Susan C. Evans | Hands-on Learning
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SUSAN EVANS
HANDS-ON LEARNING
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The e-book is my son's latest yearbook, full of great homeschooling
ideas: American Revolution, Presidents, Civil War, Underwater Sea
Creatures, Rocks and Minerals, Electricity, Insects, and more!
I will let you know when my new articles are posted and give
announcements of any new classes I've taught on video. I will
occasionally give you a great workshop audio for free!
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Have fun looking around! I have been teaching for 17 years, and I am
fully confident that you will enjoy my hands-on learning products.
Each of my products has a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me at castlesusan@gmail.com
HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY STORY
This is a set of 4 one-hour classes for children on "How to Write a
Mystery Story." It is for all ages, from 6 to 18 years old. I'm
dressed up as Sherlock Holmes, and we write the mystery story in easy
installments. Here is what is included:
* Session 1 -- The setting and crime are woven together for a
spectacular beginning. The mural behind me is a dark and stormy night
with a mansion. Floor plans of mansions can be observed on mystery
gameboards. At the end of the session, I do a brief demonstration of
spy equipment.
* Session 2 -- Fingerprinting, handwriting analysis, secret
messages, and other clues are analyzed. The detective arrives at the
scene of the crime to collect clues and interview witnesses. We make a
ring of cards for the description of characters.
* Session 3 -- A skit is performed with costumes to show dialogue
and surprise endings. Suspects are interviewed. Lots of ideas are
supplied to make the writing fun and interesting.
* Session 4 -- Ideas for revision are given to make the stories come
alive even more.
The cost for this class is $34.95 for four one-hour video classes.
Each file is approximately 250MB, so they could take quite a long time
to download onto your desktop, depending on your connection speed. The
classes should be shown once a week, with the result of having a
finished story by the end of the month. Fifth through eighth graders
should be able to write 10 pages easily, given the guided lessons.
First through fourth graders will be slightly less, depending on their
age. High school students could even write a novel by expanding the
plot based on the guided lessons.
Writing is a skill that is desperately needed and helpful for college
and for life. Invest in something fun, especially if your children
consider writing to be drudgery. Your children deserve a treat in an
area where they can increase a skill.
I've taught this Mystery class successfully 15 times while I was a
teacher. It has always been popular and well-liked. Children who hated
writing began loving writing for the first time after taking this
class. It is always a fun class for me to teach!
This is what one mother of two of my students said about the class:
"I thought you did an absolutely wonderful job of organizing and
carrying out the class. You helped the kids figure out, step by step,
how to plan their plot, develop characters, and write a mystery! It
was also fun for them when you talked about or demonstrated various
detective techniques like fingerprints. I was so pleased at home to
see the kids (without prompting from me) eagerly working away on their
plot, or filling in their character cards... What a great approach!"
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
This one-hour video workshop on Early Childhood Education was
recorded at the Inland Northwest Homeschool Conference 2010. This
lively workshop includes:
* A dramatic reading (using different voices to read stories to your
children)
* Sandbox demonstrations (including battle tactics of soldiers in a
miniature sandbox)
* Puppetry demonstrations (how to integrate puppets into your
homeschool day)
* Use of costumes in your homeschool, as it relates to young
children
You will also learn some easy and fun ways to jump-start your child's
education. Children ages 0 to 4 have the highest potential to learn.
Don't waste these precious years. Learn about open-ended activities
that can develop creativity in young children, as well as easy ways to
teach your child to read. I will give parents an exciting doorway
through which they can have fun with their young children while
teaching them. Come away with lots of practical ideas to use with your
young children.
Many homeschooling mothers came up to me afterwards and thanked me
for all the fun ideas. Lots of the mothers had at least four full
pages of notes from my workshop. One homeschooling mother commented:
“I enjoyed your workshop at the conference. I'm enjoying the fresh
ideas. Thanks for sharing!!”
This video workshop costs only $9.95! The video file is approximately
250MB, so it could take a while to download, depending on your
connection speed. (It would take me one hour to download the video on
my high speed connection, just to give you a ballpark idea.)
ORGANIZING FOR A FUN HOMESCHOOL
Come on a virtual tour of my home, where I will show you:
* How to organize each room in your house to maximize your space and
streamline your time.
* How to organize art supplies for hands-on learning projects.
* How to organize baskets and bins for unit studies.
* How to set up fun learning centers for elementary-aged children.
These two one-hour workshops are packed with information where I show
you how to organize everything in your house. Talk about hands-on! You
could pause the video and go do it, organizing each section of your
house to make next year the best year of homeschooling ever!
Each video file is approximately 250MB, so it could take a while to
download, depending on your connection speed. (It would take me one
hour to download each video on my high speed connection, just to give
you a ballpark idea.)
Maybe your homeschool has become dull, and you want to incorporate
more hands-on learning. But where do you store all the stuff without
tripping on it? I'll tell you my organizational secrets for just
$14.95!
SO YOUR SON HATES TO WRITE?
This one-hour audio workshop will give you ideas on how to get a
reluctant writer to enjoy writing. The ideas can work with children
ages 6 to 18. I will show you simple assignments that will get your
child to build confidence in his (or her) writing ability. A “Wild
West” story, written in simple installments, is fun to write. I give
you all the details necessary to complete the assignment from start to
finish. A fairy tale newspaper is another idea that is super easy and
fun to write, and I give you plenty of tips on how to get started.
This is the first audio in the “Homeschooling a Reluctant Writer”
series. $5.50
WRITING ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY
This is the second audio in the “Homeschooling a Reluctant
Writer” series. It is a one-hour audio workshop packed with ideas to
give your children the opportunity to write about their identity. Many
hand-on ideas are presented, and your child will have a packet of 10
(or more) original one-page stories that are memories of their
childhood. I've taught this themed writing unit to teenagers, but
there is no reason why a six-year-old couldn't write about the day he
learned to write his bike, for example. So it is appropriate for all
ages. These stories are easy to write because the child doesn't have
to make anything up. I will give you tips on how to help your child
recall more sensory details from these memories. You might also want
to do a separate assignment on interviewing older extended family
members. I give you instructions on how to help your child have a
strong sense of identity to improve his (or her) confidence in
writing. $5.50
(c) 2010 Susan C. Evans
