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Minnesota Homeschoolers’ Alliance
New Brighton Family Services Center
Minneapolis/St. Paul MN
September 29 and 30, 2006
California Homeschool Network Family Expo 2006
Family Expo 2006 – “the conference for everyone”
WHO Leadership Symposium “Honoring Our Leaders” -- part of the 2006 WHO Annual Convention
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California Homeschool Network
http://www.californiahomeschool.net/events/expo/familyexpo.htm
Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California
August 4 and 5, 2006
Featured Speaker
All That Jazz: Non Radical Unschooling as Educational Improv
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
Unschooling frees kids and families to live a rich learning life. Many parents like the idea of unschooling but have trouble departing the structured notions of their own school years. Winging it seems terrifying! Ann will explore ways to balance parental schoolish notions against where we want to go with our children's learning experience; she is an enthusiastic fan of this fascinating approach to homeschooling. She will share some of her best efforts and observations as well as some personal lessons from her mistakes - mistakes despite which, by the way, her kids still learned and grew up to be healthy functioning adults! You don't have to be perfect and there is no one right way to unschool!
The Habits of Successful Homeschooling Families
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
Successful homeschooling families often share the common habits of play, conversation, togetherness, growing up rituals, and a commitment to exploring the world. Learn how parents shun schoolish-ness and instead focus on a home learning atmosphere that is joyful and challenging. Minimize burnout and optimize success!
The Laptop Approach to Early Reading, Writing, and Literacy
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
Your baby's babbles, early crayon scribbles, pointing at objects for you to name, looking at books: these are the ways that your child shows his or her natural desire to communicate just as you do - speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Learn how to plan a home environment in which it is nearly impossible for your child not to learn to read and write when he or she is ready. (This session is about kids learning from your lap, not from your notebook computer!)
Mud Pies and Finger Paint: Optimal Home Learning for the Younger Set
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
Parents are often led to believe that preschool is the be-all and end-all of early childhood education. Nothing could be further from the truth! In this session, you'll learn how to create a varied and supportive environment for learning excellence for your young child. A rich home life, "staffed" by involved and nurturing parents, is the ideal environment to support growth and to challenge every child to learning excellence according to her own developmental timetable.
The Reluctant Home Learner
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
What do you do when your child doesn't want to homeschool - or even learn - and you know that homeschooling is the best choice for this child or for your whole family? Learn how to read clues from your resistant child and use them as a springboard to creating an optimum learning environment for him or her. In this session, Ann will look at ways to help both family and student work through the early stages of homeschooling and to help your child work through his hopes and fears. She will address different approaches for working with young children and teenagers and will center the discussion on maintaining a strong parent/child relationship.
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Minnesota Homeschoolers’ Alliance
New Brighton Family Services Center
Minneapolis/St. Paul MN
September 29 and 30, 2006
Read Conference Announcement here -http://www.homeschoolers.org/.
Keynote: Homeschooling in Transition: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Homeschooling has become what it is today – a highly effective mainstream educational option - because the early pioneering families wanted one thing: the best possible education for their children. Those early parents forged ahead against the odds, even when the numbers were tiny, information sparse, and support nonexistent. Much has changed since the homeschooling trail opened, but the essence of homeschooling – families living a satisfying learning lifestyle – is rock solid.
The future of homeschooling depends on individual families –families just like yours – continuing to do the best they can for their children and then sharing what they’ve learned with others. If you love the homeschooling lifestyle as much as Ann does, join her for a look back on the early years of homeschooling and a peek into the future as we prepare for the challenges ahead.
Mud Pies and Finger Paint: Optimal Home Learning For the Younger Set
Parents are sometimes led to believe that preschool is the be-all and end-all of early childhood education. Nothing could be further from the truth! In this session, you'll learn how to create a varied environment in your home that supports learning excellence for your young child. A rich home life, “staffed” by involved and nurturing parents, is the ideal environment to support growth and challenge every child to learning excellence according to her own developmental timetable. Early learning at home has always been a "best practice" - and it always will be.
The Reluctant Home Learner
What do you do when your child doesn’t want to homeschool - or even learn - and you know in your heart that homeschooling is the best choice for this child or for your whole family? Learn how to read clues from your resistant child and use them as a springboard to creating an optimum learning environment for him or her. In this session, we will look at ways to help both family and student work through the early stages of homeschooling and help your child work through his anxieties and fears. We will look at approaches for working with different ages and stages while centering the discussion on keeping the highest goal in mind: maintaining a strong parent/child relationship.
Prior Speaking Engagements
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WHO Leadership Symposium
(part of the 2006 WHO Annual Convention -- read conference announcement here)
“Honoring Our Leaders”
Western Washington Fairgrounds
Puyallup, Washington
Friday, June 16, 2006
Ann Lahrson Fisher as Keynote Address Speaker
“I Jumped Off a Cliff and Discovered I Could Fly.”
Homeschooling would not be what it is today without the tireless efforts of those busy moms and dads who guide newcomers along the path to successful homeschooling. Local support group leaders, the unsung heroes of the homeschooling movement, take time from their families to help neighbors and strangers discover the wonders of homeschooling. Join us in acknowledging their good work, and then we’ll take a quick peak at some of the challenges that lie ahead.
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