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Friday Workshop Descriptions 8Friday, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.—Free Early Morning Session, Open to the Public Equine ArenaCHAPVision for the FutureVoddie Baucham Getting Your House in OrderIn Deuteronomy 6, God, through Moses, gives us a clear, practical, powerful approach to family discipleship that has stood the testof time. This session will explore ways we can implement these practical tools in our homes.Friday, 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.Bill Jack Jack Theist Meets Dr. Secular: The Friend With the Secular Mind (Colossians 2:8)Equine ArenaTrain your students to discern worldviews and to understand their impact on every aspect of our culture. We will analyze the impactof worldviews on our culture through interviews with those who hold opposing worldviews. Great opportunity to learn practicaltools to learn how to reach non-Christians and to confront the culture with the Truth.Julie Hiramine Setting a Paradigm for Purity Equine BarnA Biblical, age-appropriate approach to sex education for homeschoolers. In this workshop parents of elementary and middle schoolchildren will learn what to talk about with their kids at every stage of development. This workshop includes information on how toset the paradigm for purity and courtship beginning in preschool. We will also discuss media discernment, how to give “the talk,”and how parents can begin now to open up the lines of communication with their children to pave the way for honesty and opennessduring adolescence.Diane KummerHomeschooling Thru High School: Turning the Impossible Trek Into anEnjoyable JourneyH EH2Home School Legal Defense Association’s Homeschooling Thru High School program was born out of a desire to help parentscontinue homeschooling throughout the high school years. The high school section on HSLDA’s website provides tons of valuableinformation for those who are just thinking about high school or who are already immersed in the high school years. We’ll take youon a tour of the web pages and give you an overview of the “You Can Do It,” “Before High School,” “During High School,” and“After High School” sections. HSLDA is with you from the first days of homeschooling right through graduation day!Karen Stobaugh Elementary Foundations For a Lifetime of Learning EH3Often too much dependency on curriculum in the early years fills our children up with knowledge that is most often forgotten later.Understanding how the brain functions, and how to build a solid foundation for a lifetime of learning is the goal of this workshop.Carol Barnier Help! I Fell off My Lesson Plan! _ EH4When things don’t go as planned, when no one can seem to focus on their spelling, when the kids (and you) need an off day, whatcan you do? A day away from the lesson plan doesn’t have to mean learning is over. Come learn lots of ideas for an atypical day thatare fun, memorable, and packed with learning.Friday, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.Voddie Baucham How to Disciple Your Child Equine ArenaThe book of 2 Timothy is a masterpiece that traces the mentor/protégé relationship. These principles offer insight into the discipleshiprelationship that God has established for us and our children.Chris Hogan Becoming Somebody or Containing Someone Equine BarnThis presentation reveals the three pitfalls every parent encounters on the road to becoming somebody: (1) demanding, (2) judging, and(3) controlling. Identify and escape these pitfalls by taking a journey to the heart. You will discover the four types of parents and whichones children consider credible and are willing to follow. Chris points you to the three priorities a parent cannot fail to do or all otherefforts in raising a Godly generation will be rendered inconsequential. Chris’s next three workshops build on these three priorities.Donnie RosieThree Pillars That Give Freedom and Direction in Guy-Girl Relationships H EH2Ideas for guiding young adult relationships abound, but this session will focus on the simple truths presented in scripture. It is Donnie’sdesire that you will walk away refreshed and strengthened by a clear and simple presentation of Truth. This will be a down-to-earth,personal, and practical session that he hopes you will enjoy. This is a must attend for parents and their young adults presented byDonnie Rosie, aged twenty-six, staff member at Miracle Mountain Ranch and assistant to Dr. Lew Sterrett.Todd Wilson Help! I’m Married to a Homeschooling Mom EH3It’s a fact! The only thing tougher than being a homeschooling mom is...being married to a homeschooling mom! Dad, your wife needsyour help. Come join Todd as we discuss how to support and assist our wives in the homeschooling journey. We’ll also do a lot oflaughing, as he encourages men to be encouragers of their homeschooling wives.Bruce Eagleson You Can Do It! (Getting Started Homeschooling) _ EH4Dr. Eagleson draws on his twenty-two years of homeschooling and twelve years on the CHAP board to introduce the topic of gettingstarted in homeschooling. A summary of the research into home education is presented. Curriculum, schedules, and record keepingwill be covered. Dr. Eagleson will take questions from the floor, both during and after the presentation.H Homeschooling Thru Graduation Track _ Getting Started Track F Especially for Support Group Leaders
Friday, 12:00 noon – 12:45 p.m.Dianne Craft Identifying If Your Child Has a Learning Glitch Equine ArenaThis is for your “puzzling child.” A child may be a reluctant learner for several reasons: (1) maturity, (2) information processing block(visual, auditory, writing), (3) attention/focusing issues, and (4) a right brain learner using a left brain curriculum. If you knew whatthe problem was, you would know how to help this child. It is not difficult. There are only four “learning gates.” When all four of thesegates are working well, then learning is easy. When one or more of them is blocked, learning is much more work. This workshop willhelp you find out why your smart child is having to work so hard to learn. It doesn’t have to be so hard!Brain RayThe Power of Homeschool Research: What It Tells Us and How to Use It Equine BarnDr. Ray provides a brief summary of homeschool research to date and explains current projects and trends. He explains that scholarlywriting and research are powerful tools used by both friends and foes of parent-led education, that they should be guided by cleargoals and theory that are based on sound values, and suggests where they should be headed.Diane Kummer Developing a Plan for High School: Sample Four-Year Plans H EH2How do you plan a program for your high school homeschooler? What subjects do you teach and when? Do you follow a basic highschool plan, a general college preparation plan, or a rigorous college preparation plan? How do you evaluate credits or determinegrades for a course? What about creating a transcript and diploma? If you are just beginning to think about homeschooling during thehigh school years, this seminar will help you organize your thoughts and begin laying the groundwork for a viable four-year plan.Jim Stobaugh Teaching Composition to the Elementary and High School Student EH3To whatever our children are called for such a time as this, they need to know how to write. Writing is the quintessential skill for youngpeople preparing to be twenty-first century apologists. This workshop is an overview of the goals and objectives of writing from pre-kto college. The participant will hear that Dr. Stobaugh believes that the nurture of the heart is as important as the teaching of writing skills.Nada Rothgaber The Nitty Gritty of Homeschooling in PA _ EH4Journey down the path of answering “what I must do when” or otherwise known as meeting the requirements of homeschooling inPennsylvania. Nada will also give hints and tips on types of curriculum, keeping records, organizing the home and the day, educationalfield trips, and more!Friday Workshop Descriptions 9Friday, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.Bill Jack Simple Tools for Brain Surgery (2 Corinthians 10:5) Equine ArenaNon-Christians seem to have the advantage in our culture. We, as Christians, are sometimes intimidated by or even afraid to talk withmany atheists, new-agers, evolutionists, and other wizards. Too often, we fear we won’t have answers to their tough questions. Beencouraged. Learn four killer questions that will help to destroy the wizards’ secular thinking that is encasing the minds of friends,relatives, and others. Learn to destroy the wizards’ sloppy, secular arguments without destroying the person.Chris Hogan Becoming a Credible Messenger Equine BarnThe first priority that a parent cannot fail to do is become a credible messenger who is person-centered in Christ Jesus. A parent’sgoal is to be able to say as Jesus did, “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do...I have manifested Thy name unto themen [family] which thou gavest Me” (John 17:4, 6). You will learn how to teach children the practical skills of hearing God’s voicethrough the Scriptures. You will discover how to credibly answer one of a child’s core questions, “Does God delight in me?” byaffirming God’s answer through a spoken blessing.Diane KummerAvoiding Transcript Trauma: Triage for High School Records and DocumentationH EH2Why is documentation of high school coursework important? Keeping good records does not need to be time-consuming or burdensome;it will actually save you time and effort when creating your child’s transcript. Learn about the resources that are available to you asyou track your student’s progress through high school.Brian Ray When a Free Lunch Isn’t Free: Public School Homeschool Programs EH3Lures abound to sidetrack homeschooling parents. One is the fast-growing, nationwide promise of “free,” state-run, “home” schoolprograms to “help” you educate your children. Dr. Ray will challenge you to consider the paramount importance of who should be inauthority over what is taught to the minds and hearts of children. Related to tax-funded programs, there are: (1) subtle and negative,practical consequences of enrolling your children in them, (2) serious problems from the perspective of a liberty-loving republic such asthe United States, and (3) contradictions to a Biblical worldview that demands parents and private associations be the main educators ofchildren. Dr. Ray is convinced this is one of the most urgent issues that homeschoolers should grapple with during the next several years.Carol Barnier What Are You Thinking? Learning Styles and Beyond _ EH4This talk is big on the beyond. So often, learning style materials pour all their time and energy into finding the right label for yourchild’s learning style. (“Yes, I now know he’s a right brained, global, sub-dominant, argyle-wearing, rational wombat...but...how do Iteach him to spell?”) And while there are many different tools for assessment, too often these same materials are light on just what youshould do after the label. How do you teach history so it sticks? What if she can’t understand fractions? What if he loves languagebut hates to write? This workshop will be all about “What do we do now?” Come away with lots of ideas you can use Monday morning.H Homeschooling Thru Graduation Track _ Getting Started Track F Especially for Support Group Leaders
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