Adult Workshops

In addition to our classes for children we offer workshops for adults. Our workshops are offered at different times of the year and by request.

Workshops are non-refundable. Should you have to cancel, your fee will become a product credit which you can use towards another worshop or class. Please contact me if you have any questions.

For more information on registration and additional forms, please visit our Registration page. Directions to our home can be found on our Contact page.

The Workshops

Home to Home: Encouragement for the Christian Home-School Mom

Meets the first TUESDAY of EVERY month at 7:00pm at the Greenstone Barn in Placerville
Bring your favorite coffee or tea cup and sit back and relax. This is not a co-op or a place where you will be asked to organize or plan anything! Home to Home is a place where Christian Home educators can receive support and encouragement. In the spirit of Titus 2:3-5, Home to Home is also a place where the “veteran” and the “new to home-schooling” can lend a hand to each other on this home-schooling journey! Each month, we will have varied speakers, presenting topics that mean the most to Christian home-school families followed by table discussions.

Please, no children. Nursing mothers with their little ones are welcomed. Coffee and Tea provided-Bring your favorite coffee or tea cup if you wish! Bring a snack if you wish but it is not necessary! Bring a Friend!

Cost: FREE!

Directions:
  1. Exit Greenstone (Exit 41)
  2. Travel North towards Green Valley Road
  3. Turn Right on Green Valley Road
  4. Greenstone gated Community will be on the Left
  5. Go through gate: Gate Code: #MOMS
  6. Continue on same road (Stagecoach Road)
  7. Travel 1.4 miles-Greenstone Barn is on left.

Thinking About Home Schooling

First Tuesday Night of every month, starting May 3rd, 6:00pm-7:00pm at the Greenstone Barn in Placerville
Join Beth Mora, mom of eight children and home educator for over fifteen years for an enjoyable workshop as she candidly shares the highs and lows of her home schooling experience. Please come with your questions and searching hearts. You will leave this workshop with a packet of resources to help you begin your home schooling journey and some valuable information to help you seek God’s plan for your children’s education.

Some of the topics that will be addressed are:

  • Is it legal and do I need to be a certified teacher?
  • What are the pros and cons of my decision?
  • I am not sure I am able to do this, I’m afraid I will burn out.
  • Where do I start?
  • What teaching method is best?
  • What about a special needs child?
  • How do I choose curriculum?
  • What about State standards?
  • What about socialization?
  • What’s the difference between charter schools and independent schools?
  • What are the available resources in El Dorado County and in California?

register $5.00 one-time non-refundable registration fee:
Workshops are non-refundable. Should you have to cancel, your $5.00 will become a product credit which you can use towards another worshop or class.

Teaching Young Writers

Monday, November 14, 2011, 7:00-8:30pm at Beth Mora's home
Learn how to move your child from short choppy sentences to thoughtful paragraphs without killing their tender spirits. Discover ways to kindle an appreciation for the writing process. And find out how to incorporate your child’s learning style in their writing tasks.

register Cost: $10.00/person includes materials.
FREE for those parents who have children enrolled in a Here to Help Learning writing class. (Still must register to reserve your spot)

Reducing your Food and Household Budget

Time and date TBA
Learn tricks of the trade to feed a family of 10 for $500.00 a month. It may be easier than you think! Also many helpful hints to lower your household expenses!!

I think I need to attend this workshop because…

  1. The cost of living has gone up and our income hasn’t.
  2. We are borrowing from Peter to pay Paul but Peter is broke.
  3. I am a stay at home mom and we want to keep it that way.
  4. I’m a single mom and my dollar doesn’t seem to go from “Here to New York” more like “Here to Ohio”
  5. I want to be a good steward of our money so that we can give more to further God’s Kingdom.
  6. We have five kids and we want to adopt and/or have more children!
  7. We are living pay check to pay check. If the washing machine breaks down, we are sunk.
  8. I could use a couple of extra dollars per month.
  9. All of the Above!

If any of these statements rings true then join us for this lively workshop!

Organizationally Yours

Time and date TBA
Come on over to our house! I’m just your average home-school mom who has eight children and has home-schooled for over fifteen years. Five of our children have left the nest, two are attending high school, and I am left with one to home school, but I am not so old as to forget what home school life was like!

Fond home schooling memories include the children and I gathered around the new cherry Kool-Aid® stain on the carpet, teaching my children the differences in the dye quality between cherry and yesterday’s Mega Mountain Twist Kool-Aid® stain. I remember the stacks of un-graded math and English papers that are sitting next to my cold cup of coffee. I never did seem to experience that “good to the last drop” feeling. Tears come to my eyes reminiscing about the baby chewing on the only centimeter ruler in the house warmed by the sounds of our seven-year old twins arguing about whether a pencil or a pen should be used for math. Memories of our ten-year old announcing that he finished an entire day’s worth of schooling in under an hour, and cherished pictures in my mind of our twelve-year old having fallen asleep with his literature book still propped up in both hands at 10:00am. So, if your home is experiencing a little chaos like mine did, then come on over, let’s have that second cup of coffee and let’s talk.

Although it can be challenging, my husband Forrest and I love home schooling. Our worse day home schooling is always better than anything else we do. It is one of the most rewarding endeavors we have ever chosen. I hope that this work shop will encourage and challenge you and even warm your heart.

Topics to be covered:
  • Organizing your home school
  • Record keeping
  • Tricks of the trade
  • Creating a positive learning environment
  • Planning your home schooling experience.