Speaking Topics From Character Ink
Ray and Donna enjoy speaking together in their “Raising Kids With Character” parenting seminar (for Christian parents) as well as at homeschooling conventions and their homeschooling workshops.
We are available to speak on a variety of topics including Christian parenting, marriage, homeschooling, organization, prioritizing, heart training, raising teens, language arts teaching, writing instruction, scheduling, home management, and more. Additionally, Joshua (our oldest son, age 31, BA in history with emphases on literature, writing, and government) speaks to parents about how to teach literature, creative writing, social sciences, speech, debate, history, and more.
We are open to combining/cutting/changing however is needed to fit your convention, seminar, or meeting. Please feel free to contact us about doing a “series” or combining workshops in whatever way would meet the needs of your attendees.
Contact Info:
Please feel free to call or email with more questions or if you have a need for our workshops.
Call us: (260) 450-7063 or (260) 433-4365.
Email us: characterink@gmail.com
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WORKSHOPS FOR REISHES
Ray and Donna enjoy helping homeschoolers with parenting, marriage, homeschooling, language arts, writing, family life, and more!
Family Living and Family Unity (link)
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- Bible Buzzwords: Scriptures, Along With Infamous Reish Family Buzzwords, That Teach Children How to Live a Character-Filled Life–Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone {Potential Keynote Address}
- Family Unity – Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Reaching the Heart of Your Teen – Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Child Training of Younger Children – Ray and Donna; Donna alone
- Discipling and Mentoring Your Children — Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- The Well-Trained Heart — Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
Character Training Seminar Workshops (link)
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- The Five W’s of Character Training–Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Parenting Paradigms–Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Starting Out Right With Babies and Toddlers–Ray and Donna; Donna alone
- Early Qualities for Preschoolers–Ray and Donna; Donna alone
- Child Training vs Heart Training–Ray and Donna; Donna alone
- Helping Tweens Grow in Character and Virtue–Ray and Donna; Donna alone
Fathering and Marriage (link)
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- Meeting the Needs of Your Wife and Children — Ray Reish
- Teaching the Bible to Your Children Without Pressure — Ray Reish
- The Successful Home Schooling Father — Ray Reish
- Family Worship, Family Altar, Family Devotions — Ray Reish
- Marriage by the Book — Ray and Donna; Ray alone
- Dancing With YOUR Star — Ray and Donna
Helps for Homeschool Moms (link)
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Donna Reish presents these sessions, very popular and helpful ones, to home school groups every year; Ray and Donna may also do these together, if desired, for moms and dads. These sessions may be done individually as well; however, if all three are done, they should be done in the order listed here.
- Prioritizing Your Life, School, and Home — Donna Reish or Ray and Donna together
- Organizing Your Life, School, and Home — Donna Reish
- Scheduling Your Life, School, and Home — Donna Reish
- Become an Efficiency Expert—Or Feel Like One Anyway! — Donna Reish
- Efficient Food Prep Through Freezer Cooking, Cooking Sessions, and Other Make Ahead Strategies — Donna Reish
Child Training (link)
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- Child Training in the Christian Homeschool — Donna Reish
- Training Children to Be Diligent Workers — Donna Reish
- Babies and Toddlers — Donna Reish
- Home Schooling Preschoolers and Kindergarteners — Donna Reish
- Day in the Life of a Preschooler or Kindergartener — Donna Reish
General Homeschooling (link)
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- Thirty Years and Counting–Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone (may be a keynote address)
- Schooling the Preschooler and Kindergartener — Donna Reish
- Multi-Level Teaching — Donna Reish
- Teaching Using Unit Studies — Donna Reish
- So You’re Gonna Home School — Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Home Schooling Your High Schooler – Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Teaching Like Jesus – Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone
- Top Thirty From Thirty – Ray and Donna; Ray alone; Donna alone (may be a keynote address)
- Developing a Love for Learning – Donna alone–This topic may be one session in length – or several sessions (preferred)
Character Quality Language Arts (CQLA) is our anchor homeschool product. Covering grades two through twelve, each 1200 to 1500 page work-text provides all of your student’s language arts needs (copy work, vocabulary, spelling, editing, outlining, writing, grammar, usage, dictation, and more) in one book!
Language Arts Areas (link)
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- Teaching Reading — Donna Reish
- Teaching Language Arts — Donna Reish
- Teaching Writing – Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- The Timed Essay/the Five Paragraph Essay (for SAT and other quick writing preparation) – Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- Writing the Research Paper — Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- How to Teach Study Skills and Comprehension — Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- Editing and Usage Essentials — Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- Teaching Creative Writing – Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
- From Words to Sentences and More – Donna Reish or Joshua Reish
Joshua Reish Only (link)
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- Teaching Students Critical Thinking Skills – Joshua Reish
- Teaching Literature – Joshua Reish
- Loving America – Joshua Reish
- Dull or Dynamic? How Are You Teaching History? – Joshua Reish
- The Great Deception – Joshua Reish
- Lasting Legacy – Joshua Reish
- Constitutional Convention – Joshua Reish
- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Athens – Joshua Reish
- The American Revolution and the Character of a Leader – Joshua Reish
- An Argument for Christianity – Joshua Reish
Additional Workshop Possibilities
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We have other “seminars” that we do entirely on their own if someone in your group would like to host these–or if you would like parts of them done in order at your convention or event.
- “The Write On! Workshop” –Donna Reish and/or Joshua Reish
- “The Almost 3-R’s Workshop” –Donna Reish and/or Joshua Reish
- “Raising Kids With Character” seminar–Ray and Donna Reish
- “Raising Tweens and Teens With Character” seminar–
Ray, Donna, and Joshua enjoy speaking to groups at homeschooling conventions and have over fifty topics to choose from, including fathers, mothers, parenting from toddlers to teens, character training, how to teach (reading, writing, English, speech, debate, history, literature, and more), study skills, home management, marriage, reaching your children’s hearts, organizing, and much more!
Biographical and Publishing Information
Ray and Donna Reish, directors and founders of Character Ink, write, speak, and teach at their “cottage classes” to test Donna’s books, parenting seminars, small groups, and homeschooling workshops.
Ray & Donna Reish are the homeschooling parents of seven children, ages sixteen to thirty-two. They began homeschooling over thirty years ago by teaching Donna’s younger sister at home during her junior high years then continued living the homeschooling life by homeschooling all of their own children for all of their school years. Read More…
Donna Reish is the homeschooling mother of seven children, ages sixteen to thirty-one. She has written nearly fifty curriculum books for two publishers over the past twelve years, including, among others, “Character Quality Language Arts,” “Meaningful Composition,” and “Really Writing” (ebooks). Read More…
Ray Reish is the homeschooling father of seven children, ages sixteen to thirty-one. He and his wife own and operate a homeschooling publishing company and cottage class provider, Character Ink (formerly Training for Triumph); Christian parenting ministry/seminar, “Raising Kids With Character”; and “Character Ink” blog. Read More…
Joshua enjoys writing new Meaningful Composition books with Donna, teaching over one hundred “cottage class” students each semester, and speaking at homeschooling conventions with his parents or on his own. Check out his speaking topics and cottage class offerings!
Joshua Reish, homeschool graduate and husband of a homeschool graduate, lives with his wife in Bluffton, Indiana where he works with his family’s publishing company and homeschool/family ministry, Character Ink. Joshua has co-written a dozen composition books in the “Meaningful Composition” series and speaks on a variety of topics related to homeschooling and teaching. Read More…
