Cheryl speaks to groups of varying attendance. Consider inviting Cheryl to speak at your next mom's night out, MOP's meeting, parent seminar or educational convention.
Cheryl presents:
The Younger Years
Flip 3 Pancakes with 1 Spatula
How do you get it all done? As a mom of six, Cheryl has been asked this question many times. In this hands-on, interactive presentation, Cheryl reveals her secrets to teaching math, extending lessons to language arts, social studies, science, and life skills, while preparing meals. Oh, and bring your spatula!
45 minutes to 1 1/2 hour workshop format or presentation suitable for families with preschoolers to second graders
Perfect for Preschoolers
Learn how to choose perfect picture books for preschoolers, speaking to their hearts and minds. Books highlighted will be packed with the elements children birth through age six love: rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.
Learning by Helping
Matching shoes. Sorting laundry. Making a grocery list. Recycling plastics. Cheryl has accumulated eighteen years of experience and sage wisdom incorporating toddlers and preschoolers into everyday life, encouraging little ones as they worked, learned, and lived alongside her. In this presentation, she shares ten practical tips about teaching life skills, training character, and nurturing spiritual growth in the youngest blessings of the family.
Hooray! It's Library Day!
Hooray! It's library day! Children jump and shout when library day appears on the calendar. Cheryl shares ten practical ways to be intentional about making library day an exciting highlight in a child's schedule. A child who feels at home in the library will use the library life-long.
The Elementary and Middle Years
Raising A Contagious Reader
Read-Aloud Rewards
Read-aloud time returns great gains, from language development to vocabulary development, from understanding the rudiments of oral language to building the propriety of conversational skills. Learn how to reap the rewards of read-aloud time by personalizing reading adventures. Includes practical suggestions for use before, during, and after read-aloud times.
Books Teach
We know books encourage reading, but what about mathematics, language arts, social sciences, natural sciences, fine arts, and character? This interactive session will challenge participants to use the precious gems in literature to enrich content areas, inspire minds, and speak to hearts.
Books stoke the literary fire. Learn how to choose books that build a literary fire ignited by the artistic merit and rhythmic text of picture books, and later kept aflame by the thickening plots, well-developed characters, and eloquent literary styles of timeless chapter books. Cheryl encourages participants to consider developmental abilities, reading level, and worldview when choosing literary material, with the intention of fueling a literary fire that will burn brightly for generations.
Library Etiquette and Book Borrowing Basics
Children can become enthusiastic library patrons, eager to learn from the books that await them on the library shelves. Cheryl offers participants suggestions regarding regular library visits, library etiquette, book borrowing, and home storage of library materials
The High School Years
Celebrate High School: Finish With Excellence
Whether fresh out of the blocks on the first leg of the high school adventure or heading toward the finish line, high school is a time to be celebrated. Cheryl will answer common questions asked by students and parents as they work together toward turning the tassel. Topics include planning ahead, understanding graduation requirements, building credits, grading assignments, calculating grade point averages, writing effective course descriptions, preparing transcripts and supporting documents, tailoring paperwork to the student's strengths, college admission testing, submitting college applications, and finding scholarship money.
1/2 day to full-day seminar format
High School Crash Course
(Don't worry. I don't have your car keys.)
Credits. GPA's. Transcripts. Where do I start? Cheryl explains the nuts and bolts of home educating through high school. Attendees learn the high school lingo, how to establish goals and create a four-year plan, how to award credits, and how to organize records. Practical tips for keeping a clear vision while on the high school journey.
1 hour presentation
Getting it on Paper
High school is not a one-size-fits-all experience. High school is a time to refine the skills needed to polish a student's God-given gifts and talents. But what does that look like on paper? How do you tailor courses which will prepare your child for what God has planned for their future? Cheryl walks parents through the paperwork needed for employment and college entrance, explaining how to write course descriptions describing your student's strengths, how to develop a transcript people want to read and how to write supporting documents to reflect a student's educational experiences and character.
Creating a Flexible Four-Year Plan
Plan well to finish well! This hands-on, interactive workshop (yes, high school workshops can be hands-on) walks parents through the process of developing a working four-year plan for their high school students.
1 hour workshop format
The Cumulative Folder
Cumulative folders are only useful to students educated in a traditional school setting?
True or False.
False. Families who are home educating high school students benefit greatly from keeping cumulative high school records. These records help write a resume for employment and the supporting documents to accompany a transcript for college admission. Cheryl walks parents through the process of setting up the cumulative high school folder, giving concrete examples of valuable paperwork and explaining why each document is important.
Want to involve your high school student in this process? Ask Cheryl about parent-student workshops.
(Participants provide a three-ring binder and tab dividers for workshop format.)
The ABCs of Transcript Writing
Transcript writing doesn't have to keep moms and dads lying awake at night. Cheryl dispels common fears and worries, equipping parents with the essential elements of transcript writing which include formatting the document, titling the courses, assigning grades, and computing a GPA.
Through the Years
"You Want Me to Do What?"
This is the question Cheryl posed to Mike 20 years ago after Mike asked Cheryl to consider homeschooling their children, who were at the time, not yet born! Journey with Cheryl back through those 20 years as she candidly addresses how she worked through the why, what, where, when, and how questions of homeschooling. Session includes answers to questions from attendees.
E-Valuable-Ation
Does your county or state require homeschooling families to file an annual evaluation of student progress? Having an evaluation by a state-certified teacher brings anxiety to some parents, leaving them with questions. How do I find an evaluator who understands home education? Can I interview the evaluator first? What can I expect to occur during the evaluation? Cheryl and her husband Mike, a homeschool dad and public school teacher, have evaluated home educated students for fourteen years and want to help parents to understand the evaluation process, their rights, and their responsibilities by answering common questions and suggesting helpful tips to make the process a valuable experience.
In-JOY-ing Motherhood
