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Juneau ~ Fairbanks ~ Anchorage ~ Soldotna

I.D.E.A. Curriculum Fair 2005
Keynote Speaker Joyce Herzog

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WORKSHOPS that Joyce will be doing at the Fair:

Keynote: Secrets Teachers Never Tell!
Choosing and Using Curriculum
Introduction to Homeschooling

Learning in Spite of Labels
Motivating Reluctant Learners
Multi-Level Teaching is for YOU!
Nifty Tricks
Teaching Tools to Simplify Your Job!

BIOGRAPHY
Joyce Herzog is an educator, author, consultant, and speaker who has been a popular keynote speaker in numerous homeschool conventions.  Joyce has been speaking and writing for homeschoolers for more than a decade as well as working directly with many families on an individual basis for many years. She speaks on such varied topics as learning disabilities, choosing curriculum, multilevel teaching, and worldview as it relates to your educational choices. Whether addressing small workshops or huge auditoriums, she enjoys rapt attention from the audience. Even the children are touched by her humorous style filled with anecdotal stories. She also provides a wealth of practical, helpful hints gently embedded in a sensitive philosophical approach. Her workshops are full of gentle wisdom, practical ideas you can implement immediately, and comforting helps. Many lives have benefited through implementing the information given in her workshops.

Joyce has a master's degree and 25 years experience teaching the learning disabled as well as a Ph.D. in Humane Letters. She has been consulting with homeschooling families for more than a decade. She has authored Learning in Spite of Labels, The Scaredy Cat Reading System, History in His Hands Series, Choosing and Using Curriculum for Your Special Needs, Luke’s List and Stepping Stones to Bigger Faith as well as numerous magazine articles and other teaching aids. Joyce has pioneered programs and taught special education and Learning Disabilities curriculums in several states. She holds a permanent teacher's certificate in the state of Iowa with an Learning Disabilities endorsement and is listed in Who's Who In American Education?

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED BY IDEA:
o Scaredy Cat Reading System covers reading skills ranging from letter recognition to "catastrophic." Gifted and reluctant learners both enjoy its songs and multi-sensory, logical, fun features. Parents find themselves understanding as they teach. The Scaredy Cat Reading System teaches phonics concepts through simple stories, games and songs. The letters are personified, and their antics make both the phonics rules and the confusing exceptions make sense. Meet Letter G, Mysteri-S, Good Guy U and many more. They teach phonics, beginning with letter sounds all the way through the rules of pronunciation. Understanding the concepts is only the beginning. Practice involves many learning styles and all five senses. This helps your student become a master at applying each principle before the next concept is introduced. The basic program comes in four levels. Each level contains an instruction manual, audio CD, Fun Learning Pack: games, puzzles, dice, pawns, and cards.
o The Story of LetterMaster is the introduction to the entire Scaredy Cat Reading System. It is what makes all the rules and exceptions make sense! The Story of LetterMaster is included with Level One and Level Four. If you are entering the System at Level Two or Level Three, please purchase The Story of Lettermaster.
o The Story of LetterMaster Video - The Story of LetterMaster is now available in video form! It is a simple animation made with mostly still pictures and narrated by Joyce Herzog. It tells basically the same story as the comic, but with an updated version of the character LetterMaster. It is broken into 6 to 13 minute segments. Both the video format and the shorter segments should be of benefit to short attention spans, but enjoyable for all young learners (up to about age 10). The video does cover all the concepts in the printed form, but does NOT include the songs from the PreRead (Level One) audio tape.
o Single Serving Recipes - Teach your student meaningful math and relevant reading he needs to cook . . . one serving at a time. He measures, mixes, cooks and eats his own recipe from more than 50 one-serving recipes. Reward good behavior by having him make his own treat.
o Expedition With Vowels Reader (old title: Little Beginner's Book) - 20 books for short vowel reading.

o Expedition With Words Reader - Twenty (8) page stories for your student in the Excursion into Words Level of The Scaredy Cat Reading System.

o SINK It - Make routine practice more effective while making willing learners out of ordinary children.

o Draw & Write I & II - Activity books for children who like to think!

o School in a Box - More than 120 tiny and miniature "trinkets" which will fascinate children of all ages. Mini booklet assists you to use them to practice language skills from naming to telling stories to understanding parts of speech, math skills from counting to percentages and fractions, visual and auditory memory and more. Great for those school away from home days, the down in the dumps days, or just reinforcing book learning through real life experiences. Includes 4 dice: 10-sided dots, 10-sided numerals, 20-sided numerals, and 6-sided mini die for use with counting, adding and more. All in a compartmented craft box for safe keeping.

o Toddler School in a Box - This mini-book is the compliment to the School In A Box only for very young children.  This is a book ONLY and provides you with instructions on how to assemble your own box, along with ideas for younger children.

o Mental Fitness Cards - 120 cards (plus blanks) to mentally challenge your learners. Designed to go where you go and make use of those wasted minutes in the car, in the doctor's office, or standing in line at the check out.

o "New" Budding Author Series: (Several books) - (1) Stepping Into Writing, (2) Adventures in Writing, and (3) Then and Now-Writing Comparisons. These books will help your learner develop thinking skills, verbal expression, and vocabulary. They will prepare him to leap into writing once he has better reading and spelling skills. Make writing fun by praising creative and well thought out ideas, good sentences, good spelling, pleasant handwriting, their original use of words, and so on.

o The Simplified Grammar Audio CD - This audio CD makes understanding grammar simple.  Joyce's gentle humor and wisdom help you to distinguish clearly between a preposition and a participle!