Teaching Resources (Workshop Tapes)
Please use the Flash audio sampler below to listen to audio clips from all fourteen of Kathryn Stout's current workshop tapes. (If you do not have Flash player or need to update visit www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer).
All workshop tapes are $4.00 (USD). On sale September and October; reduced
from $4.50. Click a title to add it to your cart.
Audiocassettes are not returnable, but may be exchanged if defective.
A
Chronological Unit Approach to History
Save planning time while helping kids develop a greater understanding of
the people and events being studied. Geography and science will make more
sense too.
45 minutes | Add
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Classic
Movies As Literature
Are your teens able to analyze literature? Can they articulate why they
like or don't like a movie? If not, they may find themselves accepting a
jumble of philosophies without really thinking. Stories entertain, but they
also teach. This workshop shows you how to develop your childrens' ability
to critique movies. Teens will not only be better protected from absorbing
wrong influences, but will be better able to analyze any literature. This
workshop includes a discussion of story elements and film techniques, as
well as questions to ask after watching movies with students ages 13-18.
60 minutes | Add
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Developing
Attitudes & Habits: What's Important and When
There's a best time for developing attitudes and habits that affect not
only your child's character, but his ability to learn beyond high school.
Here are specific goals, an explanation of their importance, teaching strategies
to reach those objectives, and techniques to replace any bad habits with
good ones.
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Homeschooling
the Challenging Child
Kathryn describes methods for effectively teaching children that seem to
require a great deal of one-on-one attention. Tips include suggestions for
balancing your time so that your other children are not neglected.
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How
to Teach Composition
Here are keys to teaching composition and evaluating children's writing
so that they will learn to think more deeply and express their thoughts
more clearly. While appropriate for teaching all ages, there are numerous
examples at works at the junior and senior high level to illustrate what
can be achieved.
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Make
It Easy On Yourself
Turn your kids into thinkers and independent learners without exhausting
yourself or your checking account. Accomplish several objectives with one
interesting project or activity. Here are teaching strategies and resource
ideas guaranteed to put the spark back into your homeschool.
90 minutes | Add
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Math
That Makes Sense
Tips for teaching math concepts to grades K-8 in a way that promotes "math
sense" through discovery and reasoning. There are numerous examples
to help you put the principles into practice.
45 minutes | Add
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Science
That Sticks
Everyone loves to "do" science—but do the concepts "stick?"
Kathryn explains how to teach science to children of all ages with a minimum
of planning, using a variety of fun and interesting materials, and with
the assurance that basic concepts and skills will be understood and retained.
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Strategies
for Teaching and Learning Spelling
Give your children (or yourself!) the tools needed to learn and retain correct
spelling. Kathryn shares simple techniques that anyone can use from her
award-winning book, Natural Speller. These are not attempts at photographic
memory, but strategies that allow children to become confident in their
ability to learn.
45 minutes | Add
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Teaching
English - What's Essential?
Do your children dig beyond the basic plot, analyzing, appreciating, and
learning life lessons from literature? Do they compose interesting and well-supported
essays that reflect their ability to think critically? If not, here's how
to get the essentials out of English, even while working toward objectives
in other subjects.
60 minutes | Add
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Teaching
Kids to Think
Kids need to be taught how to think, not just what to think. By approaching
reading comprehension and composition in a way that stresses analysis and
support of opinions, students learn to apply reasoning to all that they
read, write and hear.
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Teaching
Reading, Spelling, & Critical Thinking
Teach critical thinking in the way you approach basic subjects. Help children
find patterns and use reasoning while they learn to read, spell, solve problems,
and analyze what they see and hear.
60 minutes | Add
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Teaching
Teenagers to Think Critically
Arm your teens with protection from worldly propaganda. Here are teaching
strategies easily incorporated into basic subjects to build skills in analyzing
what is read, watched, and heard.
60 minutes | Add
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Teaching
Tips That Really Work
Here are Ideas for teaching all children—gifted to struggling. Replace
boredom or frustration with a love of learning. Overcome the "I can't/I
won't" syndrome.
60 minutes | Add
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