Presenter Barbara Shukin

Barbara Shukin is the mother of five children from ages 21 down to 5, and has homeschooled since the beginning using the Charlotte Mason and Classical approaches. After receiving her MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she taught for several years at the college level and was concurrently the director of a college art gallery.  She continues to teach through local co-ops, and by offering art classes for homeschoolers. Barbara is the author and publisher of the History Portfolio Series and the Nature Portfolio, offering a notebooking approach to the study of history and science.
B5 - Planning and Achieving a Notebooking Approach to Homeschooling (Barbara Shukin)

Would you like to be encouraged and inspired to design your own curriculum? Let's demystify that process, and see how fun, creative, and educationally rigorous a notebooking approach can be. Topics include: how to develop a history spine and decide between a chronological or topical approach; notebooking your way through history, science, art and even math, the three essential ingredients in a well rounded curriculum; and encouragement to tailor content to suit your family's interests. Extensive book lists provided.
H4 - The Home Stretch? Or Just the Beginning? - Panel Discussion (Ellen Stukel)

Does the thought of homeschooling your high school-aged child fill you with fear and trepidation?  Looking for ideas on how to guide your child through the next four years? Need to know how to graduate your child from high school? What about the college application process? Come to a panel discussion where we will talk about the different options for meeting your goals for high school and post-secondary education.  Teens are welcome.  Charlene Doland, Barbara Shukin, Ellen Stukel

Ellen Stukel
Barbara Shukin
Charlene Doland