Nov. 4, 2009
November 2009 Workshop: Writing Instruction in a Homeschool Setting
WRITING INSTRUCTION IN A HOMESCHOOL SETTING
A workshop about teaching writing to homeschooling children will be held on Saturday, November 28th, from 9:00AM to 12:00PM in Charlottetown, PEI.
Writing seems to be one of the most difficult topics to address in teaching our children. Many of us look to programs to give us some direction and structure. At this workshop, we hope to give you a look at some of the writing programs available that we have some experience with, and offer some tips for nurturing young writers.
Some of the programs we will be looking at include:
* IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing), which is used by several families and seems very complicated, will be discussed at length
* Wordsmith series
* Imitation in Writing (for younger writers)
* Jensen’s Format Writing
* Learn to Write the Novel Way, a program for organizing your ideas towards the writing of a novel. This will be discussed by Rachel H., a homeschooling teen who has gone through the program.
There is no set fee for this workshop, but a freewill offering will be taken at the door to pay for the facility rental. Please bring a small snack (peanut-free) to share at the snack table.
If you have any questions or have experience with other programs that you would like to discuss or have discussed (e.g. Writing Strands, “Braveheart”, etc), please let us know. Visit www.PEIHomeSchool.com and send us an e-mail with any questions, suggestions or requests for further information.
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Jul. 28, 2009
Do you live on or are you considering a move to PEI, AND do you have an interest in homeschooling?
....if so, then this upcoming event was designed with YOU in mind! :-)
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Please Join Us for an Upcoming Homeschooling Information Session!
WHAT:
An Information Session for parents interested in homeschooling their children on Prince Edward Island. The presenters will be homeschooling parents from across PEI, and topics will include provincial regulations, getting started, resources, a Question & Answer time, and more. There will be a freewill offering taken at the door to help defray room rental costs; all interested parents are welcome, we hope to see you there!
WHEN:
This will be held on Monday, August 10, from 7:30 - 9:30PM
WHERE: The APM Centre, 37 Lowther Drive, Cornwall, PEI (just minutes outside of Charlottetown)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Chris at 675-2239 or Alice at 675-2655
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Jul. 14, 2009
It's July on PEI!
....which usually means summer is not only in full swing, but seems to actually be more than half over since the warmer months here fly by! It has been very wet and rainy here this season, which is not so great for tourism, but I personally happen to love rain and thundershowers - we even saw a rainbow in Summerside a few evenings ago! :-)
There have been a few homeschool events planned this summer; already the NB homeschool conference has taken place (put on by Home Educators of New Brunswick, HENB, and held in Sussex), and there have been picnics, a tulip farm field trip in May, a Used Book & Curriculum Sale in Charlottetown, a play at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, the yearly ABEKA Motel Meeting in Stanley Bridge, a fun day at Sandspit and a number of other events. There will also be interpretive park tours and a visit to Avonlea Village in Cavendish yet to come, not to mention this is the time of year when farm-and garden-fresh produce are available for picking, canning, preserving and enjoying! All this, plus finding the time for camping, a vacation and even work for the older students can fill up one summer pretty quickly!
In August, we are planning an information meeting for families who are interested in or just starting out with homeschooling. It will be held in Cornwall, PEI and will address many issues and attempt to answer questions for people as they research home education. More details will be posted here as they become available and time permits!
Also, we are taking the summer to update and revise our homeschool website, www.PEIHomeSchool.com. We are hoping to have everything up and working smoothly by September, but in the meantime you are welcome to visit us at the old site. There are so many people and organizations here in the Maritimes who do much to promote and support home education, we are truly blessed to enjoy this freedom!
In future posts, I hope to give a quick summary of this year's HENB Conference in Sussex, NB since I was present; I find it to be a blessing and well worth the effort every year. If you live in the Maritimes, I encourage you all to plan to attend next year's event, it is a nice time of renewal and refreshment, and it's encouraging to be with other like-minded families for a few days. In past years, PEI did hold its own provincial conference in Charlottetown, however, due to limited attendance it was decided that perhaps a number of shorter day or half-day sessions on specific topics, throughout the year, might be more useful to families here, and I think this has proven to be the case. Perhaps in the future the annual conference will make a re-appearance; in the meantime, it is nice to have the HENB-sponsored event a relatively short drive away!
I hope you are all enjoying your summer; I will be posting again soon, and am already thinking of the new year and making preparations for that.......I love homeschoooling! :-) Take care and talk to you again soon - feel free to comment, I would love to hear your thoughts on anything posted here.
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Jun. 11, 2009
Welcome to Homeschooling in Prince Edward Island!
Hello and welcome to PEI's small corner and presence on TOS's Homeschool Nations! This blog is just getting going, but I hope to be adding helpful information regarding home education in our province specifically, and just all-around great resources to this page shortly! Summer is typically a time when most families take a break and assess their year; some school year-round, and some have worked out a combination of both. That is one of the things that make homeschooling such a great choice for both parents and childrend: the flexibility can't be beat!
Check back in a few days, and regularly, for a view of homeschooling from one of Canada's most beautiful provinces, Prince Edward Island, and we'll try to provide you with a view of homeschooling, Maritime-style! :-) |
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