The Link Homeschool Conference 2008 Issue 4

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> Menu Coupons
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> 2008 Conference Speakers

> Jim Wiltens - 2008 Conference Speaker

> Please See Our Vendors on the Left-Hand Side

> Location and Date

> Andrew Pudewa - 2008 Conference Speaker

> Register

> Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Canon Press

> Bicycle Raffle

> See Our Vendors Below

> Thank You to Our Vendors...

> Visit Our Vendors - Click Below!

> Thank You to Our Vendors

> Online SAT Preparation

> Spelling Made Simple

> Footer

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2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

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JIM WILTENS - 2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKER

Jim Wiltens' educational background includes a B.A. in 
botany (UC Berkeley) and an MSc. in biology (Simon Fraser 
University). His occupations have included research in marine 
biology, underwater rigging and salvage, NAUI SCUBA instructor, 
coach, and analytical chemist. As a university coach, Jim trained 
championship water polo teams. At present he is owner/director of 
Deer Crossing Camp Inc., a wilderness summer camp. Jim's writing 
includes five books and numerous articles. His column on how to 
motivate children appeared in parenting publications across the US 
and internationally. He is a three time recipient of the Northwestern 
University Medill School of Journalism award for the best column in a 
parenting publication. He is also author and illustrator of five 
books: Individual Tactics in Water Polo, Edible and Poisonous Plants 
of Northern California, Goal Express!, No More Nagging, Nit-picking, 
and Nudging and Memory Smart. Jim served on advisory boards for the 
San Francisco Chronicle Outdoors in the Classroom program and the San 
Jose Mercury News Venture Section. Jim works with Gifted and Talented 
Education (GATE) programs at a wide variety of schools. In the school 
districts where Jim teaches, many of the students call him "the 
adventure guy." His adventures include high altitude climbing in 
the Andes, exploring underwater caves in the Yucatan, kayaking the 
headwaters of the Amazon, and paragliding over Africa. Jim lives with 
his wife and son in Redwood City, California. 

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ANDREW PUDEWA - 2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKER

Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in 
Writing and a homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout 
North America, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, 
thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical 
experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students and 
teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have 
equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve 
students' skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent 
Education Institute in Japan and holds a Certificate of Child Brain 
Development from the Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential 
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young 
Alaskan boy who called him "the funny man with the wonderful 
words." He and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin currently teach 
their four youngest children at home in Atascadero, California. For 
more information, please log on to: http://www.writing-edu.com/ 
(http://www.writing-edu.com/) 

REGISTER

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CONFERENCE SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CANON PRESS

Canon Press (http://www.canonpress.com/)

What makes a life less petty? At Canon Press, we want to encourage 
intellectual, moral, and spiritual improvement in the lives of our 
customers, friends, and family. One element of this is teaching sound 
Christian doctrine. But doctrine by itself cannot make your life full 
and rounded out. Canon Press seeks to recover a sense of the 
beautiful by asking -- "What is true?" and "What is 
good?"  We believe sound theology always leads to the love 
of beauty. For Christian parents, this poses a particular challenge: 
How do you teach your kids to appreciate what is true, good, and 
beautiful, in a world increasingly infatuated with all things modern. 
With this in mind, Canon Press seeks to provide books and audio to 
help parents rise to the challenge. Our vision is captured and 
expressed in the book Angels in the Architecture: A Protestant Vision 
for Middle Earth. This book cries out against the bland, purely 
spiritualized Christianity to which so many have become accustomed. 
Click here to read a sample.  Here are a few of the books you 
can find at Canon Press: Protocol Matters: Encouraging Social Graces 
in Christian Homes and Schools. The everyday details of protocol 
often seem mundane. But their impact in a community and in society is 
profound. Sandra Boswell outlines the meaning and purpose of protocol 
education, and describes ways of practicing it in the home and at 
school, guiding the reader through all the basic protocol topics in 
her new book Protocol Matters: Encouraging Social Graces in Christian 
Homes and Schools.  P.O. Box 8729, Moscow, ID.  83843 - 
(800) 488-2034 • www.canonpress.com (http://www.canonpress.com/)

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THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS

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ONLINE SAT PREPARATION

    Select Choice (http://www.selectc.com/)
Many homeschoolers are college-bound and they know the importance of 
high performance on the college placement exams. Select Choice helps 
students to prepare for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT college placement 
tests through modules and Live Tutors.  Our coaching approach 
helps students develop new test taking abilities, learn the 
psychology of test taking and brush up on the important academic 
skills. Select Choice provides courses that maximize performance on 
all sections of the SAT and ACT, including the sometimes daunting 
essay writing. You can customize a course of study ranging from a 
two-hour cram session up to 30 hours of comprehensive training, 
covering all aspects of the test.  They have small groups 
ranging from 4-8 people per tutor.  Select Choice also offers an 
online tutoring service that is subject-based. Visit the website to 
obtain a free, 30-minute trial session and to see about a weekend 
special price offer 

Select Choice Test Prep
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Ph: 877-641-2127
Email  Info at SelectC.com (Info at SelectC.com)
Website: http://www.select.com/ (http://www.select.com/) 

SPELLING MADE SIMPLE

Spelling Made Simple 
(https://www.spellingmadesimple.com/Spelling%20Software/purchasesoftware.aspx?AFF=16)
Spelling is an integral part of our daily lives in our communication 
with people around us.  Spelling Made Simple is a program that 
helps children and adults learn how to spell.  A unique feature 
of this program is that it can be customized to create interest in 
the words, which need to be learned.  These lists are made by 
simply typing them into the program. Lists can also be created and 
learned quickly by dragging and dropping or by copying and pasting 
text into the software. One can also download lists from the site so 
that won’t need to be created. 

You can see and hear the word (based on the user's settings), and 
then type the answer.  This technique helps with the 
memorization process and is a proven method in learning to spell. If 
the answer is wrong it will go back into the queue and be retried. 
This method allows words that need to be practiced on to be tested on 
more often. Statistics are kept with the intention that a person can 
review improvement and see what needs to be worked on. 

The use of this spelling program will help the speller gain 
confidence and power over words.  As parents know, children 
learn differently. Some are visual learners, some learn best through 
audio.  With Spelling Made Simple children can work at their own 
pace and have meaningful hands-on experiences that teach with a 
variety of learning styles.  The speller will learn to become 
independent and transform into a motivated speller, as they feel 
their self-empowerment.  

You will find many testimonials about the wonderful things this 
product has done to improve spellers across the nation on their 
website Spelling Made Simple 
(http://www.spellingmadesimple.com/?AFF=16) I wanted to point 
out one testimonial in particular that is quite an incredible 
story.  A homeschooling mom, Michelle Horton used this product 
as a tool for her son who was attempting to be in the National 
Spelling Bee.  Six of the last 10 National Spelling Bees were 
won by homeschoolers.  

She purchased the program for her son. She wrote about their 
experience: “The summer of Jonathan’s 8th grade and final 
shot at the NSB, we tweaked our studying yet one final time.  We 
were attempting to go through the dictionary and learn as many words 
that were left as possible.  Using the recordings had become 
cumbersome and I wanted to find a computer program that would allow 
us to put our own words into it and have my voice giving all of the 
pieces he could ask at the NSB.  After much trial and error, we 
discovered a great product called Spelling Made Simple.  It far 
exceeded our expectations.  

I recorded 13,339 words for him to study.  He worked as hard as 
he could.  He wasn't simply working to try to WIN the bee, 
he just wanted to be able to walk away and say, ‘I couldn't 
have worked any harder!’”   Jonathan was 
disappointed to not win the NSB, but he was not totally 
devastated. He tied for eighth place and showed great character when 
he didn't allow his disappointment to interfere with his support 
of the remaining spellers on the stage.  Ironically, there were 
only two words in the entire bee that he didn't know and he 
received one of them.  Yet, he walked away knowing he could not 
have done any more to prepare.  

Jonathan has truly shown great growth throughout his participation in 
the National Spelling Bee. I encourage you to purchase the 
Spelling Made Simple program, and to purchase products from Hexco 
Academic, specifically the Verbomania and New Nats Notes.  Begin 
a program of studying word roots from Greek and Latin.  Get a 
copy of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, either 
in paper form or on CD-rom.  Be encouraging but realistic at the 
same time.   Do not hesitate to help them in their goal but 
realize that unless they REALLY want it and pursue much of this on 
their own, they probably will not reach the NSB.  Most of all, 
remember that some of their best growth may not come when they 
"win".  After all, isn't character growth more 
important than a trophy?”

Spelling Made Simple (http://www.spellingmadesimple.com/?AFF=16) 

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