funds<br />
for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.<br />
Kaylyn Mabey (Cwerks) is a part of Cwerks Interactive Theatre’s new AHSM<br />
(“awesome”) program = Arts, Humanities, Science and Math. A homeschooling mom<br />
for 16 years, she has also taught a variety of classes for all ages; at conferences,<br />
schools, church daycares, 4-H events, scout events, museums, and other venues. She<br />
has taught music workshops longer than she’s homeschooled! See us at<br />
www.cwerks.com<br />
Tamra Orr has been unschooling since before it had an official name (in other words,<br />
25-plus years). She is a full time author/writer of more than 350 nonfiction books,<br />
including half a dozen on homeschooling. She is mom to four, wife to one, and spends<br />
her free time writing letters to people all over the world or reading—both preferably<br />
done at a campsite somewhere.<br />
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Adult Workshops cont. - Session 3<br />
A16 - Everything You Wanted to Know About <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Laws<br />
(Amy Grant) - Room 203<br />
Ask your questions about the ins and outs of <strong>Oregon</strong> home education, private school laws,<br />
reporting and testing requirements, and discuss compliance/noncompliance issues in this<br />
interactive session. Amy will also discuss trends in the state legislature, and what you can do to<br />
protect your home education freedom.<br />
A17 - Media Literacy (Anna Heinrich) - Room 204<br />
We teach our children how to comprehend their reading. We should be doing the same for the<br />
television. The media we see on the TV is a major part of how we communicate as a society. Just<br />
like learning how to analyze reading, this session teaches parents how to critically analyze what<br />
we see on the television. The session will focus on the five principles to deconstructing media and<br />
what type of questions we should be asking. The goal is to have a set of questions we can start<br />
using to get ourselves and our kids thinking about the hidden stories in television.<br />
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Adult Workshops - Session 4<br />
A18 - Brain Games (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102<br />
John Bennett is a one-of-a-kind middle and high school math teacher in the San Francisco area.<br />
His application of logic puzzles and strategy games in the classroom bring traditional<br />
mathematics curriculum to life. If you plan on joining John, be prepared to be puzzled, amazed,<br />
and downright inspired by the activities he has designed to stimulate analytic reasoning,<br />
deductive logic and visual-spatial reasoning – essential skills needed for applied math theory.<br />
A19 - Learning Disabilities Simulation, cont. from Session 3<br />
(Kelly Arnold and Anne Shoepe) - Room 103 - 104 See session A12 for description<br />
A20 - College Admissions Testing 101 (Brian Bills) Room 105<br />
It used to be the case that “admissions tests” were primarily used by schools for making<br />
admissions decisions. Today, however, admissions tests have a far greater impact. This<br />
workshop will help you to understand the distinctions between these various exams and the<br />
impact each can have on the entire college admissions process. Learn the importance of test<br />
scores relative to other admissions criteria, as well as the impact on merit-based aid award<br />
decisions. Also learn when each of these tests should be taken and the impact of multiple test<br />
scores.<br />
A21 and A29 (2-hour session) - Why Don't We Listen Better? (Jim Petersen) - Music Room<br />
Family members get excited or confused, frustrated or hurt, grief-stricken or angry, and want to<br />
be heard. But while we think we’re good listeners, most of us are not. We want to listen<br />
effectively and talk without making others defensive and don’t know how. You’ll chuckle at the<br />
Flatbrain Tango that shows what's going on and leads to better ways of handling conflict. You'll<br />
observe and practice talking and listening techniques that work and learn a Talker-Listener Card<br />
process to help your family in tense situations. The versatile card works on every situation from<br />
the family dinner table to work, teaching, and counseling settings. It could end arguing as you<br />
know it and the class will be fun. This workshop will extend across both session 4 and session 5.<br />
A22 - Advanced Dissections at <strong>Home</strong> (Joel Thomas) - Room 208<br />
Learn how to lead dissections at home for students aged 12 - 18. Joel will help answer questions<br />
like: Where can I get equipment and specimens for dissection? What organisms are available?<br />
How do I lead a dissection at my co-op? What safety concerns need to be addressed to lead a<br />
dissection (physical and emotional)? Throughout the workshop he'll walk small groups step-bystep<br />
through the dissection of a dogfish (shark).<br />
A23 - Reading for Understanding (Lola Carlile) - Room 202<br />
I can read the words, but what does it mean? With multiple strategies, resources, and<br />
methodologies for all learning styles, this session is designed to help enhance your child’s<br />
comprehension once basic sight words are learned. Meaningful and relevant reading creates<br />
lifelong readers. This session will include hands-on activities incorporating art, drama, music, and<br />
rhythm.<br />
A24 - Math Playground: Hands-On Math Ideas for Early Elementary Learners (Amy<br />
Grant) - Room 203<br />
Discover fun and easy hands-on activities to encourage your early elementary-age (~4-8 years<br />
old) child's mathematical thinking without worksheets. Amy will share the games, books and<br />
activities that she uses in the Math Playground class at Village <strong>Home</strong>, and will show how to use<br />
household items and recycled materials to make economical (and fun) learning tools.<br />
A25 - Media Issues Roundtable (Anna Heinrich) - Room 204<br />
Every family has different methods for dealing with the many media issues in our home. This<br />
round table discussion will let us share our strategies with each other and our ideas on how to<br />
make the most of media in today's media saturated world.<br />
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About Our Speakers<br />
BJ the Clown Performing at over 300 events every year, BJ the Clown (aka<br />
Bret J. Christie) has long been considered one of the premier children’s<br />
entertainers in the Pacific NW. A Portland native and member of the World<br />
Clown Association, BJ originally trained under the guidance of former<br />
Ringling Brothers clowns before developing his own unique style of<br />
performing. After several successful years as one half of the comedy duo BJ<br />
and Scampy’s Merrily Magical Mischief, BJ struck out on his own in 1996 and<br />
has been entertaining non-stop ever since. Specializing in comedy variety<br />
shows for schools, libraries, and corporate events BJ also performs at<br />
birthdays, festivals, camps, and charitable events.<br />
Lola Carlile has taught all grade levels from pre-K through the university<br />
level. She has taught language arts, ESOL, American history and a language<br />
sampler. She is a writer, reader, and dreamer! She recently received her second<br />
Master's degree in Art Therapy Counseling from Marylhurst University and<br />
believes everyone should enjoy learning, especially learning to read. Recently<br />
she has published her first book, "The Twin Within" and is prepared to share<br />
her second book, "Teaching Literacy in a Global Society" with conference<br />
attendees.<br />
Kelly Casperson (Seven Stars Studio) - Kelly’s business and atelier, Seven<br />
Stars Studio, is located in Ladd’s Addition in southeast Portland, <strong>Oregon</strong>. This<br />
is where she creates her artwork and in 2009, Seven Stars Studio expanded to<br />
include art instruction. Kelly worked in Portland Public Schools for over 20<br />
years, beginning in 1988. In 1990 she initiated an arts education program at<br />
Edwards Elementary School that involved developing the curriculum and<br />
teaching the classes. She has a degree in education and has worked with a wide<br />
array of student learning styles in all the academic subjects. In 2010, Kelly was<br />
able to become a full-time artist and art teacher, an opportunity she<br />
whole-heartedly embraced. Her favorite moment as a teacher is to hear a<br />
student say, “Oh, I get it!”, and her favorite moment as an art teacher was the<br />
student who told her, “I didn’t know I could paint. Now I love to paint!” When<br />
a student sees and understands for the very first time, new vistas are suddenly<br />
opened and the world becomes bigger and brighter - this is why Kelly loves to<br />
teach!<br />
Amy Grant is an attorney and mother of two homeschool graduates, and leads<br />
Math Playground at Village <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Resources Center in Beaverton.<br />
She has worked with the <strong>Oregon</strong> legislature to protect home education freedom<br />
in <strong>Oregon</strong> for over ten years.<br />
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About Our Speakers<br />
Karen Anderson, with a BS from <strong>Oregon</strong> State University in Resource Recreation<br />
Management and Youth Agencies, is in her 24 th year as the Affiliate Director for<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> Destination ImagiNation and in her 9 th year on the International Board of<br />
Trustees for the organization. Having presented workshops over the years on<br />
teamwork and creative problem solving, she has numerous tips and tricks to share with<br />
parents and students alike. Karen lives in Corvallis <strong>Oregon</strong>, is married and has 5 five<br />
children and seven grandchildren. Karen is active in the Assistance League of<br />
Corvallis and in the past was heavily involved in Boy Scouting and as a coach for<br />
Cross Country and Track at Crescent Valley High School.<br />
Kelly Arnold is a certified Dyslexia tester and tutor and has homeschooled all three of<br />
her children. Her journey with dyslexia began with her own son’s diagnosis and her<br />
dismay at the lack of accurate information about dyslexia, the most common cause of<br />
reading and writing difficulties. Her business, Better Learning Solutions, evolved from<br />
her desire to help educate parents about why their children might be struggling with<br />
reading, writing, and spelling.<br />
John Bennett is a math teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and a homeschooling<br />
father of four. An outspoken advocate of education reform, he has presented lectures<br />
and workshops throughout California, including: TEDx, ManhattanBeach, The<br />
California League of Schools, and The California Mathematics Council. John has<br />
created the Blok Stak puzzle and has authored three volumes of Pentagrid Puzzles,<br />
new puzzle forms he created to challenge deductive logic and visual-spatial reasoning.<br />
His current project, BrainGames, is a collection of logic puzzles, abstract strategy<br />
games, and other math activities designed to bring deeper analytic reasoning to the<br />
classroom. For more information, please see iwannabigbrain.com and<br />
pentagridpuzzles.com.<br />
Brian Bills is founder and lead instructor at AcerLogic <strong>Education</strong>al Services. As an<br />
undergraduate at UCLA, Brian founded Academic Advantage, the precursor to<br />
AcerLogic, and wrote the SAT Preparation program for the Los Angeles YMCA, as<br />
well as the SAT Program for the UC Regents Minority Outreach Program. After<br />
graduating from UCLA Law School in 1999, Brian worked in International and<br />
Corporate Finance until 2004, when he returned to his true passion and founded<br />
AcerLogic. In 2009 he moved his corporate offices to Lake Oswego, putting together a<br />
local team of instructors and admission coaches that have helped hundreds of students<br />
realize their education goals. Brian is regularly asked to speak at local high schools,<br />
community centers and other area businesses about the path to college and the<br />
importance of proper planning. Brian is a member of both the National Association of<br />
College Admissions Counselors, as well as the Pacific North Association of College<br />
Admissions counselors.<br />
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Adult Workshops - Session 5<br />
A26 - Brain Games for ages 8 to adult (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102<br />
Come and try out several different kinds of abstract strategy games that will not only be fun, but<br />
will also develop analytical thinking skills! Children 8 and up are invited to register to attend this<br />
workshop as well.<br />
A27 - Author Panel - Room 205<br />
Adults are welcome to attend this panel of authors, which was coordinated by the teen committee.<br />
Panel members are: Emily Whitman (Wildwing, Radiant Darkness), Christine Fletcher (Ten<br />
Cents A Dance, Tallulah Falls), Sara Ryan (Empress of the World, The Rules for Hearts), and<br />
Juleigh Hobson (published poet), Susan Fletcher (Dragon Chronicles).<br />
A28 - Identifying Learning Disabilities (Kelly Arnold and Anne Shoepe) - Room 103<br />
Come learn the basics of some of the most common learning disabilities. Topics will include<br />
dyslexia (spelling and reading), ADHD, dysgraphia (handwriting), dyscalculia (math), and<br />
non-verbal learning disorders.<br />
A29 - Why Don't We Listen Better, continued from Session 4 (Jim Petersen) - Music Room<br />
See session A21 for description.<br />
A30 - Elementary Dissections at <strong>Home</strong> (Joel Thomas) - Room 208<br />
Learn how to lead dissections at home for students aged 7-12. Joel will help answer questions<br />
like: Where can I get equipment and specimens for dissection? What organisms are available?<br />
How do I lead a dissection at my co-op? What safety concerns need to be addressed to lead a<br />
dissection (physical and emotional)? Throughout the workshop Joel will walk small groups<br />
step-by-step through the dissection of a sea star.<br />
A31 - Literacy for Beginners (Lola Carlile) - Room 202<br />
Reading can be fun and easy! But, where to start? Come learn about different strategies and<br />
methodologies of helping foster early reading skills. Whole language vs. phonics – do we even<br />
need to choose? This will be an interactive workshop designed to comfortably prepare even the<br />
most novice individual to teach their child to read with pleasure and ease. A look at a novel way<br />
of learning to read. Come prepared to leave with ideas galore as well as a firmer understanding of<br />
the many different looks of reading instruction!<br />
A32 - <strong>Home</strong>school Graduates Panel<br />
(Golda Kamerman Besser, Paden Biggerstaff, Marshall Nystrom, Nicole Orr) - Room 203<br />
Young adults who have graduated from homeschooling will share their insights about being<br />
homeschooled from the homeschoolers' perspective and share their life experiences since<br />
graduating. Bring your questions! Golda graduated from Clackamas Community College in 2010<br />
and now runs a tenant screening business and is in the process of setting up an Armory/Jewelry<br />
shop with her husband. Paden is currently in college studying Winemaking and Viticulture at<br />
Chemeketa Community College but still finds time to write and record music (padenwest.com)<br />
and play basketball and billiards. Marshall is a multi-instrumentalist and folk dancer with an A.S.<br />
in Astronomy currently pursuing a B.S. in Physics at PSU. Nicole has worked in a firefighting<br />
unit, the Civil Air Patrol, the Police Cadet Academy, and a Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue<br />
Unit, and loves to travel.<br />
A33 - Engaging All Readers (Gina Guzman) - Room 204<br />
Do you wish that your children read more or read better-quality books? If so, then this is the<br />
workshop for you! An informed child is a better reader. This is true for all readers whether gifted,<br />
reluctant, or somewhere in between. When we give our children the tools to choose better books<br />
they become better readers and more likely to read for pleasure throughout life. We will find out<br />
which genres are pitfalls for reluctant readers but great for gifted readers, how to engage<br />
nonreaders, how to avoid reading ruts, ideas for reading as a family, and much more.<br />
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Adult Workshops at a Glance<br />
Session 5<br />
4:15 - 5:15pm<br />
Session 4<br />
3:00 - 4:00pm<br />
Session 3<br />
1:45pm - 2:45pm<br />
Lunch<br />
12:15- 1:45pm<br />
Session 2<br />
11:15am - 12:15pm<br />
Session 1<br />
10:15am - 11:00am<br />
A26 - Room 101 - 102<br />
Brain Games<br />
John Bennett<br />
A18 - Room 101 - 102<br />
Brain Games<br />
John Bennett<br />
A11 - Room 101 - 102<br />
New Consciousness of<br />
<strong>Education</strong><br />
John Bennett<br />
A4 - Room 101 - 102<br />
No Math, No Problem<br />
John Bennett<br />
A5 - Room 103<br />
Staying Connected With your<br />
Teenager<br />
Emily Troper<br />
Introduction 10:00 - 10:15am<br />
A27 - Room 205<br />
Author Panel<br />
A12 & A19 - Room 103<br />
Experience Dyslexia<br />
Kelly Arnold &<br />
Anne Shoepe<br />
A12 & A19 - Room 103<br />
Experience Dyslexia<br />
Kelly Arnold & Anne<br />
Shoepe<br />
Meet and Greet Adult and Teen Stations<br />
Vendor Shopping<br />
A28 - Room 103<br />
Identifying<br />
Learning Disabilities<br />
Kelly Arnold & Anne Shoepe<br />
A20 - Room 105<br />
College Admissions Testing<br />
101<br />
Brian Bills<br />
A13 - Room 105<br />
College Planning 101<br />
Brian Bills<br />
A6 - Room 104<br />
On The Cutting Edge<br />
Lori Walker<br />
Vendor Shopping<br />
A21 & A29 - Music Room<br />
Why Don’t We Listen Better<br />
Cont.<br />
Jim Petersen<br />
A21 & A29 - Music Room<br />
Why Don’t We Listen<br />
Better?<br />
Jim Petersen<br />
A14 - Music Room<br />
Making the Brain Body<br />
Connection<br />
Kaylyn Mabey<br />
A7 - Room 105<br />
<strong>Home</strong>schooling the Young<br />
Child<br />
Cori Smith & Gina Guzman<br />
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A30 - Room 208<br />
Elementary<br />
Dissections at <strong>Home</strong><br />
Joel Thomas<br />
A22 - Room 208<br />
Advanced Dissections at<br />
<strong>Home</strong><br />
Joel Thomas<br />
A15 - Room 202<br />
Language<br />
Experience Approach<br />
Gina Guzman<br />
A8 - Room 202<br />
Beyond Brainstorming<br />
Karen Anderson<br />
A31 - Room 202<br />
Literacy for Beginners<br />
Lola Carlile<br />
A23 - Room 202<br />
Reading for Understanding<br />
Lola Carlile<br />
A16 - Room 203<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
Laws<br />
Amy Grant<br />
A9 - Room 203<br />
PDP’s<br />
Amy Grant<br />
A32 - Room 203<br />
<strong>Home</strong>school<br />
Graduates Panel<br />
A24 Room 203<br />
Math Playground<br />
Amy Grant<br />
A17 - Room 204<br />
Media Literacy<br />
Anna Heinrich<br />
A10 - Room 204<br />
Word Magic<br />
Tamra Orr<br />
A33 - Room 204<br />
Engaging All Readers<br />
Gina Guzman<br />
A 25 - Room 204<br />
Media Issues Roundtable<br />
Anna Heinrich<br />
Convention Information and Policies<br />
VENDOR AND RESOURCE COURT<br />
Vendor displays will be accessible throughout the convention, from 9am - 2pm. At the Resource<br />
Court find resources for your homeschooling needs including books and supplies.<br />
SMALL CHILDREN & BABIES IN WORKSHOPS<br />
Children and babies are allowed in workshop rooms, but please be respectful of other participants.<br />
If your child is unable to remain quiet, please leave until the child is ready to return. Positioning<br />
yourself near the door or the back of the room may be helpful.<br />
CHILDREN AT THE <strong>CONVENTION</strong><br />
You are responsible for your children at all times. Your children must either be with you or<br />
checked into children’s sessions in which they are registered. You must check your children in<br />
and out of each workshop. Please supervise your children closely as there are many doors that<br />
lead outside.<br />
TEENS AT THE <strong>CONVENTION</strong><br />
We welcome teens to the convention and mature teens are always in demand as volunteers in<br />
children’s sessions. Mature teens are welcome to register for any adult workshop. You are<br />
responsible for your teen at the convention. Throughout the convention, they must be either in a<br />
teen, child, or adult session in which they are registered or serving as a volunteer.<br />
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY<br />
The convention takes place on two floors. Most sessions are wheelchair accessible. Please check<br />
the map in your program when you arrive at the convention.<br />
STROLLERS<br />
No strollers are permitted.<br />
Shadowmoon Wolf / 503.809.9537 / www.moonstardancer.com<br />
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Children and Teen Workshops at a Glance<br />
Session 5<br />
4:15 - 5:15pm<br />
Session 4<br />
3:00 - 4:00pm<br />
Session 3<br />
1:45pm - 2:45pm<br />
Lunch<br />
12:15- 1:45pm<br />
Vendor<br />
Shopping<br />
Session 2<br />
11:15am - 12:15pm<br />
Session 1<br />
10:15am - 11:00am<br />
C20 - Room 108<br />
Fun with Dr. Seuss<br />
C14 - Auditorium Stage<br />
Creative Movement<br />
Moonstar Dance Studio<br />
C8 - Room 108<br />
BJ the Clown<br />
C1 - Room 106<br />
Watercolor Painting<br />
Ano’s Art<br />
Introduction 10:00 - 10:15am<br />
C21 - Room 106<br />
Skinny Sculpture<br />
Seven Stars Studio<br />
C15 - Room 106<br />
Abstract Art<br />
Seven Stars Studio<br />
C9 - Room 106<br />
Dry Pastel’s<br />
Ano’s Art<br />
C2 - Music Room<br />
Sound Off<br />
Cwerks<br />
Meet and Greet Adult and Teen Stations<br />
Vendor Shopping<br />
C22 - Auditorium Stage<br />
On Stage<br />
Cwerks<br />
C16 - Room 108<br />
“Tell, Listen & Clap”<br />
Terry Jordan<br />
C10 - Auditorium Stage<br />
Hip Hop<br />
Moonstar Dance Studio<br />
C3 - Auditorium Stage<br />
Teen Hip Hop<br />
Moonstar Dance Studio<br />
Vendor Shopping<br />
C23 - Room 107<br />
Super Cool Science<br />
Misty Stromme & Jesse<br />
Hampton<br />
C17 - Room 107<br />
Super Cool Science<br />
Misty Stromme & Jesse<br />
Hampton<br />
C11 - Center Courtyard<br />
Good Sports<br />
Terry Purcell<br />
C4 - Room 108<br />
Amazing Whales<br />
OMSI<br />
C25 - Cafeteria<br />
Self Defense<br />
United Studios<br />
C18 - Cafeteria<br />
Intro to Self Defense<br />
United Studios<br />
C12 - Room 107<br />
Team Building &<br />
Instant Challenges<br />
Destination Imagination<br />
C5 - Room 107<br />
Math-terpieces<br />
Cwerks<br />
C26 - Room 101<br />
Brain Games<br />
John Bennett<br />
C19 - Room 205<br />
Movie: Part 2<br />
Accepted<br />
C13 - Room 205<br />
Movie: Part 1<br />
Accepted<br />
C6 - room 205<br />
Teen Game Room<br />
C27 - Room 205<br />
Author Panel<br />
C7 - Center Courtyard<br />
Good Sports<br />
Terry Purcell<br />
Childcare - Room 210
Children and Teen Workshops - Session 2<br />
C1 - Watercolor Painting (Ano’s Art) - Room 106<br />
Experience the joy of watercolor painting during our one hour workshop. Professional quality<br />
tools and paper will be provided<br />
Ages: 3 - 6<br />
C2 - Sound Off (Cwerks) - Music Room<br />
Want to make a lot of noise? Learn how noise is made with salt, slinkies, and singing rods. Make<br />
your own harmonica, kazoo, and other noisy stuff!<br />
Ages: 5 - 10<br />
C3 - Creative Movement (Moonstar Dance Studio) - Auditorium Stage<br />
Come dance and play with the Moonstar Studio! Children will have tons of active fun as they<br />
stomp, swing and shimmy to a variety of music.<br />
Ages: 4 - 7<br />
C4 - Amazing Whales (*OMSI) - Room 108<br />
Students crawl inside a 40-60 foot, life-size, inflatable whale. Young marine biologists take a<br />
close-up look at whales and dolphins, examine baleen, and learn about the adaptations, habitat,<br />
and stewardship of these amazing mammals!<br />
Ages: 5 - 10<br />
C5 - Math-terpieces (Cwerks) - Room 107<br />
Learn how math and art blend together in this workshop that pairs super-cool math concepts with<br />
the artists that used them.<br />
Ages: 8 - 12<br />
C6 - Teen Game Room - Room 205<br />
The teen hang-out room is filled with board games, playing cards, magazines, snacks. If you’re a<br />
teen, go to the teen room and do what teens love to do – chat and hang out!<br />
Ages: 13 & up<br />
C7 - Good Sports for Teens (Terry Purcell) - Center Courtyard<br />
Come join me if you enjoy running, jumping, and causing a ruckus! We are going to let off some<br />
energy in the sunshine and discuss and act on the aspects of fair play: competition, cooperation,<br />
and collective action. You will all have ample chance to practice the simple rules of good<br />
sportsmanship as we play different games - some new, some oldies.<br />
Ages: 13 & up<br />
Jan Montecucco<br />
Team Leader<br />
toylady@canby.com<br />
Ph: 503-266-3343<br />
www.discoverytoyslink.com/JanDT<br />
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* Visit their vendor booth for more information<br />
Children and Teen Workshops - Session 5<br />
C20 - Fun with Dr. Seuss - Room 108<br />
Come and watch the classic animated version of Dr. Seuss films like “The Cat in the Hat” and<br />
“Horton Hears a Who”! There will also be lots of Dr. Seuss books out for reading!<br />
Ages: 3 - 6<br />
C21 - Skinny Sculpture (Seven Stars Studio) - Room 106<br />
This 3D class offers a fun experience in the exploration of line in space. In this class the artists<br />
will learn about Alberto Giacometti, a famous Swiss artist who is best known for his thin, bronze<br />
sculptures. The artists will create exciting, dynamic sculptures of themselves in action using wire<br />
and foil.<br />
Ages: 7 - 14<br />
C22 - On Stage (Cwerks) - Auditorium Stage<br />
Kids learn basic theatre skills that are useful in many areas of life, through fun theatre games and<br />
activities.<br />
Ages: 7 - 11<br />
C23 - Super Cool Science (Misty Stromme & Jesse Hampton) - Room 107<br />
In this session, you will get a chance to try some cool do-it-yourself science experiments that you<br />
can do at home. We will also demonstrate a few more wild chemistry and physics experiments<br />
that you couldn't do on your own - at least without getting in trouble and having to clean up the<br />
kitchen. Experiments will range from playing with electricity - that big silver ball that makes your<br />
hair stand up - to testing a giant catapult, to dry ice experiments and a Mentos and soda explosion!<br />
Join us to discover just how much fun science can be!<br />
Ages: 7 - 9<br />
C25 - Intro to Self Defense (United Studios of Self Defense) - Cafeteria<br />
Join us for an introduction to practical self-defense skills that could save your life! Learn how to<br />
spot dangerous situations and to trust your intuition if something doesn’t feel right. You’ll spend<br />
hands-on time practicing techniques to fend off an attacker!<br />
Ages: 8 - 16<br />
C26 - Brain Games (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102<br />
Come and try out several different kinds of abstract strategy games that will not only be fun, but<br />
will also develop analytical thinking skills!<br />
Ages: 8 & up (parents are invited too!)<br />
C27 - Author Panel - Room 205<br />
Emily Whitman: Wildwing, Radiant Darkness; Sara Ryan: Empress of the World, The Rules of<br />
Hearts, Girl Meets Boy (Anthology); Juleigh Hobson: The Barefoot Muse and<br />
Susan Fletcher: Dragon Chronicles<br />
Ages: 13 & up<br />
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Children and Teen Workshops - Session 4<br />
C14 - Creative Movement (Moonstar Dance Studio) - Auditorium Stage<br />
Come dance and play with the Moonstar Studio! Children will have tons of active fun as they<br />
stomp, swing, and shimmy to a variety of music.<br />
Ages: 3 - 6<br />
C15 - Abstract Art in Black & White (Seven Stars Studio) - Room 106<br />
When two shapes overlap they create a new shape. When two or more geometric shapes surround<br />
a space, that space is a new shape. This intriguing class will explore the elements of space and<br />
shape undistracted by color. Inspired by M. C. Escher and using regular polygon tiles, the artists<br />
will create their own fabulous abstract art in black and white.<br />
Ages: 7 - 14<br />
C16 - “Tell, Listen & Clap” (Terry Jordan) - Room 108<br />
Children love stories and this one-hour, interactive storytelling workshop combines enthusiasm,<br />
inspiration, and practical tools to have fun learning how to tell stories through exercises,<br />
activities, and games.<br />
C17 - Super Cool Science (Misty Stromme & Jesse Hampton) - Room 107<br />
In this session, you will get a chance to try some cool do-it-yourself science experiments that you<br />
can do at home. We will also demonstrate a few more wild chemistry and physics experiments<br />
that you couldn't do on your own - at least without getting in trouble and having to clean up the<br />
kitchen. Experiments will range from playing with electricity - that big silver ball that makes your<br />
hair stand up - to testing a giant catapult, to dry ice experiments and a Mentos and soda explosion!<br />
Join us to discover just how much fun science can be!<br />
Ages: 10 - 12<br />
C18 - Intro to Self Defense (United Studios of Self Defense) - Cafeteria<br />
Join us for an introduction to practical self-defense skills that could save your life! Learn how to<br />
spot dangerous situations and to trust your intuition if something doesn’t feel right. You’ll spend<br />
hands-on time practicing techniques to fend off an attacker!<br />
Ages: 6 - 12<br />
C19 - Movie, Part 2 “Accepted” - Room 205<br />
“Accepted” is a 2006 American comedy film, directed by Steve Pink. The main plot centers<br />
around a group of would-be college freshmen who, after being rejected from all the colleges and<br />
universities to which they had applied, proceed to create their own "college".<br />
Ages: 13 & up<br />
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Children and Teen Workshops - Session 3<br />
C8 - Don’t Miss the Best Clown in Town! (BJ the Clown) - Room 108<br />
One of the Northwest’s best known clowns performs an exciting mix of comedy, magic, juggling,<br />
music, storytelling, puppetry, physical comedy, and audience participation. A high-energy show<br />
that children often talk about for months!<br />
Ages: 3 - 6<br />
C9 - Dry Pastels (Ano’s Art) - Room 106<br />
Enjoy an hour of fun exploring your creativity through dry pastel. Specialty paper and<br />
professional quality tools and materials will be provided.<br />
Ages: 7 & up<br />
C10 - Hip Hop (Moonstar Dance Studio) - Auditorium<br />
Moonstar Dance offers a variety of classes and in this workshop you will learn a really great “hip<br />
hop” routine, choreographed by Shadowmoon Wolf!<br />
Ages: 7 - 18<br />
C11 - Becoming Good Sports (Terry Purcell) - Center Courtyard<br />
Take this opportunity to join a great group of youngsters while we run, play, and generally enjoy<br />
ourselves as we learn how to become good sports while remaining competitive and friendly. We<br />
will be meeting in the sunshine of <strong>Oregon</strong> summer and learn a few new games that challenge us<br />
to balance the competitive and courteous aspects of play.<br />
Ages: 7 & up<br />
C12 - Team Building & Instant Challenges<br />
(*Destination Imagination) - Room 107<br />
Like solving puzzles? Students in small groups will get to work together to solve various<br />
challenges. This is a fun sampling of what Destination Imagination is all about!<br />
Ages: 9 & up<br />
C13 - Movie, Part 1 “Accepted” - Room 205<br />
“Accepted” is a 2006 American comedy film, directed by Steve Pink. The main plot centers<br />
around a group of would-be college freshmen who, after being rejected from all the colleges and<br />
universities to which they had applied, proceed to create their own "college". This workshop will<br />
extend across both session 3 and session 4.<br />
Ages: 13 & up<br />
Nature Tours with Naturalist Misty Stromme & Photographer Jesse Hampton<br />
Contact: zetoyoc@gmail.com<br />
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* Visit their vendor booth for more information
Lunch Workshop<br />
Drop on by and visit our lunchtime<br />
workshop vendors for free!<br />
ITT Tech Innovation - Room 105<br />
and<br />
K12 - Room 102<br />
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