{"id":114,"date":"2008-08-02T10:29:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aprendemos.yuriar.com\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2008-08-02T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T15:29:55","slug":"conference-notes-hotm-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/2008\/08\/02\/conference-notes-hotm-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Notes &#8211; HOTM Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free olymipc lapbook! &#8211; http:\/\/www.homeschoolshare.com\/summer_olympics_2008_lapbook.php<\/p>\n<p>Missed a session &#8211; audio will be available Aug 15<\/p>\n<p>Check the sponsors! &#8211; http:\/\/www.hotmconference.com\/2008\/01\/vendor-hall.html<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session #1:  How to keep ur childs natural desire to learn alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;the cure of boredom is curiosity. there is no cure for curiosity.&#8221; Dorothy parker.<\/li>\n<li>Kids are curious, and it starts at births.  Babies sticks things in there mouths.  Toddlers &#8211; &#8217;nuff said. Preschoolers.<\/li>\n<li>Curiosity is a gift.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Ask Questions.<\/strong><\/em> You ask them.  Einstein said &#8211; important thing is to not stop questioning.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Encourage exploration<\/strong><\/em>.  doesn&#8217;t always have to be outside though, but can be messy.  mom&#8217;s don&#8217;t like messes, but kids do!<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t like nature, check out the Five in a Row nature studies.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s more exciting &#8211; to be told red &amp; blue make purple, to be given paints and discover it for yourself.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Limit Media<\/strong><\/em>. Media often competes with a child&#8217;s natural desire to learn.  it feeds the &#8220;entertain me&#8221; factor.  Movies, TV, computer games, Wii, etc.  It competes with the desire to go outside.  If you have a student struggling to learn limit.   Check out the song by the Oompa Loompas &#8211; http:\/\/www.roalddahlfans.com\/books\/charsongs.php#Mike<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Books.<\/strong><\/em> read read read!  Good, living books.  Check Educating the Whole Child by Sally Clarkson  Good book will lead to questions about what words mean.  Good books will lead a kid to learn more about the setting, or human relationships.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Answer questions.<\/strong><\/em> When ur kid has a question, stop, and find the answer.  Teach them how to find the answer.  keep a notebook of questions and come back to them if you can&#8217;t answer right away.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Delight Directed studies<\/strong><\/em>. Do what interests them.  Somethings are need no matter what ie math &amp; reading.  But your child doesn&#8217;t need the cookie cutter one size fits all curriculum.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Let them see you learning.<\/strong><\/em> We moms underestimate how much set the tone.  Get excited!<\/li>\n<li>preserving curiousity will produce a life long learner, and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s important.  Not latin, or knowing all the kings of england.  But that they learn to love<\/li>\n<li>Intellegence is not so much the capacity to learn, as the capacity to wonder. &#8211; Oliver wendel holmes.<\/li>\n<li>check out www.homeschoolshare.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Session #2: I&#8217;d be a great homeschooler if it weren&#8217;t for these kids!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;My plans don&#8217;t always match what God has planned for the family.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>a cake tester works wonderfully for getting things out of a kids nose.  *S*<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have the answers, but I do know the ONE that does.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes mom needs an attitude adjustment.  The child grows so fast, your going to miss it if you concentrate on &#8220;fixing&#8221; him.<\/li>\n<li>God didn&#8217;t send us our kids so we can fix them.  He sent them to fix us.  He loves our kids more then we could ever begin to.<\/li>\n<li>homeschooling makes you depend on God like neverr b4, bcuz you know like never before, I don&#8217;t have all the answers, but I know the ONE who does.<\/li>\n<li>Moses &amp; David were both seen immediately as something special.  (from birth moses was seen as fine.  David was chosen at a young age.)<\/li>\n<li>We have to blend our vision for who our kids will become with God&#8217;s vision for that kid.<\/li>\n<li>God had a plan for this child, it my job to discover that.<\/li>\n<li>We have the TIME.  Take Initiative for meaningful experiences.<\/li>\n<li>Do u have a vision for ur kids, ur parenting, your hs?<\/li>\n<li>Both went through time of prep.  Both spent prep time in the desert.<\/li>\n<li>God is enough.  If everything was taken, He would be enough.  Am I there? Or am I too tied up in kids and husband?<\/li>\n<li>Both spent time in a king&#8217;s court.  They sat @ the feet of earthly kings.  We sit at the feet of a Heavenly King.  Are you taking the time to sit at the King&#8217;s feet?<\/li>\n<li>Both of them had to fight giants in their lives.  (Moses &#8211; Pharaoh.  David &#8211; Goliath)<\/li>\n<li>Both were least &#8211; least likely to succeed.  Are u feeling like a least likely?<\/li>\n<li>Saul&#8217;s Armour didn&#8217;t work for David.  Not every method will work for your family.  Don&#8217;t try to put on your friend&#8217;s &#8220;armour&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>No Fear!  God&#8217;s got our back.<\/li>\n<li>Your children are looking at you to be their mirror.<\/li>\n<li>they both depended on God.<\/li>\n<li>Both had own experience with God<\/li>\n<li>God speaks to us in everyday happenings.<\/li>\n<li>look how God used Moses  &amp; David inspite of what they had done.<\/li>\n<li>Both pursued the dreams God had planted in their heart.  What dreams do you have that God has planted in your heart?  And don&#8217;t discount &#8220;just homeschooling ur kids&#8221; as not a big enough dream.  You don&#8217;t have to be a world changer, just use what u have in your hand.<\/li>\n<li>you have no idea what ur kids will do for God at some point in their lives.  We are rasing the remmant for God.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t ignore or bury the dreams in your heart.<\/li>\n<li>neither achieved what they thought the dream was.  but they experienced the truth &#8211; it&#8217;s not about the dream.  It&#8217;s all about the journey. walking one step forward toward God everyday.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t compare ur selves to ne1 else.  God is enuff for you, ur hs, ur discipline problem.<\/li>\n<li>grab hold of God&#8217;s hand, and don&#8217;t let go.<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/marybethwhalen.com\/<\/li>\n<li>Work building the relationship with the family.  encourage closeness.  Say sorry 2 each other.  model affection. etc.<\/li>\n<li>only take on what DH is in agreement to take on.  Women tend to take on too much.<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/amandasoule.com\/ check for some ideas<\/li>\n<li>how many years did it take to get a good routine and schedule?   &#8220;I will let you know!  I still haven&#8217;t gotten one!  Just know whatever kinks happen, God will provide.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>How do I plan for the year?  (check her blog, she&#8217;s posted some tips) &#8220;plan and prepare all through the summer. get out the books that inspire me.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I need a break.  I&#8217;m on information overload.  I will try to be back later for more of the sessions, but I really need to unplug and spend some times with the kids right now. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session #6 Cultivating Creativity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we r hardwired by God to be creative.<\/li>\n<li>Create &#8211; being into being, or cause to exist.<\/li>\n<li>Tap into the passion, and unleash the genius buried underneath.<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t have a whole lot as a kid, but God put them just where they needed to be.  Don&#8217;t let the world tell you what you should do for your kid.<\/li>\n<li>Eph. 2:10 &#8220;which God prepared in advance&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>resourceful, independent learners.  Kids who like stuff back in their hands.<\/li>\n<li>Are you giving your child time to discover the gifts that lay buried.<\/li>\n<li>Creative kid knows who they are not. but are figuring out who they are<\/li>\n<li>Provide with resources.<\/li>\n<li>sometimes need help, but don&#8217;t want u to do it all.<\/li>\n<li>they don&#8217;t want to conform<\/li>\n<li>think about your words.  r u trying to make them conform to your image of what they should be?<\/li>\n<li>foster an atmosphere of questions.<\/li>\n<li>act silly &amp; allow them to be silly.  Creativity is birthed out of silliness.  get out there and play with them!<\/li>\n<li>5 deterrents to creativity:  Busyness, too strong a focus on academic achievement, sports, too much screen time, parent choosing the way to play vs child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free olymipc lapbook! &#8211; http:\/\/www.homeschoolshare.com\/summer_olympics_2008_lapbook.php Missed a session &#8211; audio will be available Aug 15 Check the sponsors! &#8211; http:\/\/www.hotmconference.com\/2008\/01\/vendor-hall.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conference"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}