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Chicago Homeschool EXPO, Aug. 6-7, 2010

July 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Carolyn & Jen will be leading workshops at the Chicago Homeschool EXPO, August 6-7, at the Schaumburg Convention Center. Our revolutionary Learning Style workshops transform attendees from discouraged to energized and equip parents with ideas they can put into use immediately.

Our EXPO workshops:
Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles
Tactile: the Socially Unacceptable Learning Style
Teaching Science Using All Learning Styles
Using Learning Styles to Develop Excellent Study Skills

Also be sure to visit our booth in the exhibit hall for our books and a wide variety of our favorite manipulatives and learning/teaching aids. We hope to meet you there!

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Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles

April 22, 2010 by 3 Comments

Our new book, Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles, is a big hit! Workshop attendees are snapping it up, and online sales are taking off. Take a look at this great review:

Carolyn, I got your books yesterday!! Thank you so much. I started to read Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles, and I only wish I had read this sooner!!! I’m only halfway through, but it has already affected how I see the kids, it just takes on a whole different dimension seeing their behavior as them trying to learn instead of just trying to be difficult. I had no idea. Thank you so much for writing this. I am looking forward to learning more and can’t wait to incorporate some of these ideas. We will be skip counting on the driveway this week!! :)

You know, I used to just think that all those “extra” learning activities were just for moms who had too much time on their hands and that they weren’t really necessary. Now, my eyes are opened that so many things I just considered extras (the chalk drawing on the driveway, the letter tracing in cornmeal, etc.) are absolutely essential to learning. I had no idea I was missing so many teaching opportunities. I am a very visual learner, and that was the only way I was taught. My oldest son is SUPER visual, although lately has been developing some auditory tendencies as well. BUT, [#2 son] is SO kinesthetic. Obviously this is the opposite of what I am, what I have taught and the only other student that I have taught. I feel so badly for all the times I corrected him for wiggling in his chair, or standing beside his chair, he was only trying to get his brain to work!! I’m so glad I am reading this now, and can start to incorporate these things with [him]. And I haven’t even mentioned my very strong-willed 5-year-old girl. I have been dreading making her do school because I know it will be a fight, but figuring out her learning style and catering to that will make it so much smoother for both of us. So, thank you again, and I have to go now so I can read more about Alternate Methods for Teaching Math. :)
–Charity from GA

If your students are wiggling, giggling, grabbing, and/or not paying attention, or if they are just not understanding as much as you think they should, order your copy of Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles today. Find simple, practical solutions for reaching your students through their learning styles — ideas that work for any age!

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Home Learning Resources Conference

April 6, 2010 by 1 Comment

Coming up quickly — April 17th — Carolyn and Jen will be speaking at another conference, this time in West Des Moines, Iowa, at the Home Learning Resources Conference. The conference theme is Home Learning Success, and we will be leading our very popular workshop, Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles. Click the link for registration and information — we want to see you there! (Yes, we will have our books and planner modules available for sale, along with a fantastic array of manipulatives, learning aids, and teaching aids! GREAT stuff!!)

We can’t get off the topic of conferences and workshops without extending our thanks to the Chicago-area homeschoolers who attended and/or hosted the InHome Conference last month. We had a fabulous time meeting new friends and greeting old friends! *waving HI*

Speaking of workshops, notice the new link on the right sidebar for our informative and interactive workshops. Please email us if you would like to host one in your area, and we will work out the details with you!

UPDATE: A big THANK YOU to Julia, Cathy, and everyone who attended the HLR Conference. We had a great time leading the workshops and answering your questions about learning styles. Special thanks go to everyone who purchased our books and teaching tools! Tell your friends about GFHS!!

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New Developments

February 23, 2010 by 4 Comments

Yes, I’ve been absent from posting here for a while but not from working behind-the-scenes on GFHS stuff (and tending to a couple of family members who underwent major surgery).

Development #1
Cue the drumroll… my long-awaited, next book is about to hit the presses! Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles is an exciting addition to our product line. If you have a child who daydreams, can’t sit still, speaks out of turn, or is “grabby” and can’t keep his hands to himself (or herself), he (or she) probably needs lessons presented in a learning style format that is more suited to their abilities. Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles (mind if I call it TTMOOLS to shorten the typing?) includes 5,843 tips and ideas (no, I didn’t really count them, but there are a LOT!) to help you tweak your current lesson plans to fit your students’ learning style needs and help your students get ahead on the road to learning. Keep watching this blog for an announcement of TTMOOLS’ availability for purchase! It won’t be long now!!!

Development #2
Jennifer and I will be speaking once again at the InHome Conference in St. Charles, IL, on March 18-20, 2010. Our workshops this year will include Using Your Homeschooling Style to Your Advantage, Taking the Mystery Out of Learning Styles, Learning Styles Question & Answer Session, and Using Learning Styles in High School. (Are you noticing a bit of a Learning Styles theme here? Me, too.) We will also be participating again this year in a panel discussion for college-bound homeschoolers. We have a great time at this conference, and we hope to see YOU there, too! (If all goes well, we may have the first copies of TTMOOLS with us! Yay!)

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