Catherine Levison's 2000 Speaking Schedule

Charlotte Mason Workshops and Conferences

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Catherine Levison resides with her family in Tacoma, Washington where she has home schooled her five children since 1989. Besides her busy life as a wife, mother and grandmother, Catherine has been an active member of her community—volunteering at a local historical site, leading various study groups, teaching both children and adults, and conducting numerous workshops and all day seminars on educational topics. Catherine Levison extensively researched Charlotte Mason's ideas and methods of education, using for her resource materials Charlotte Mason's own writings and numerous articles from Miss Mason's original publication "The Parents' Review"—all of which are now in the public domain and available from the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) and also available in the United Kingdom. For several years, Catherine Levison led a large regional Charlotte Mason support group in Washington State. She is now a popular speaker among home schooling and parenting audiences throughout the United States and Canada. She writes regular columns on homeschooling for several publications such as The Link: A Homeschool Newspaper . Catherine is the author of the popular and helpful book A Charlotte Mason Education: A How-to Manual, and the sequel, More Charlotte Mason Education. To schedule a speaking engagement with Catherine Levison, call (253) 879-0433 or write to: Catherine Levison c/o Charlotte Mason Communique'-tions 2522 North Proctor, PMB-500 Tacoma, WA 98406 CATHERINE'S 2000 SCHEDULE March 3rd and 4th, 2000—Kirkland, Washington "W.A.T.C.H. Convention" Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (509) 678-5440 March 17th thru 19th, 2000—Greensboro, North Carolina "The Link Convention" Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (805) 492-1373 April 8th, 2000—Nanimo, British Columbia, Canada (on Vancouver Island) "ALL DAY CM How-to Workshop" (details at bottom of this web-page) Contact: (250) 756-2820 May 19th thru 21st, 2000—Los Angeles, California "The Link Convention" Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (805) 492-1373 June 3rd & 4th, 2000—Puyallup, Washington "Washington Homeschool Organization (W.H.O.) Convention" Featured Speaker Contact: (425) 251-0439 June 24th, 2000—Northern New Jersey "Northern New Jersey Charlotte Mason Family Homeschooling Conference" Assorted Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (973) 335-2573 July 7th thru 9th, 2000—Los Angeles, California "C.H.E.A. Convention" Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (562) 864-2432 July 21st thru 23rd—Chicago, Illinois "The Link Convention" Charlotte Mason Workshops Contact: (805) 492-1373 ------------------------------------- WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS Individual convention workshops listed above cover various topics and use assorted formats. Here are descriptions of Catherine's most frequent workshops: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHARLOTTE MASON METHOD Want happy children who are thoroughly educated? Tap in to how children naturally learn while you avoid burn out. Go beyond the three R’s and enrich your lives with the humanities. Learn how to use narration—a powerful, effective, and free technique. With this method you can improve your children’s level of observation and knowledge by replacing expensive curriculums with the finest literature, poetry, art, and music. HISTORY AND SCIENCE IN THE CHARLOTTE MASON METHOD Retention is everything! Stop wasting your time and money—replace those boring workbooks with real life. Learn how to improve your children’s power of observation in an effective, thorough, yet loving way. Find out how to combine well-chosen literary books, direct contact, and sketching for the desired result . . . lasting knowledge. Nature notebooks and a homemade book of the centuries will be covered. LANGUAGE ARTS FOR (ALMOST) FREE So many language arts, so little money. As with most things, there is a boring way to teach children, and there is a more interesting way. Charlotte Mason’s techniques bring an end to the tears and complaints for both parent and child while drastically reducing the cost! This workshop covers foreign language, composition, handwriting, literature, poetry, spelling, and dictation. BALANCING ACT: TO STRUCTURE OR NOT TO STRUCTURE Only YOU know if you need to loosen up or tighten up your home school efforts. Achieve the long, sought-after balance between unschooling and planned academics by implementing Charlotte Mason’s “short lessons.” Replace dawdling with good habits so that everybody has more free time to enjoy life. HOME SCHOOLING THE TEENAGER WITH CONFIDENCE Educating older children includes many considerations; college preparation, graduation, and marketable labor skills. Reduce the fear of teaching the higher grade levels through realistic goals. Effective methods combined with a working knowledge of “what to teach” are the keys. Receive the practical advice and encouragement you need to succeed with your junior and senior high students. -------------------------------------------- ALL DAY HOW-TO WORKSHOP Catherine Levison also presents an all-day workshop for anyone interested in learning and applying the practical how-to's of Charlotte Mason's methods. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for an "All Day Charlotte Mason How-To Workshop" Saturday Morning -- Registration 8:30am 8:45am - 12:00 noon SESSION ONE --Introduction --Liberal Arts (History of Education) --Charlotte Mason, the Person --Method Overview --Habit --Narration SHORT BREAK --Literature --Language Arts --Poetry LUNCH 12:00 noon - 1:00pm 1:00pm - 3:30pm SESSION TWO --Art Study --History (Book of the Centuries) --Science (Nature Notebooks) SHORT BREAK --Short Lessons --Planning a School Year --Book Selection 3:45pm - 4:30pm SESSION THREE* --High School and Charlotte Mason (*Session Three is optional depending on Catherine's vocal ability to continue another 45 minutes. Those not interested in high school will be dismissed at 3:30.)

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