Two additional speaking dates…Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and Ontario, California

In case you're in one of these places and want to come hear me talk about reading, writing, and other fascinating stuff, I'm adding two dates to my 2011 speaking calendar.

June 24-25th was originally the date of a convention that lost its venue. A couple of other educators and I have teamed up to do an education-oriented weekend at a smaller meeting-place in Valley Forge. The workshops are all focused on academic subjects, and you don't have to be a home educator to attend. Here's the schedule (click on the conference title for home page and registration online):

VALLEY FORGE HOMESCHOOL CONVOCATION 2011

Schedule of Speakers

FRIDAY June 24th

8.00 – 9.00

Susan Wise Bauer: The Well-Prepared High School Student

Laurel M. Dodge: Nature Study For The Young Family

9:15 – 10.00

Michael Clay Thompson: Four-level Analysis: An Introduction to the MCT Grammar Method

10.00 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:45

SWB: A Plan for Teaching Writing: High School

Shelagh Gallagher: Concept Development for Elementary and Middle School

11:45 – 1:00

LUNCH

1.00 – 2:00

MCT: Stem-based Vocabulary: The MCT Vocabulary Strategies

2:15 – 3:15

SWB: How to Read a Book (With Apologies to Adler)

3:15 – 4 .00

COFFEE BREAK

3:45 – 4:45

MCT: Why Poetics Is Core Content for Language Arts

EVENING: INFORMAL INFORMATION SHARING

SATURDAY June 25th

8:00 – 9:00

MCT: Formal Academic Writing: First Things First

9:15 – 10:15

SWB: Homeschooling the Real Child

10:15 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:45

MCT: An Introduction to the New MCT Literature Series

11:45 – 1:00

LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00

SWB: What is Literary Analysis? How and When do I Teach It?

2.15– 3:15

MCT: Implementing the MCT Curriculum

3:15 – 3:45

COFFEE BREAK

3:45 – 4:45

SWB: A Plan for Teaching Writing: Elementary and Middle School

Shelagh Gallagher: Problem-Based Learning for High School Students

I'll also be speaking at the California Homeschool Network expo in Ontario on July 22-23. Their conference page is here, but they don't have an updated schedule yet; I'll post when they do.