Even if you don’t embrace the 12 year homeschooling philosophy of The Well-Trained Mind, you’ll enjoy hearing Susan Wise Bauer, the keynote speaker at this year’s Midwest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Dr. Bauer will be speaking all three days of the convention (April 16-18, 2009) on a variety of topics.  My favorite workshop is the one entitled “Educating Our Own Minds:  How to Teach Ourselves as We Teach Our Kids.”  Here is the teaser from the website blog:

Educating our children involves educating ourselves. And that means gaining confidence in our own intellectual abilities—rather than relying solely on “experts.” Come discover a plan for self-education in the classical tradition, including scheduling for busy adults; setting up a reading plan that involves understanding, analyzing, and discussing literature; and mastering the skills needed for reading classic fiction and nonfiction.

I couldn’t agree more with the idea of parent education!  In fact, I’m in the process of producing short videos just for parents to show them how to teach the three skills of the authentic classical trivium (reading , thinking, and speaking) .  I think of these upcoming video homeschool courses as “continuing education for parents.”  I’ve got a little studio set up in the basement with real box lighting and a backdrop.  David even built me a teleprompter for my Christmas present.  I’m going to publish little FAQ short videos on my Facebook page and the longer videos here on the website.  Vincent Franco, a fabulous Christian graphic designer, is redesigning my website to feature my new book, Trivium Mastery:  The Intersection of Three Roads,” as well as these upcoming videos.  Look for the new website and  first homeschool course for parents later this spring.

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Speaking of Facebook, add me as a friend and become a fan of my new Facebook page, Homeschool Online FAQ with Diane Lockman, so that you can watch the homeschool video shorts where I answer your questions about authentic classical homeschooling.  In your friend request, please tell me that you are a reader of my blog posts so that I will know you’re not a stranger.  Looking forward to connecting “face to face” as we continue our own home education!