Chicago Homeschool Expo

Title: What About Socialization?

Speaker/Affiliation: Israel Wayne/Homeschool Digest

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th, 2010, 1:45 PM

Description: Do you know where the theory of peer group socialization originated? Learn what really drives the question: “What About Socialization?” Also, Israel will provide you with four questions to help determine whether your child’s socialization activities are beneficial to your family. Israel shares candidly from his dual perspectives as a homeschooled student and now father. Room: Nirvana C

Title: How to Deal with Children Who Are Whiners & Complainers

Speaker/Affiliation: Kelly Ling/Homeschool Mother of 5

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th, 2010 1:45 PM

Description: Children who whine and complain their way through life can sap all the joy out of what a parent hoped would be an enjoyable homeschooling experience. Take heart! Talking from lots of experience, Kelly offers helpful examples and ideas to curb whining while appropriately giving voice to a whining child’s actual needs. Moms and Dads, you don’t have to let negativity derail your homeschooling efforts. Kelly shows you how. Room: Nirvana A

Title: Teaching Struggling Readers and Spellers

Speaker/Affiliation: Denise Eide/Pedia Learning

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th, 2010, 12:30 PM

Description: Do you have a child who struggles with reading or spelling? So many people who struggle are auditory or kinesthetic learners. We will discuss how to target these learners and help them to soar by using all four learning modes. In addition, many children with logical/literal, engineering minds become frustrated by English, when they are taught inconsistent “funny” phonics rules. Sadly, these learners often internalize “I am not good at English” when in reality they have not been taught well. This workshop will show how to engage them, and teach to their strengths. We will also discuss how to prevent and aid students with dyslexia and visual tracking problems. Through the workshop you will be introduced to Spell to Write and Read, a Spalding based program which has been used successfully by students from preschool through adult to teach and remediate reading and spelling. Room: Prosperity

Title: How to Help Gifted Students More Effectively

Speaker/Affiliation: Randi St. Denis/Home Educators Encouragement Alliance

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th, 2010, 12:30 PM

Description: Discover ways to help gifted children to achieve their potential without self destructing from stress. Gifted kids are children too! Sometimes they are more mature than anyone else and sometimes they are more babyish than anyone else. Learn secrets to pacing gifted children, encouraging them to tackle tough scenarios, helping them learn resilience when they hit a wall, and helping them to develop better social skills. Room: Imagination

Title: The Dad Impact

Speaker/Affiliation: Amy Burnham/Homeschool Mother of 2, Beacon Support Group

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th, 2010, 12:30 PM

Description: 5 ways to get fathers involved in the homeschool experience. Mother’s have the largest job in the day to day of educating their children. They not only are working on academics, but also making sure that the home is clean and organized while maintaining order among siblings. It’s a 24/7 job that needs some back up from time to time. It’s important that father’s help out in the task, whether it be helping in teaching, supporting mom’s emotionally or more importantly buying into the whole concept of the home education of their children. Their impact can make a big difference in your child’s lives as well as mom’s! Amy will provide five ways that will help in getting dad’s more involved in the whole experience! Room: Innovation