New Library Items

Greetings All,

It's been my joy to serve, for a short time, as your librarian at the Whole Hearted Home Educators meetings.

I just wanted to give you a preview of the new items. A complete library list in a 36 page searchable pdf will be added when my steep learning curve peaks! Thank you, Jennifer for having confidence in my abilities!

These are the new items that will be available at the March 2nd meeting. They will be set apart so you can find them efficiently.

Be Blessed,
Helen

New WHHE Library books available at the March 2nd meeting.

-Desiring God by John Piper

-The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carlson

-Who in the World Was the Acrobatic Empress: The Story of Theodora by Robin Phillips

-Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics explained by its most brilliant teacher by Richard P. Feynman

-Mathematicians are People, Too (Vol. 1) by Luetta Reimer

-The Once and Future King by T.H. White

-Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity by Robert Cwiklik

-Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill by Stephen Mansfield

-Microbe Hunters: The Classic Book on the Mafor Discoveries of the Microscopic World by Paul De Kruif

-3 DVDs of Eve Anderson (teaching at Perimeter School, which is a private school today using the CM methods, in the states)
There are 3 separate DVDs. One on Nature Study (found in the Nature Study bin); one on Narration (found in the CM Resources bin); and one on Picture Study (found in the Art bin).

-True Heroism recommended in the first chapter of “When Children Love to Learn”

-The Pilgrim’s at Plymouth by Landmark Books

-TruthQuest History: Age of Revolution III (1865-2000) by Michelle Miller

-How Should We Then Live?, DVD by Francis A. Schaeffer

-Shanghaied To China, Trailblazer Series #9 (Hudson Taylor) by Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson
I think this completes the series.

-Elementary Greek, Year One Kit by Christine Gatchell
Lots of talk about this one on the CM Canada group

-Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can Do To Stop It by Ken Ham & Britt Beemer with Todd Hillard

-Revolutionary Parenting by George Barna
This book was first introduced to me by our hostess Karen at a CM meeting. It encouraged many and even more so now in remembering David. A Spiritual Champion who has run the race and is now among the cloud of witnesses cheering us on.

-My Book House series (8 of the 12); Olive Beaupre Miller, editor
On 2 of Lori Lawings talks at the ChildLight USA Conferences, she mentions this series. Wonderful resource. The series is geared for elementary(ish) grades. Volume 5 is geared for early, progressing to upper elementary. Here’s a link to her very worthwhile talks.
http://www.childlightusa.org/conference_resources.php
* Volume 5, Over The Hills
* Volume 6, Though Fairy Halls
* Volume 7, The Magic Garden
* Volume 8, Flying Sails
* Volume 9, The Treasure Chest
* Volume 10, From the Tower Window
* Volume 11, In Shining Armor
* Volume 12, Halls of Fame

-A Child’s Day Through the Ages by Dorothy Margaret Stuart
Also recommended by Lori Lawing.

-Modern Rhymes About Ancient Times: Ancient Rome by Susan Altman
This one is just too much fun!

ChildLight USA Charlotte Mason Conference - 2010

If you've thought of attending the annual Charlotte Mason conference hosted in North Carolina but have never managed to get things together in time, let this year be different.

ChildlightUSA has just announced the dates and theme for the 2010 conference:

2010 Conference Information

The 6th Annual Charlotte Mason Education Conference

June 9, 10, 11, 12, 2010.

Theme for this year’s conference:

A 21st Century Education: Applying a Charlotte Mason Curriculum

Mark the dates on your calendar today, then visit ChildlightUSA in a few weeks to get all the details as they become available.

One Week Left

The countdown is on:  the ChildLightUSA Charlotte Mason Conference will begin in one week, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.  It's not too late to register and attend!  This year promises to be another inspiring, informing conference, including an all-day workshop on narration.

Will we see you there?

ChildLight Charlotte Mason Conference 2009

June 10-13, 2009

ChildLight USA will be hosting the annual

Charlotte Mason Conference

at Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

This is an internationally attended conference with speakers from England, the United States, and Canada who are veritable experts on Charlotte Mason. All have spent a good part of their lives studying Charlotte Mason's writings, and each brings his or her own personal expertise to bear on the practical and philosophical aspects of a Charlotte Mason education, and, whether that experience be in educational psychology, school administration, curriculum planning and design, home education, or so much more, these speakers know how to bring life to a CM education.

One exciting thing about this conference is that it brings together home educators, school educators and administrators, and researchers on equal footing. Workshops are led by individuals of any background who are particularly specialized in the field on which they present. The mix of people attending and presenting is a wonderful cross section, bringing together all who are interested in a CM education without bias in any direction, be it home or school.

Another thing to note about the conference is the low price. This is a 4 day international conference being offered for $79 per person or family (early registration with a group of 3 or more). That is a great price for a conference of this calibre! Accommodation is reasonable ($25 or less per person per night) and a meal plan at the university dining hall is available, as well.

If you are interested in attending and want to have more information here are the links:

Conference General Information

Tentative Schedule

Registration Form

There are several people from our group already planning to attend. If you would like to associate your registration with ours in order to take advantage of the group rate, please email me (talsma at cyg dot net), and I'll make sure you are in the loop. If you'd like to have some specific feedback about previous conferences, you can email me about that, too, and I'll hook you up with someone who has attended and you can get more info that way.

Early registration is until April 30, but to make that deadline we'd need to have all the information in earlier than that.

Please take a look at the ChildLight website to find links to audio files of some of the workshops from previous years, too.

ChildLight Charlotte Mason Conference 2009

The ChildLight USA website now has information about the upcoming CM conference to be held in Charlotte NC in June. There is an registration form available there as well.

Please check out the info on the site and consider whether this is something you might be able to attend. Those of us who have gone in the past have been completely impressed with the quality of the conference, the mix of people, the hospitality, and more. It is amazing to be in a setting with so many people who have a similar approach to education, yet come from both school and homeschool settings, Canada, the US, even Korea!