Category: Parent's Resources

Posted on by — 9 Comments

Children’s Literature Seminar/Orange County

Dear Friends,
Now that the trial run of my first Children’s Literature Seminar is behind me, I’m posting information on the upcoming event in Orange County scheduled for Saturday, October 16th.  Below are all the specifics regarding registration, location, cost, and topics to be covered.  Please leave a comment if you have further questions.
Equipping Parents and Teachers with a Love of Literature

When: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Where: Lighthouse Coastal Community Church
301 Magnolia Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA
Time: 9am-3pm ( pre-registration due by Oct 7 ) There will be an hour long working lunch break where we will do literary analysis together.
Cost: $30 pre-registration.
At the door: $35
Objective: Provide Parent/Teacher training for the use of classical and historical literature in education, for family read-aloud time, and for pure enjoyment!

Components: Sessions will focus on the following areas:

Elements of literature–what makes a good book,  tools of literary analysis, and the importance of teaching history through literature

Literary choices appropriate for specific historic periods and specific grade levels: how individual works contribute to historical study and cultural understanding

Practicum–a hands-on opportunity to integrate the above skills with actual works (during a working lunch time)

An overview of the Charlotte Mason approach to note booking, nature studies and keeping joy in home education

An inspirational overview of children’s books that have inspired great men and women to do great things

To register go here.  Hope to see you there!

Posted on by — 2 Comments

Seminar reverberations . . .

Dear Friends,

Many thanks to those of you that attended my first ever Literature Seminar!  What a rich time chatting over coffee, children, and great books!  Thanks so much to those of you that have emailed me your responses to our time together. I learned so much from each of you as we shared and felt like those times were as valuable and inspiring as (hopefully) the regular presentations.  Thank you for your flexibility regarding having it here in my home, as well as being willing to incorporate the working lunch time.  I loved hearing from you as you did your literary analysis so smartly and insightfully!  I have a favor to ask of you now.  I will be doing this again in Orange County in about 4 weeks and would so appreciate your constructive feedback in  a couple of ways.  If you could please leave a comment on this blog entry about what helped you the most in this seminar or if you’re not a subscriber here, go to www.bfbooks.com and under Reviews rate the seminar.   Also, please feel free to email me with any ideas you have for making the seminar more helpful, or if you have thoughts for other topics you’d like to see covered in future seminars. Thank you again for coming and for participating with such spirit and enthusiasm.  It was an exhilarating time for me and I hope it was for you as well!

Posted on by — 4 Comments

Literature Seminar deadline tonight!

Dear Readers,

Because the start of the school year is so hectic, I know that some of you perhaps intended to register for the seminar this Saturday, but never got around to it!  Since I had limited response and the group was small,  I decided to move the seminar to my home, for everyone’s comfort and enjoyment.  So I’m requesting that if you are planning on coming you would register no later than 5 pm tonight (September 15th) so that I can properly prepare for those that intend to be here.  I won’t be able to take any reservations after that. So don’t delay: you can register here.  So looking forward to spending time with old friends and making some new ones–all over great books!

Posted on by — 10 Comments

One week left to win free pass!

Dear Readers,

The offer for a free pass to my Literature Seminar in San Luis Obispo on September 18th expires in one week!  So if you haven’t subscribed to my blog yet, make sure to do so by next Monday.  If you get another friend to subscribe, your name can be entered twice to win!  Also, for those that are interested in the Orange County event–we have a definite date!  This seminar will take place on Saturday, October 16th.  We have also secured a facility, but are just waiting to hear back from another possibility before settling the exact location.  You can also be entered to win a pass to that seminar by subscribing to the blog, or getting a friend to.  We will be announcing the location in just a few days, so stay tuned!

Posted on by — 26 Comments

Win a free pass to the Literature Seminar!

Dear Readers,

On September 18th, in San Luis Obispo, I’ll be offering my very first day-long seminar on Children’s Literature.  If you would like to attend you can register here.  What I’d like to offer is an opportunity to win a free pass to the seminar (a $30 value) by subscribing to the blog. Or, if you’ve already subscribed to the blog, you can be entered to win the free pass by getting a friend to subscribe!  For every 10 new subscriptions I’ll throw in an additional free pass which will increase your chances of winning.  Now for those of you that live outside of a reasonable driving distance to San Luis Obispo, I will offer you the option of 5 CDs of my most recent presentations at the CHEA convention in July, or a free Genevieve Foster title. (See http://www.bfbooks.com for all available Genevieve Foster titles).  Another additional option, if you live in the Southern California area you can win your pass to attend the upcoming literature training seminar there, which is slated to occur mid-October.  So here’s what you need to do:  if you’re already a subscriber, get a friend to sign up and both your name and your friend’s name will be entered into the drawing.  This offer will be available through the end of August for the San Luis Obispo Seminar and through September for the Southern California Seminar. Be sure to let me know which contest you’d like to enter. Then leave a comment here with your email address (and your friend’s) and I will respond back to you confirming that I’ve entered you into the contest.