Hello Home based educators:
Well the snow really arrived this weekend I hope everyone was safe and warm and enjoyed the snow and the shovelling.
2023 SHBE convention:
I checked the SHBE website to see if they were holding a Home based education convention this year and they are so if you are able to attend it may be of interest to you. To register go to the SHBE website.
Hello fellow homeschoolers!
Mark February 24 and 25 in your calendar for the 2023 SHBE Homeschool Convention. Plans are in the works for a full-size convention, including keynote speakers, workshops, vendor hall, used books, and lots of socializing.
SHBE has booked the Queensbury Convention Centre in Regina for the 2023 SHBE convention.
Mental Health Literacy
I have attached a couple of videos from a Mental Health Literacy & Wellness workshop I attended last week. PSSD iheld an in-service and the PSSD counsellors were sharing information with teachers to help them explain or have discussion about mental health literacy with students. Here are two videos. As parents you may wish to watch and share the ideas with your children. Depending on their age they could watch the video with you and have a discussion as a follow-up or as a parent you could watch the videos and choose what to share with your children.
Literacy tip
Daily reading and writing are important for a strong reading foundation. Reading daily to young children can help with language acquisition, communication skills, social skills, and literacy skills. There are five early reading skills that are essential for development. They are:
1) Phonemic awareness – Being able to hear, identify, and play with individual sounds in spoken words.
2) Phonics – Being able to connect the letters of written language with the sounds of spoken language.
3) Vocabulary – The words kids need to know to communicate effectively.
4) Reading comprehension – Being able to understand and get meaning from what has been read.
5) Fluency (oral reading) – Being able to read text accurately and quickly.
“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” (Zig Ziglar)
Think back to when you learned to ride a bike, drive a car or play a new sport. First, you needed to learn the essential skills. Then it was all about practice and more practice until you increased your confidence, improved your speed and became skilled.
The next time your little one asks you to read a book yet again or wants to play the same game over and over, remind yourself that it’s a good thing! It’s good because repetition provides the practice that children need to master new skills. Repetition helps to improve speed, increases confidence, and strengthens the connections in the brain that help children learn.
(https://www.readingbrightstart.org/articles-for-parents/lets-repetition-important-learning/)
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