Jeannie Fulbright
Jeannie Fulbright is the author of the #1 best-selling, multi award-winning Exploring Creation elementary science series published by Apologia. She has been speaking and writing to build up the homeschool community for twenty years. As a veteran homeschool mom of four, Jeannie has watched her children graduate, blossom, pursue their passions, and become incredibly successful men and women of God. Jeannie’s passion is to empower parents to homeschool with excellence and to trust God with every aspect of their children’s education. Jeannie received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, her master’s degree from Fairfield University, and her Christian Life Coach certification from Life University.
Workshops
Thursday, June 10
Why Nature Study Matters and How to Make it Awesome
As a foundational Charlotte Mason philosophy, nature study has been shown to train a child’s power of observation, benefitting children both academically and emotionally. In this talk, Jeannie explains the research and studies that support the need for children to spend time in nature and shares how you can make it rewarding for the whole family. She discusses foundational teaching tools, field guide applications, teaching techniques, and how to create nature journals.
Friday, June 11
The 7 E’s for Choosing Curriculum
As an admitted curriculum junkie, Jeannie Fulbright tried every kind of curriculum and method available. Out of this experience, Jeannie has formulated the 7 E’s to help her carefully choose curriculum. In this seminar, she shares her experiences, as well as the conclusions she reached through this process. Following the 7 E’s when choosing curriculum will enable you to enjoy a successful homeschooling year and avoid wasting money on things that won’t work for you. These 7 E’s will ensure your children have curriculum that conforms to your mission and goals and breathes life and ease into your homeschooling journey.
Methods that Win and Methods that Wipe Out
This workshop uncovers the reasons why we get discouraged as we travel the road of homeschooling. We tie up heavy burdens, place them on our backs, and struggle through each day using overly difficult principles and practices that drag us down. By mid-year, we are so exhausted and depleted that we wonder how we’ll ever get through. Consequently, the joy of following God’s will in homeschooling is missing. This should not be! Jeannie Fulbright explains how many homeschool moms employ philosophies, techniques, and methodologies that consume a great deal of time and energy with little result. She enables you to identify wasteful methods and empowers you with winning methods, including both the latest research in educational methodology as well as time-tested practices that the founders of our country used to achieve an excellent education. She gives practical tips and ideas that will breathe life into your school day, including ideas for organizing your school day, scheduling, and fitting difficult subjects into the week.