Julia Nalle
Julia Nalle is passionate about Christ, her family, adoption, and classical home education. Julia and her husband Rob live in a book-filled little house in the woods of central Virginia with their children. Julia has a bachelor of science in early childhood education and a master of arts in religion with emphasis in Old Testament studies, counseling, and pastoral ministries. Julia also has years of teaching experience. Along with teaching several different writing classes, she has personally field-tested all of BiblioPlan’s materials at a local Christian school and in one of Virginia’s largest homeschool cooperatives. You can follow Julia’s blog about international special needs adoption at covenantbuilders.blogspot.com.
Workshops
Thursday, June 10
In the Trenches: Multi‐Grade, Multi‐Age, Multi‐Learning Styles ‐ Multi‐Vitamins? All Together Without Mom Losing Her Mind!
Are you longing to find ways in your day to bring all your children together around the table? Do you need refreshing tips that show you how to combine subjects in a way that meets the needs of all your children – on their levels and in their styles of learning? Are you weary of juggling different history time periods for the different grade levels or tackling the extra work your curriculum requires you to do just to teach a lesson? Spend some time with Julia Nalle, co‐author of BiblioPlan, as she shares numerous practical helps for teaching history, literature, writing, Bible, geography, art, science and more across multi‐age levels drawing from both a classical style and a Charlotte Mason approach.
Friday, June 11
Tips and Tricks for Adapting Curriculum for Struggling or Special-Needs Learners
Homeschooling can seem so simple. You did well in school, and usually behaved yourself well enough, so how hard can teaching be? Buy a whiteboard and dry-erase markers, hang a wall map and some posters in your dining room, and go to work. But then real life intervenes. Your wiggler and your giggler can’t seem to settle; books and worksheets send your struggling reader into orbit; your otherwise complacent children raise the flag of revolt; and you find yourself face-planted before the Lord. What happens when your children don’t fit the mold? How do you respond when their learning style is the precise opposite of yours? Join Julia Nalle, mother to three adopted and two biological kids, co-writer of BiblioPlan and teacher for 35-plus years, as she facilitates an honest and heartfelt discussion for parents who are scratching their heads over their struggling or special needs learners. In this session she will discuss some of the reasons your child may be struggling and share practical, fun strategies for helping your child.