Mon 26 April 2010

Dunedin Home Education Seminar

Venue: Musselburgh Baptist Church, 131 Musselburgh Rise, Dunedin

Time: 10a.m – 3p.m and 7 – 9p.m evening

Speakers: Craig and Barbara Smith

Cost: $15 per family, which includes the Children’s Programme   

Contact: Dunedin Committee on register4dunedinseminar@gmail.com or ph Katie 03 489  2349 or Barbara 06 357 4399

Programme:

10:00 Registration and view resource table

10:15 Welcome and Notices

10:30 -12:00  Two Electives:

1. Craig  Home Education – Getting things into perspective

2. Barbara  Home Education through Secondary and preparing for Tertiary

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Tea and coffee provided. Bring your own lunch. Alternatively a Dairy is across the road, or a 500 m walk to Musselburgh Shops [Baker’s Dozen, and two Takeaways]. Woolworths 1km in same direction.

1:00 – 2:30pm Two Electives:

1. Craig  Changing the Heart of a Rebel

2. Barbara  Avoiding Burnout – Keeping going when the going gets tough

2:30 – 3:00 pm Afternoon tea and browsing resource tables. [ 3:00 to 7:00 p.m Home ]

7:00 – 9:00 p.m Two electives:

1.  Craig  Dad’s Essential role in Home Education – from a Christian Perspective

2. Barbara   Training our children’s minds – ‘The tools of learning’ and ‘Motivation’

Tue 20 April 2010

Coffee & Dessert Evening Hokitika

Venue: Hokitika Church of Christ (corner of Sale and Stafford St, Hokitika)

Time:  7pm

Cost:   $5.00 per family

Questions and Answers With Craig and Barbara Smith

Please bring your favourite dessert to share

Any questions you have regarding home-education please write down and get to Sonya by the 31 March. Sonya will pass them on to the Smiths so they can be prepared to answer on the 20th April.

Also, anyone wanting individual time with Craig or Barbara, or both, then they are available during the day of the 20th. Again let Sonya know and she will arrange a time when you can meet with them.

Contact: Sonya McGarvey Ph: 03 755-5300 mcgarveyls@snap.net.nz

Sat 24 April 2010

Workshop in Invercargill

Venue: Rosedale Bible Chapel Cnr Bourke & Exmouth Sts Invercargill

Contact: Joy Gibson  Phone: 03 214-4493 briangibson@clear.net.nz

Costs: $15 / family or $5 / session

Programme:

9:00am Venue Opens, Resources

9:15am Welcome & Notices

9:30-11am Two Electives

Craig Smith: The Christian Dad’s Essential Role in Home Education

Barbara Smith: Avoiding Burnout — Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough

11:00am AM Tea, View Resources

11:30am Two Electives

Craig Smith: Choosing or Developing Your Own Curriculum

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children’s Minds, The Tools of Learning and Motivation

1:00pm BYO Lunch, Resources

1:30pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Changing the Heart of a Rebel (for preventing rebellion and dealing with it as a Christian)

Barbara Smith: Training Our Children to Worship

2:30pm PM Tea, View Resources

3:00pm Two Electives

Craig Smith: Training Our Children/Youth to Be Pure

Barbara Smith: Raising Our Daughters to Be Godly Wives and Mothers

4:30pm View Resources. End

Use primary sources to enhance your study of ancient history. On Saturday (Southern Hemisphere Sunday), fans of Facebook Homeschooling with the Trivium will receive a 142-page ancient history ebook — Augustus, Jesus Christ, and Tiberius. This ebook can be used to supplement any ancient history curriculum and is suitable for ages ten through adult.

Go to Facebook Homeschooling with the Trivium and fan the page:

http://www.facebook.com/Homeschoolingwiththetrivium

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A good primary source for History is:

https://hef.org.nz/2007/a-literacy-timeline/

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