Meetings

Kitchener-Waterloo Christian Home Educators’ Association

Sept 17, 2011 Organizing Your School Year -- Panel Discussion

Our panel will look at structuring a day, allotting time to specific subjects, dealing with a child that takes longer to complete their work than you anticipate, making provisions for an individual child's interests in the middle of the "have-to's"?, fitting in household tasks, handling interruptions and more.

Oct 15, 2011 20 Ways to Teach a Lesson -- Anne White

It's time to teach--so how do you teach? Pointers and blackboards? Lectures and memorizing? Experiments, quizzes or role-playing? What are the different ways to present a lesson, and the best methods for students to show what they've learned? Which approach works best for which situation? Which methods should never be used at all? Anne (who promises not to use a pointer during this talk) has used many of these ideas while homeschooling her three daughters over the last sixteen years. She has recently become the Charlotte Mason columnist for Homeschool Horizons magazine. After Anne shares, we will be having a time of small group discussion.

Nov 19 Developing Relationships That Last -- Diane Geerlinks

In this peer oriented culture, family values are being challenged head on. As homeschool parents, we are often accused of 'protecting' our children. Diane will share the important of parent involvement in our children's lives, making them feel safe, understood and supported. How can we encourage strong relationships with our children that will withstand our cultures influences? Diane and her husband have been educating their 5 children at home for the past 22 years. Their graduated children have taken various paths - university, college, and missions.

Jan 7, 2012 Tips and Tricks to Motivate your Children – Panel Discussion

Our panel will share their top tips and tricks they employ to motivate their children.

Feb 4, 2012 True Beauty – Alicia Smith

Being a mother in the thick of the fashion and beauty industry, Alicia is painfully aware of the influence that it has on us, pervading every area of our media and culture. What the world says about your worth and what God says are two very different statements. She will be sharing about her experiences in the modelling industry relating to what she likes to call "the Perfect Lie" - the fact that the world's idea of "perfection" is nothing but a huge fallacy - a dangerous one that is destroying our children and our culture, one billboard at a time. Alicia Hughes is a Canadian fashion and runway model placed with agencies world wide, including London, New York, Toronto and Montreal. Although she is a model by profession, Alicia considers her commitment to Christ first priority in life, followed by her commitment to her family. She is a devoted Christian with a background in youth ministry and a passion for sharing truth with this generation of young women. She has chosen to live her life for God and hopes to use her experience in the modeling industry to glorify Him. Alicia has 2 daughters. You can check out Alicia’s blog for more info at modellingtruth.blogspot.com

Mar 3, 2012 Adventures in Learning

We are so blessed with the abundance of available material to use for homeschooling, that it can be difficult to know what material to choose. Everything looks great. One of the best ways to find out about a material is to hear a first hand experience from someone who has used it. We will be featuring several less well known materials. There will also be a time to browse these materials and others that have been brought for you to look at.

Apr 14, 2011 Homeschool Q & A

Our April meeting will be an informal night, designed to answer questions about homeschooling. Questions will be open to any topic about homeschooling, whether it be questions about getting started, how to handle a certain problem, a question about material, a question about motivation, or anything that you might have a question about. We will break into two groups -- one designed for the new homeschooler, and one for the experienced homeschooler. If you don’t know everything about homeschooling, come ask your questions. If you know everything there is to know, come and answer questions.

May 12, 2012 Logic – Kirk Durston

Your children need to know how to present logical arguments for their beliefs, as well as being able to identify the weaknesses in the many bad arguments being promoted by the other side. Kirk will explain the basic principles of logic, how logic can be used to arrive at conclusions, and examples of faulty logic. He will teach how everyone can apply these principles to statements in the media, legal arguments, politicians’ responses, and just plain arguing and reasoning in general. Kirk, a homeschooling father of 6, and National Director of New Scholar's Society, regularly speaks on college and university campuses across Canada, on topics related to God, philosophy, and science.

June 2, 2012 Pearls of Wisdom – Helen Helmers

Helen, a veteran homeschooling mother of 11, will be sharing with us pearls of wisdom that she has gleaned from her many years of experience. We never fail to be blessed when Helen shares with our group.

Our Parent Support Group Meetings are open to any one aged 12 or older. If you are not a member of our group, you may still feel free to attend a meeting that may be of interest to you.

Please note that our liability insurance prohibits children under 12 except for nursing babies.

Our Parent support group meetings

provides an opportunity to ask questions
provides encouragement both in the formal part of the meeting and through casual interaction with others
provides fellowship with others who understand your passion for homeschooling
provides fellowship with those who can relate to your frustrations or joys
provides an opportunity to borrow books from our extensive library

Meetings Begin at 7:00 p.m.

For directions to the meeting, see Location.

Parent Support Group Meetings