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Welcome to Wondering Wednesday, a podcast by Donna Reish where she answers readers’ questions about homeschooling, home management, child training, and more!  Have a question for Donna?  Email her at characterinklady@gmail.com.

 

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Q&A Morning Routines, Chores & More! https://characterinkblog.com/qa-morning-routines-chores/ https://characterinkblog.com/qa-morning-routines-chores/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:10:38 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=5316 You’ve heard the speaker tell about how to improve your day. You’ve taken detailed notes. You feel empowered—even optimistic. Then you get home and start to make the charts, create the checklists, and hold the family meeting…and you suddenly have questions. A lot of questions…. Wowsie, I remember those days twenty-five and thirty years ago…like […]

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You’ve heard the speaker tell about how to improve your day. You’ve taken detailed notes. You feel empowered—even optimistic.

Morning Routines & Chores

Then you get home and start to make the charts, create the checklists, and hold the family meeting…and you suddenly have questions. A lot of questions….

Wowsie, I remember those days twenty-five and thirty years ago…like yesterday. (I’m so grateful that I remember so many happy memories associated with our thirty-two years of homeschooling!)

Well, this post is for those times. I recently did a 32 Scheduling Tips From 32 Years of Homeschooling presentation. Afterwards, I received emails and FB messages with those nagging questions that mamas get when they are going home and trying to implement something they just learned…

So consider this the follow up to the speaker that you heard and got so excited about. We all need that sometimes! 🙂

Love and hope,
Donna

P.S. Find other chore podcasts here.

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Independent Work Lists for Junior High and High School https://characterinkblog.com/independent-work-lists-junior-high-high-school/ https://characterinkblog.com/independent-work-lists-junior-high-high-school/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:36:15 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4704 Now on to Junior High and High School! The concept behind the Independent Work List is that it helps a student become, well, independent. In that way, the chart/list/planner should grow with the child—more independence/less neediness. More responsibility/less spoon feeding from Mom. These will be in no true order–just some things that I want to […]

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Independent Work Lists for Junior High and High School Students

Now on to Junior High and High School!

The concept behind the Independent Work List is that it helps a student become, well, independent. In that way, the chart/list/planner should grow with the child—more independence/less neediness.

More responsibility/less spoon feeding from Mom.

These will be in no true order–just some things that I want to re-emphasize from the younger ages as well as things that pertain only to olders.

1. Consider the document or chart that works best for your age child now.

Most kids in junior high and high school no longer want cutsie charts. Once you decide you want a genuine paper document, then you have to decide how you want it filled in:

a.  As he goes, he lists what he does each day, sort of a daily school journal.

b. You write in a planner each week for him for the following week (page
number, number of pages, lesson number, etc.).

c. You have a standard daily Independent Work List that you create in your
scheduling program or Excel—that you can customize when something
changes, etc. You print this off, put it on a clip board, and have him highlight
or mark off as he does things each day.

 

2. Consider if you are going to make his Independent Work List for him completely or if
you will have his input.

We liked to choose our high schoolers’ materials, schedules, lists, etc., with them, so that they have some input in the process–and to help model for them/teach them how to organize, prioritize, etc.

 

3. Still use some of the elements from the earlier suggestions (for younger kids) that are
universal, such as:

a. School is your child’s occupation. It is what he should be about during the
day.

b. Put the daily tasks in sections according to time of day or importance–and also in order according to when they should be done.

c. Have a system that works for you every day. Have his list on a clip board that he carries with him/keeps in his school area. Have him highlight as he does things. Have him leave it on your desk when he is done, etc.

d. Develop a “no exceptions” approach to daily independent work. A student doesn’t go to basketball, girls group, youth group, etc., until his daily independent work list is done.

 

4. Have blanks on the chart to add in any work from outside classes, music lessons, Bible quizzing, etc.

 

5. Put things that are not dailies where ever they go. This was always a little bit difficult for me.

a. Do twice weeklies go on Tuesday and Thursday (but Thursday is our lesson and
errand day…)?

b. Do three times weeklies always go M-W-F, even though Wednesday is our “cottage class day” and extras do not get done on that day?

c. This might take a while to get in the groove, but it is worth it to tweak things and make it work.

 

6. For junior high kids, consider that you might need smaller chunks (maybe two math
sessions at 30 minutes a day, etc.).

Again, you know your student and your family situation, so do whatever works best for you.

 

7. Consider if you want this Independent Work List to be his total chart/list for all aspects of his day at older ages:

a. Do you want to put his devotions, music practice, and outside work on there
too?

b. Do you want it to contain meetings/tutoring sessions with you?

c. Do you want it to also be his chore list?

 

8. There are some definite advantages to a junior high or high schooler having his day right in front of him in one spread sheet. However, this can also get overwhelming to some kids.

 

9. If you are using a “time” planner in which the time slots for each subject are written in, you might want to include times in which he meets with you, does chores, does lab with a sister, etc., so that he can see the big picture for how time fits together.

 

10. Consider switching to a start time/finish time approach and having him total up his time spent on school if he is having a lot of trouble with time management.

Seeing how much time actually got spent on important things and how much time got wasted can be invaluable in teaching older kids independence.

I hope that these posts have been a help to you. I can’t tell you how worth it, it is to implement independent lists!

 

LINKS

For a downloadable product with a dozen charts to use with various ages, check the store here!

Video: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Using Your Planner to Get More Done

Audio: Overcoming Parenting Obstacles

Video: Using Consequence Pies

 

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How to Use Independent Work Lists for Elementary Children https://characterinkblog.com/how-to-use-independent-work-lists-for-elementary-children/ https://characterinkblog.com/how-to-use-independent-work-lists-for-elementary-children/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:01:45 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4691 Once you have determined that you do need the structure for your student that Independent Work Lists provide for your school, there are many questions to answer and decisions to make. And these decisions will be different according to ages. Here are some tips for using Independent Work Lists With Elementary Children: 1. Either make […]

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How to Use Independent Work Lists for Elementary Students

Once you have determined that you do need the structure for your student that Independent Work Lists provide for your school, there are many questions to answer and decisions to make. And these decisions will be different according to ages.

Here are some tips for using Independent Work Lists With Elementary Children:

1. Either make it on a chart that the child uses wipe and write markers and mount it
somewhere–or make it in Excel (or your favorite record keeping program) and place it
on a thin clip boards.

Trust me: loose papers never make it back to mom at the end of the day. (Spoken from true
experiences–plural–you would think I would have learned this the first time or two! )

 

2. Put things in the order of importance on the chart–in the order that you want them
done.

 

3. And/or put things in sections.

I used to have mine in order and sections–the first so many items needed done before the child
met with Mom or before the child had a morning snack or before lunch chores, or whatever.

Never underestimate the value of teaching children time management, prioritizing, etc. via
these daily checklists.

 

4. For things that you are uncertain of/change-ables, put time or generic wording, such as
“30 minutes of uninterrupted CQLA work” or “All Meaningful Composition assignments
from previous meeting with Mom,” etc.

 

5. Be sure to include drill work, silent reading, etc.–all the extras that you want him to do
each day.

(I even put the things that they would often do as I read aloud on this list in the section marked
“During Read-Aloud”–such as coloring in educational coloring book, penmanship page, building
something with Legos, etc.)

 

6. Be sure there is a time in which it is turned in each day.

If your child’s independent list is on a clip board, he can simply put the clip board on your desk
at the end of the day–all checked off and ready for the next day.

 

7. The Independent Work Checklist is, in part, to help keep the child moving as you are working with other kids, walking your college kids through a difficulty on the phone, or helping Grandma with something.

In other words, you want to teach your student to get up and start on the list
right away–and to go back to the list any time he is not meeting with you or doing chores, etc. (I
even put things like “Read to Jonathan for 15 minutes” and “30 minutes of morning devotional
book and journaling” on the list–everything the child does (outside of chores) was listed on this
chart.

I would love to answer questions about these daily charts. Leave your questions below—or email me, and I will get you some answers!

 

LINKS

For a downloadable product with a dozen charts to use with various ages, check the store here!

Video: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Using Your Planner to Get More Done

Audio: Overcoming Parenting Obstacles

Video: Using Consequence Pies

 

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Introducing Independent Work Lists for Students! https://characterinkblog.com/introducing-independent-work-lists-students/ https://characterinkblog.com/introducing-independent-work-lists-students/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:16:51 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4675 One of the problems that we hear about over and over again when we are out speaking is that of students not completing everything that you want them to in any given day. AND keeping kids on task. Our solution: Independent Work Lists! Independent work lists, or Daily Duties as I affectionately call them, can […]

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Introducing Independent Work Lists for Students

One of the problems that we hear about over and over again when we are out speaking is that
of students not completing everything that you want them to in any given day. AND keeping
kids on task.

Our solution: Independent Work Lists!

Independent work lists, or Daily Duties as I affectionately call them, can literally change the way
your school day goes.

The “did you do your math yet?” and the “why aren’t you practicing piano right now?” days can
be behind you if you implement and follow through with Independent Work Lists for your
children (and for you…see The Simplified Planner).

I discovered Independent Work Lists over twenty-five years ago when I had three young
students who seemed to need me all the time—along with a preschooler and a baby!

Something had to give.

 

I had already had success with morning routine charts and chore charts. Why couldn’t we apply
the same concept to the kids’ daily school work? A checklist that kept kids on task when I was
tied up elsewhere? Yes!

I just can’t stress enough the benefits of the Independent Work Lists–for Mom and for the
student. It takes away gray areas of parenting (something crucial that we teach in our parenting
seminars). A chart helps the child become an independent learner. It teaches many character
qualities–perseverance, prioritizing, resourcefulness, responsibility, diligence, timeliness, and
much more.

Yeah, I am pretty crazy about my twenty-five years of Independent Work Lists!

Click on the picture below to download these work lists!

Daily Duties Independent Check Sheets for Students - book cover

General Tips

There are a lot of decisions to make in developing your children’s morning routine lists. Will it
have EVERYTHING on it or will it only have the child’s independent work on it? Will it have
chores, music practice, etc., or will it just have “school”?

What type of list will you use—a chart with pictures; a pocket approach (like for younger
children with chores); a chart on the wall; a printed sheet on a clipboard; a lesson planner (like
teachers use)? Does it matter for different ages?

In this e-book/download, I hope to answer some of these questions as well as give you sample
charts that you can print off and use with your students. But first let me answer some of those
questions based on the ages of your kids.

Here are some general tips and guidelines that I used for my kids’ Independent Work Lists
(followed later at this blog by a list of suggestions for Elementary kids and a list of suggestions for older kids).

 

(1) Explain to your child that this is his daily accountability list.

He is to get these things done each day.

Hint: We taught our children from their earliest recollection of school
that school is their occupation. It was what they were supposed to be about every day.

No questions asked. No exceptions (unless we parents wanted an exception for sickness
or family trips, etc.–in other words, the child doesn’t choose to do school or not do
school–ever).

(2) This is kind of another subject, but it fits here as well: A child should not go to basketball practice, Girl Scouts, youth group, or any other activity if he doesn’t do his school.

Period.

We have so many parents come up to us at conventions and say, “I just can’t get
my fifteen year old to finish his school each day, and he keeps getting further and
further behind.”

Then we ask, “Does he go to sports practice in the afternoon? Does he
go to youth group that night?’ etc. etc.

None of those things should ever happen if he
doesn’t do his school. School is non-optional.

 

(3) Do your part to be sure that charts are updated, printed, and ready.

I know from personal experience that if we are lax in this–they become lax real quick!

 

(4) Enlist your husband’s help to enforce the lists when necessary.

(5) Be sure that what you put on the list is truly independent (and this can change from
month to month as skills are increased).

(6) Use whatever method works for your family.

Some people like the list for each block of time. Some like the list for each subject area. Some people like to have kids report in
every once in a while; others do fine reporting in before “signing off” for the day.

(7) Speaking of signing off for the day from school, be sure that everything is done before
this happens.

(Do not let the child determine he’s signing off without getting signed off
by you.)

Follow us over the next week or so as I give specific tips for elementary children and specific tips for older children—and Independent Work Lists!

 

LINKS

For a downloadable product with a dozen charts to use with various ages, check the store here!

Video: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Independent Work Lists

Audio: Using Your Planner to Get More Done

Audio: Overcoming Parenting Obstacles

Video: Using Consequence Pies

 

 

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Video: Using Check Lists for Student’s Independent Work https://characterinkblog.com/video-using-check-lists-for-students-independent-work/ https://characterinkblog.com/video-using-check-lists-for-students-independent-work/#respond Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:02:30 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4597 This week’s Wondering Wednesday answers readers’ questions about how to implement Independent Work Lists for children, especially junior high and high school by using daily check lists. (See the podcast episodes that introduces the concepts of Daily Duties and talks about using charts and lists, work order, teaching independence, and more in last week’s Wondering […]

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Using Check Lists for Students' Independent Work Lists

This week’s Wondering Wednesday answers readers’ questions about how to implement Independent Work Lists for children, especially junior high and high school by using daily check lists. (See the podcast episodes that introduces the concepts of Daily Duties and talks about using charts and lists, work order, teaching independence, and more in last week’s Wondering Wednesday podcast episode here.)

“In this video, Donna Reish, author of fifty+ curriculum books and co-author of Raising Kids With Character parenting seminar and blog, explains to parents how to use charts, checklists, and lesson plans to implement Daily Duties (daily independent lists for school) in your homeschool. Donna uses sheets from her download, Daily Duties: Independent Check Lists for Students, to explain the various ways to divide and implement Daily Duties, such as by time blocks, by subject areas, by order of importance, and by days. She also includes teaching on how to take a child from fully dependent on a chart (or you!) to independent as he grows up. You do not need to have the Daily Duties e-book to benefit from this teaching!”

So there you have it…our first Wondering Wednesday video. Let me know what you think!

Love and hope,
Donna

 

 

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LINKS

The Simplified Planner
Age Appropriate Chore Posters
Consequence Pies e-book
Podcast: How Do I Turn My Day from Chaos to Control? From Rowdy to Routine?
Podcast: Foundations for Becoming an Efficiency Expert in Your Home
Five Homeschooling Problems and Solutions
Ten Ways to Stay Close During Intense Training Times

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Podcast Notes for “Independent Work Lists for All Ages” https://characterinkblog.com/podcast-notes-for-independent-work-lists-for-all-ages/ https://characterinkblog.com/podcast-notes-for-independent-work-lists-for-all-ages/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:36:21 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4545 General Tips 1. Decisions about what to include in list 2. Decisions about what type of chart or printable 3. Explain to child that this is his daily accountability 4. Reinforce that school is his occupation 5. Daytime is for learning and working; evenings are for family and fun 6. Expectation Explanation: nothing else until […]

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Podcast Notes for: Daily Duties--Independent Work Lists for All Ages

General Tips

1. Decisions about what to include in list
2. Decisions about what type of chart or printable
3. Explain to child that this is his daily accountability
4. Reinforce that school is his occupation
5. Daytime is for learning and working; evenings are for family and fun
6. Expectation Explanation: nothing else until list is done
7. Keep charts updated and ready
8. Enlist husband’s help
9. Be sure it really is an independent list
10. Inspect what you expect.

 

Elementary (or Before!)

1. May start early
2. Chart or clip boards?
3. Wipe and write board or permanent?
4. Moveable or markable?
5. Order
   a. Of importance?
   b. Time of day?
   c. Sections/by subject?

6. Generic wording when needed (30 mins…)
7. All extra school too
8. Other things in his day (chores, music, etc.)?
9. Time to turn it in
10. How often to check on it

 

Junior High and High School

1. Document changes as he grows
   a. Fill in as he goes?
   b. Planner?
   c. Standard independent work list?
2. Create together?
3. Elements from earlier
   a. School is his occupation
   b. Section/order of importance
   c. Clipboards
   d. No exceptions
4. Blanks for seasonal things
5. Non dailies
6. Smaller chunks and more frequent reporting for junior high kids or less independent high schoolers
7. All things on it
8. Time slots/start time and finish time?

 

See E-Book “Daily Duties: Independent Check Sheets for Students” for more ideas as well as for several types of charts that you can print off and use.

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LINKS

The Simplified Planner
Age Appropriate Chore Posters
Consequence Pies e-book
Podcast: How Do I Turn My Day from Chaos to Control? From Rowdy to Routine?
Podcast: Foundations for Becoming an Efficiency Expert in Your Home
Five Homeschooling Problems and Solutions
Ten Ways to Stay Close During Intense Training Times

 

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Podcast: Daily Duties--Independent Work Lists for All Ages

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Podcast Notes for “Using Your Calendar/Planner to Get More Done” https://characterinkblog.com/podcast-notes-for-using-your-calendarplanner-to-get-more-done/ https://characterinkblog.com/podcast-notes-for-using-your-calendarplanner-to-get-more-done/#respond Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:00:17 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=4416   While big goals are important, it gives you more momentum and more success in the long run if you start working on the dailies first. Be successful in these, and you can succeed in anything!     Get this planner FREE (during the month of January) by signing up for our blog or newsletter!  […]

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Podcast Notes: Goal Setting For Busy Mamas

 

While big goals are important, it gives you more momentum and more success in the long run if you start working on the dailies first. Be successful in these, and you can succeed in anything!

 


 

Get this planner FREE (during the month of January) by signing up for our blog or newsletter!  It will arrive with your Freebie Friday download 🙂

The Simplified Planner

 


 

 

The Simplified Planner (Or any planner you lay out in a simplified manner that works for you!)

A. Daily Duties—create this by categories for more efficiency and ease of use
B. Weekly Worksheets Using the ABC Approach to Prioritizing (also by categories)
C. Monthly Memos—big picture notes for that month
D. Using Your Monthly Calendar
E. The Terrible Task List

 

Other Planning Tools
A. Kids’ Daily Chore Charts
B. Kids’ Daily Independent Work (for homeschoolers)
C. Your Block (or moment-by-moment) School Schedule/To Do List

 

LINKS to Other Podcast Episodes and Blog Posts:

 
Podcast: Overcoming Parenting Obstacles
Podcast: Tips for Efficiency
Podcast: 5 Tips To Be More Efficient In The Kitchen
Podcast: Becoming An Efficiency Expert in Your Home
Podcast: How Do I Get My Children To See Work At Home In A Positive Light?
Podcast: Simplified Meal Planning
Podcast: From Chaos to Control, From Rowdy to Routine
Podcast: Children and Chores

 

Blog Posts: Independent Work Lists
Blog Posts: Chore Schedules
Blog Post: The Terrible Task List
Blog Post: Dishes, Laundry, and Trash—Twice A Day!

 

Listen to the podcast here!

Podcast Notes: Goal Setting For Busy Mamas

 

 

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Getting Ready For School 2015: Incorporate Chore Sessions https://characterinkblog.com/getting-ready-for-school-2015-incorporate-chore-sessions/ https://characterinkblog.com/getting-ready-for-school-2015-incorporate-chore-sessions/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:08:26 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?p=3923 One of the most important things to do in going “back to school” is definitely incorporating chore sessions (including having trained everybody in their chores during the summer). I have been writing (and podcasting) a lot about this topic this summer, so rather than re-inventing the wheel here, I will direct you to some of […]

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Getting Ready For School 2015: Incorporate Chore Sessions

One of the most important things to do in going “back to school” is definitely incorporating chore sessions (including having trained everybody in their chores during the summer). I have been writing (and podcasting) a lot about this topic this summer, so rather than re-inventing the wheel here, I will direct you to some of those for more help.

 

I remember vividly the two summers before my August and September babies were born. I had double the motivation to get the chore schedules updated—a new school year and a new baby’s arrival. I made mini posters for above the washing machine, and we had “laundry lessons” for several days. I upped the look of the chore charts to try to excite the kids a little bit about the new divisions of labor. We timed the tasks to be sure they could be done in the allotted time. We instituted “room to room” for three to five minutes before each chore session to ensure that everybody’s things were up out of the way before the cleaner or assistant chef or little laundry lady started her tasks.

 

Those are fond memories (believe it or not). The kids were sweet. They were used to working and doing their part from a year old on (when they started putting their books in a basket in the corner of their crib and their toys in another basket). It was just another time in which we learned, grew, and accomplished together. After all, isn’t that what homeschooling is all about!?

 

Check out some of the links below to help you start your two or three chore sessions a day—or to get ideas for improving your existing ones!

 

Podcast Episode: Children and Chores
Podcast Episode: How to Get Your Kids To See Work At Home In A Positive Light
Podcast Episode: Five Homeschool Problems and Solutions
Blog Post: Delighting in the Dailies
Blog Post: Laundry, Dishes, and Trash
 

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Homeschooling With Character Seminar https://characterinkblog.com/homeschooling-with-character-seminar/ Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:36:58 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/?page_id=4021 The post Homeschooling With Character Seminar appeared first on Character Ink.

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We would love to come to your area with our Homeschooling With Character parenting seminar.

 

This seminar is flexible to meet the needs of homeschool groups everywhere.

 

The details:

 

1. The seminar can be sponsored by a church, Sunday school, small group, community, homeschool group, support group, field trip group, state homeschool organization, etc. It is for any group of homeschoolers who want to learn about character-focused parenting from birth to tweens—with a special emphasis on the homeschooling lifestyle. (See our tween and teen workshop list here.)

Note: We also offer our Raising Kids With Character seminar, which has many of the same sessions but does not focus on homeschooling families only. It addresses Christian parenting regardless of schooling scenarios. Many homeschooling groups sponsor that seminar so that they can invite their non-homeschooling friends as well. (Another option is to offer the Raising Kids With Character seminar but Friday during the day (or Thursday evening) have us present homeschooling workshops only (such as writing or managing your homeschool day or any of our sixty-plus homeschooling workshops.)

 

2. It is flexible. We can accommodate most schedules, including a shorter seminar (Friday night and Saturday morning) or a longer one (Friday night and all day Saturday) or even an extended one if Moms would like to do some efficiency, organizing, or “baby/toddler” things or other homeschooling topics during the day on Friday (my personal favorite because in this arrangement I get to talk to more moms!).

 

3. It is inexpensive. This is our ministry. Our book sales and cottage classes are for-profit, but these seminars are our “mission field.” We don’t need to make money—we just need to be able to pay our expenses and sell some of our products on tables. Easy peasy. That means that parents will not have to pay a lot to attend (though we do recommend charging something so parents commit to it).

 

4. The registrations can be set up in multiple ways: (1) Your group can handle the registrations and pay our expenses with your “per person” charge; (2) We can handle the registrations fully on our end; (3) Your group can handle the registrations but scholarship your people and have your group pay our expenses.

 

5. We are always asked about a minimum number of attendees. We love to speak to hundreds at homeschool conventions, and we would love to get our parenting messages out there to hundreds as well. However, we can usually hold a seminar for as few as thirty attendees.

 

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Here are a few scenarios:

(though you can take a look at our full workshop list if you would like for us to add something, come an extra day or two, or substitute something ). (Session descriptions are found below potential schedules.)

 

Short Seminar

Friday Night

  • The Five W’s of Character Training
  • Parenting Paradigms
  • Options: Marriage OR Children and Chores OR Diligence Training

 

Saturday Morning

  • Early Qualities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
  • Child Training vs. Heart Training
  • Helping Tweens Grow in Character and Virtue

 

Long Seminar

Friday Night

  • The Five W’s of Character Training
  • Parenting Paradigms
  • Options: Marriage OR Children and Chores OR Diligence Training

Saturday Morning

  • Starting Out Right With Babies and Toddlers
  • Early Qualities Preschoolers
  • Child Training vs. Heart Training

 

Saturday Afternoon

  • Helping Tweens Grow in Character and Virtue
  • Honesty vs. Deceit
  • Handling Character Issues (vs. Heart Issues)
  • Q and A

 

 

Extended Seminar

 

Friday Daytime: Any of these options (three to six sessions, depending on half day vs full day—most of these sessions are touched on informally in our podcast episodes)

  • How to Become an Efficiency Expert
  • Introduction to Freezer Cooking
  • Efficiency in the Kitchen
  • Scheduling a Preschooler’s Day
  • Preparing a Child to Learn to Read (Preschool/Pre-reading)
  • Five Ways to Be More Efficient in the Kitchen
  • An Organized Family
  • Utilizing Chore Charts, Morning Routine Charts, Bedtime Routines, and After School/Homework Lists
  • Homework Help: Tips From Language Lady for Homework and More
  • Personal Organizational Strategies for Mom
  • Almost Three R’s Language Arts Workshops (three sessions)
  • Write On! (Writing seminar for students including an editing roundtable for parents)
  • CQLA or Meaningful Composition workshops/training sessions
  • Helps for Homeschooling Moms (three sessions)
  • Anything from our homeschooling, language arts, fathering….all of our workshop lists

 

Friday Night

  • The Five W’s of Character Training
  • Parenting Paradigms
  • Options: Marriage OR Children and Chores OR Diligence Training

 

Saturday Morning

  • Starting Out Right With Babies and Toddlers
  • Early Qualities for Preschoolers
  • Child Training vs. Heart Training

 

Saturday Afternoon

  • Helping Tweens Grow in Character and Virtue
  • Honesty vs. Deceit
  • Handling Character Issues (vs. Heart Issues)
  • Q and A

 


 

 

Character Training Seminar Session Descriptions

 

The Five W’s of Character Training—

This workshop, the first in our popular “Raising Kids With Character” seminar (though may be used separately, as well), teaches parents the what, who, when, where, why (and how!) of character training in the home. Using Scripture and thirty+ years of parenting experience, the Reishes convince parents in this workshop that it starts with us–and is up to us–to train our children in godly parenting, how and where this takes place (it’s not as elaborate as you might think), and much more!

 

 

Parenting Paradigms–

How we parent begins with what we believe–what we believe about how children are when they come into this world, whose responsibility child training is, what our role should be in it, what we believe Scripture tells us about parenting, timing and appropriate age of training, empathy in parenting, and much more. What we believe will dictate what we do every single day of our parenting lives.
Find out why and how in this workshop.

 

 

Starting Out Right With Babies and Toddlers—

Demanding toddlers become disobedient preschoolers, disobedient preschoolers become surly elementary children, surly elementary children become disrespectful teens, and disrespectful teens become entitled young adults.
What we do in parenting our babies and toddlers makes a huge difference in the success of our parenting in other stages. This workshop focuses on the first four qualities that are essential for parenting babies and toddlers–contentment, cheerfulness, obedience, and submission.

 

 

Early Qualities for Preschoolers—

This workshop takes the first four qualities needed for babies and toddlers–submission, obedience, contentment, and cheerfulness–and builds on those in the life of the four to six year old child. In this workshop, Reishes explain how to apply those in your little one’s life, while raising kids whom others enjoy being around and that older siblings adore! Loving and training these ages are some of the most blessed years of parenting (along with many other years!)–and parenting children with boundaries, love, fun, and biblical concepts makes all the difference in their dispositions, the family’s efficiency and joy, and family unity.

 

 

Child Training vs Heart Training—

Something should start to happen in our character training between the ages of eight and ten. This workshop teaches how to transition from child training to heart training-and how the foundational character training plays a role in that transition. How do we get from “putting out fires” in our kids’ behavior to training their hearts for life? Ray and Donna have insights from their thirty+ years of parenting that can help parents move into heart training of their children effectively.

 

 

Helping Tweens Grow in Character and Virtue—

Taking tweens and young teens from obedience and submission for the sake of avoiding punishment to genuine respect, self-control, diligence, truthfulness, responsibility, and more can be a daunting task. But it can be done! And we can enjoy those ten to fourteen year olds instead of dreading the next confrontation! This workshop focuses on how to help our children grow in character and virtue because “it’s the right thing to do”–and apply those qualities to their lives for life!

 

 

Training Children to Be Diligent Workers —

RKWC goes beyond a daily chore chart (though that is certainly a part of it) to explain the basics of raising diligent workers in the home. The Reishes have found several keys that have made their children not just “chore doers” but responsible, diligent children at early ages. This session touches on setting up chore schedules, training children in chores, family unity in order to work together well, cautions, and much, much more.

 

 

Honesty vs. Deceit–

In this important workshop, the Reishes introduce various scenarios or honesty and deceit and how common things like “just kidding” or telling “half truths” lead to more dishonesty. They gives dozens and dozens of important tips for counteracting dishonest habits that develop so easily and quickly in our children when these areas are neglected. They also include how to teach honesty lessons, how to become a “family of honesty and uprightness,” and poignant verses to teach our children about God’s expectations of honesty in our lives. This new workshop was born out of the Reishes many talks with families and the struggles they are facing as well as their experiences teaching up to two hundred kids each year in their cottage classes.

 

 

Handling Character Issues (vs. Heart Issues)–

So once you have determined the difference between heart issues and character issues—and you understand how to handle those important heart ones, what do you do with chores left undone, bikes left in the driveway, forgetfulness with school papers and assignments, sloppiness, and more? Ray and Donna draw on their thirty-three years of parenting experience to give you solutions to some of these “character issues” that could lead to limited success as teens, college students, and adults.

 

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