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View this message in a browser. http://archives.subscribermail.com/msg/14b1556689bf42cd97bae5ce4695fe78.htm Visit our site at http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com In this issue: > Menu Coupons > Side Column Sponsors > Menu Buttons > 2008 Conference Speakers > Jim Wiltens - 2008 Conference Speaker > Please See Our Vendors on the Left-Hand Side > Location and Date > Andrew Pudewa - 2008 Conference Speaker > Register > Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Canon Press > Bicycle Raffle > See Our Vendors Below > Thank You to Our Vendors... > Visit Our Vendors - Click Below! > Thank You to Our Vendors > Online SAT Preparation > Spelling Made Simple > Footer ____________________MENU COUPONS__________________ ************************************************** CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/ __________________________________________________ ************************************************** ________________SIDE COLUMN SPONSORS______________ ************************************************** CONFERENCE SPONSORS (HTTP://WWW.CALIFORNIAHOMESCHOOLCONFERENCE.COM/SPONSORS.ASPX) Conference Sponsors ================================================== CANON PRESS (HTTP://WWW.CANONPRESS.COM) * http://www.canonpress.com ================================================== AVKO (HTTP://AVKO.ORG/) AVKO ================================================== ART INSTRUCTION SCHOOL (HTTP://WWW.ARTISTS-AIS.EDU) Art Instruction School ================================================== CUPRIDENT http://www.cuprident.com ================================================== LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY * http://www.ltu.edu/ ================================================== BRAIN BALANCE (HTTP://WWW.BRAINBALANCECENTERS.COM/) * Brain Balance ================================================== CONFERENCE VENDORS (HTTP://WWW.CALIFORNIAHOMESCHOOLCONFERENCE.COM/SPONSORS.ASPX) Conference Vendors ================================================== AH-HA VOCABULARY http://www.ahha-vocab.com/ ================================================== THE DRAMA GAME FILE http://www.dramaed.net/ ================================================== LIVELY LATIN http://www.livelylatin.com/ ================================================== ACE: ACCELERATED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION http://www.aceministries.com ================================================== MONEY SAVVY http://www.msgen.com/ ================================================== WHOLEMOVEMENT (HTTP://WWW.WHOLEMOVEMENT.COM/) Wholemovement ================================================== USBORNE BOOKS BY JILL (HTTP://WWW.USBORNEBYJILL.COM/) Usborne Books By Jill ================================================== BURTON DIGITAL BOOKS (HTTP://WWW.BURTONDIGITALBOOKS.COM) Burton Digital Books ================================================== GAMES BY BEA (HTTP://WWW.MYGAMEVALUE.COM/) http://www.mygamevalue.com ================================================== HOMESCHOOL ART VIDEOS (HTTP://WWW.HOMESCHOOLARTVIDEOS.COM/) Homeschool Art Videos ================================================== EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION (HTTP://WWW.EXCELLENCEINEDUCATION.COM/) Excellence In Education ================================================== KEEP WATCHING Keep Watching for more of our sponsors and vendors. ================================================== THE APPRENTICE DOCTOR (HTTP://WWW.THEAPPRENTICEDOCTOR.COM) The Apprentice Doctor __________________________________________________ ************************************************** ____________________MENU BUTTONS__________________ ************************************************** TALENT SHOW C1.0 http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/pdfs/2008-talent-show.pdf ================================================== VENDORS C:2 http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/sponsors.aspx ================================================== GARAGE SALE C1.0 http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/pdfs/2008-garage-sale.pdf __________________________________________________ ************************************************** 2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/workshops.aspx JIM WILTENS - 2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKER Jim Wiltens' educational background includes a B.A. in botany (UC Berkeley) and an MSc. in biology (Simon Fraser University). His occupations have included research in marine biology, underwater rigging and salvage, NAUI SCUBA instructor, coach, and analytical chemist. As a university coach, Jim trained championship water polo teams. At present he is owner/director of Deer Crossing Camp Inc., a wilderness summer camp. Jim's writing includes five books and numerous articles. His column on how to motivate children appeared in parenting publications across the US and internationally. He is a three time recipient of the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism award for the best column in a parenting publication. He is also author and illustrator of five books: Individual Tactics in Water Polo, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Northern California, Goal Express!, No More Nagging, Nit-picking, and Nudging and Memory Smart. Jim served on advisory boards for the San Francisco Chronicle Outdoors in the Classroom program and the San Jose Mercury News Venture Section. Jim works with Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs at a wide variety of schools. In the school districts where Jim teaches, many of the students call him "the adventure guy." His adventures include high altitude climbing in the Andes, exploring underwater caves in the Yucatan, kayaking the headwaters of the Amazon, and paragliding over Africa. Jim lives with his wife and son in Redwood City, California. PLEASE SEE OUR VENDORS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE Please see our vendors LOCATION AND DATE http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/laxag-renaissance-agoura-hills-hotel/ ANDREW PUDEWA - 2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKER Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout North America, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students' skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him "the funny man with the wonderful words." He and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin currently teach their four youngest children at home in Atascadero, California. For more information, please log on to: http://www.writing-edu.com/ (http://www.writing-edu.com/) REGISTER http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/ CONFERENCE SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CANON PRESS Canon Press (http://www.canonpress.com/) What makes a life less petty? At Canon Press, we want to encourage intellectual, moral, and spiritual improvement in the lives of our customers, friends, and family. One element of this is teaching sound Christian doctrine. But doctrine by itself cannot make your life full and rounded out. Canon Press seeks to recover a sense of the beautiful by asking -- "What is true?" and "What is good?" We believe sound theology always leads to the love of beauty. For Christian parents, this poses a particular challenge: How do you teach your kids to appreciate what is true, good, and beautiful, in a world increasingly infatuated with all things modern. With this in mind, Canon Press seeks to provide books and audio to help parents rise to the challenge. Our vision is captured and expressed in the book Angels in the Architecture: A Protestant Vision for Middle Earth. This book cries out against the bland, purely spiritualized Christianity to which so many have become accustomed. Click here to read a sample. Here are a few of the books you can find at Canon Press: Protocol Matters: Encouraging Social Graces in Christian Homes and Schools. The everyday details of protocol often seem mundane. But their impact in a community and in society is profound. Sandra Boswell outlines the meaning and purpose of protocol education, and describes ways of practicing it in the home and at school, guiding the reader through all the basic protocol topics in her new book Protocol Matters: Encouraging Social Graces in Christian Homes and Schools. P.O. Box 8729, Moscow, ID. 83843 - (800) 488-2034 • www.canonpress.com (http://www.canonpress.com/) BICYCLE RAFFLE Register Now for Your Chance to Win Two Bicycles! http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/ SEE OUR VENDORS BELOW See Our Vendors THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS... Lighthouse Project (http://www.lhproject.com/) Rock On Publishing (http://www.rockonpub.com/) Oak Park School (http://www.opusd.k12.ca.us/) (http://greatnewgames.com/) VISIT OUR VENDORS - CLICK BELOW! LATTC (http://www.lattc.edu/) Teachers4Teachers (http://www.teachers4teachers.com.au/) Great New Games (http://greatnewgames.com/) THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS Thank you for our vendors ONLINE SAT PREPARATION Select Choice (http://www.selectc.com/) Many homeschoolers are college-bound and they know the importance of high performance on the college placement exams. Select Choice helps students to prepare for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT college placement tests through modules and Live Tutors. Our coaching approach helps students develop new test taking abilities, learn the psychology of test taking and brush up on the important academic skills. Select Choice provides courses that maximize performance on all sections of the SAT and ACT, including the sometimes daunting essay writing. You can customize a course of study ranging from a two-hour cram session up to 30 hours of comprehensive training, covering all aspects of the test. They have small groups ranging from 4-8 people per tutor. Select Choice also offers an online tutoring service that is subject-based. Visit the website to obtain a free, 30-minute trial session and to see about a weekend special price offer Select Choice Test Prep Select Choice 624 Lake Cypress Cir Oldsmar, FL 34677 Ph: 877-641-2127 Email Info@SelectC.com (Info@SelectC.com) Website: http://www.select.com/ (http://www.select.com/) SPELLING MADE SIMPLE Spelling Made Simple (https://www.spellingmadesimple.com/Spelling%20Software/purchasesoftware.aspx?AFF=16) Spelling is an integral part of our daily lives in our communication with people around us. Spelling Made Simple is a program that helps children and adults learn how to spell. A unique feature of this program is that it can be customized to create interest in the words, which need to be learned. These lists are made by simply typing them into the program. Lists can also be created and learned quickly by dragging and dropping or by copying and pasting text into the software. One can also download lists from the site so that won’t need to be created. You can see and hear the word (based on the user's settings), and then type the answer. This technique helps with the memorization process and is a proven method in learning to spell. If the answer is wrong it will go back into the queue and be retried. This method allows words that need to be practiced on to be tested on more often. Statistics are kept with the intention that a person can review improvement and see what needs to be worked on. The use of this spelling program will help the speller gain confidence and power over words. As parents know, children learn differently. Some are visual learners, some learn best through audio. With Spelling Made Simple children can work at their own pace and have meaningful hands-on experiences that teach with a variety of learning styles. The speller will learn to become independent and transform into a motivated speller, as they feel their self-empowerment. You will find many testimonials about the wonderful things this product has done to improve spellers across the nation on their website Spelling Made Simple (http://www.spellingmadesimple.com/?AFF=16) I wanted to point out one testimonial in particular that is quite an incredible story. A homeschooling mom, Michelle Horton used this product as a tool for her son who was attempting to be in the National Spelling Bee. Six of the last 10 National Spelling Bees were won by homeschoolers. She purchased the program for her son. She wrote about their experience: “The summer of Jonathan’s 8th grade and final shot at the NSB, we tweaked our studying yet one final time. We were attempting to go through the dictionary and learn as many words that were left as possible. Using the recordings had become cumbersome and I wanted to find a computer program that would allow us to put our own words into it and have my voice giving all of the pieces he could ask at the NSB. After much trial and error, we discovered a great product called Spelling Made Simple. It far exceeded our expectations. I recorded 13,339 words for him to study. He worked as hard as he could. He wasn't simply working to try to WIN the bee, he just wanted to be able to walk away and say, ‘I couldn't have worked any harder!’” Jonathan was disappointed to not win the NSB, but he was not totally devastated. He tied for eighth place and showed great character when he didn't allow his disappointment to interfere with his support of the remaining spellers on the stage. Ironically, there were only two words in the entire bee that he didn't know and he received one of them. Yet, he walked away knowing he could not have done any more to prepare. Jonathan has truly shown great growth throughout his participation in the National Spelling Bee. I encourage you to purchase the Spelling Made Simple program, and to purchase products from Hexco Academic, specifically the Verbomania and New Nats Notes. Begin a program of studying word roots from Greek and Latin. Get a copy of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, either in paper form or on CD-rom. Be encouraging but realistic at the same time. Do not hesitate to help them in their goal but realize that unless they REALLY want it and pursue much of this on their own, they probably will not reach the NSB. Most of all, remember that some of their best growth may not come when they "win". 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