**A SUMMER MEETING YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!!**

A SUMMER MEETING YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!!

Scheduled Aug 5, 2010
Scheduled Aug 16, 2010

Your #1 Reading (And Spelling) Success Secrets for Homeschooling (And "How to Have a No-Worries Start to the Year") -- Want to make sure your school year starts off well? Come to our one-night BE PREPARED WORKSHOP for the fall -- featuring nationally-known author, ERIN BROWN CONROY, a mom of 13 who has been homeschooling for 26 years, a professor at Patrick Henry College, course creator for the new PHC Prep Academy Online. Erin shares with you the top secrets to making sure your child is reading well -- giving you tips that are easy to implement right away -- Including the top 10 tips to starting out the year with kids on board, excited to learn.

BONUS: Is your child struggling in any way? Near the end of the workshop, Erin will answer your personal questions and share the differences between most programs and the new True North Reading: Complete Mastery Reading & Spelling Program -- giving you information on how you can go beyond phonics, beyond traditional methods--to meet your child's needs, no matter what his or her learning style--even kids with dyslexia, autism and other learning differences. After the workshop, certified teachers with the program will be available to answer any specific questions on fall classes forming now in Grand Rapids (including at the Home School Building on Thursday afternoons), Kalamazoo, and Southwest Michigan. If you have a beginning or struggling reader, you won't want to miss hearing about how you can help your child learn to read amazingly well. Get free handouts and lots of practical help for getting your homeschooling year off to a great start!

Make sure you pre-register and mark this workshop on your calendar -- Because reading is the most important skill you can give your child for ALL of learning.

FREE PRODUCTS: At the conclusion of the workshop, there will be drawings for over $100 worth of FREE PRODUCTS for all those who preregister. Items will include parenting books and reading materials by Erin Brown Conroy and sensory learning tools. The learning tools are items that will be sure to add a fun hands-on experience to any homeschool curriculum!

COST: A free will offering will be collected to cover room rental fees and traveling expenses. (Suggested donation $5)

WHEN? WHERE? Two dates and locations to choose from:

Thursday, August 5 from 7:00-9:00pm
..... at the Home School Building at 5625 Burlingame Ave, Wyoming
AND Monday, August 16 from 7:00-9:00pm
..... at the Kalamazoo Public Library-Oshtemo 7265 W. Main Street, Kalamazoo

If you are not familiar with these locations, they are both easy to find from the highway (131) and the two locations are about 40 minutes apart.

DRAWING
So, pre-register now to make sure to reserve a spot and to make sure your name is in for the drawing. You must be present at the workshop to win!

REGISTER
Please register for the Aug. 5 workshop at the Home School Building by emailing your name and home town to: bhbengel@yahoo.com Please put "Workshop" in the subject line.

Please register for the Aug. 16 workshop at the Kalamazoo library by emailing your name and home town to: wthompsonmi@live.com Please put "Workshop" in the subject line.

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