Awaken 2022

AWAKEN 2022 SCHEDULE

Friday-Saturday, July 29-30, 2022

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 

9am-2pm || Immersions

Registration opens at 8:30am / Lunch 11:30-12:30pm 

(you are free to explore local lunch options on your own, or bring a lunch to eat during the break.)

IMMERSION TOPICS - (choose one)

• Natural Writer Immersion || Liz Cottrill
• Into all the Nations: Geography ||  Emily Kiser
• A Morning of Lessons || Nicole William
• Teens Nature Immersion || Joy Vanderley
• Living Books Lady Consultations (60 minute consult) || Michelle Miller Howard 

(please note - if registering for a Consult with Michelle Howard, please indicate at checkout if this is for living books recommendations/family vision planning consult OR a library consult, for those interested in starting/growing their own preservation libraries)

2-4pm || Children's Preservation Library Tour (VERY limited number of tickets available this year, as this is a private tour with Michelle Howard)

SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022

7:30a.m. || Registration and Light Breakfast

8:00-9:00a.m. || The Great Recognition with Emily Kiser

9:10-10:10a.m || Workshop A - (choose one)

• Lesson Planning || Liz Cottrill
• Map Making || Emily Kiser (TEENS)
• Special Studies/Object Lessons || Nicole Williams (TEENS)
• TruthQuest History & Living Books ||  Michelle Howard
• Harnessing the Lifelong Benefits of Nature Immersion in your Homeschool || Ginny Yurich

Ten Reasons Why Your Novel Isn't Published (TEENS ONLY) || Karin Beery 

10:20-11:05a.m. || Workshop B - (choose one)

• The Power of a Narrated Education ||  Liz Cottrill
• Help Kids Fall in Love with Reading || Michelle Howard
• Recitation: The Children's Art ||  Nicole Williams (TEENS)
• Charlotte Mason Schools and Co-ops || Kelsi Rea
• Finding Balance: Rest and Productivity || Joy Vanderley

Finding and Working with the Right Editor for Your Book (TEENS ONLY) ||  Karin Beery

11:15-12:05p.m. || Workshop C - (choose either a workshop, or two demos) TEENS- pick demos

• Speading the Feast while Traveling || Beckie Simkins, Sarah Batie, Melissa Suppnick
• The Younger Years || Camy Lalonde, Joy Vanderley, Lynnette Clark

OR

                 Demo A - Nature Notebooking || Christina Webb                Demo B - Map Making (cont'd) || Emily Kiser

                                    Knitting || Ginny Yurich                                                                Knitting || Ginny Yurich

                                    Poetry || Andrea DiGregorio                                                       Shakespeare || Andrea DiGregorio

12:05-12:50p.m. ||  CATERED LUNCH - (allergy-friendly menu) & SHOPPING

12:50-1:30p.m. || The Power of Learning through Living with Ginny Yurich

1:40-2:25p.m. || Workshop D

• Fear Not! High School is the HIGH Point! || Michelle Howard
• Ourselves || Liz Cottrill (TEENS)
• Untangling our Handicraft Knots || Emily Kiser (TEENS)
• Charlotte Mason and Sunday School || Kelsi Rea
• Health & Wellness of the Homeschool Mom || Camy LaLonde

Performance Art- song and dance (TEENS ONLY) || Jasmine Bower

Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying & 10 C's of Bushcraft (TEENS ONLY)  || Mark Przeslak

2:25-3:00p.m. ||  Final shopping & break

3:00-4:00p.m. || Q&A Panel

(Performance Art - song and dance (TEENS ONLY) (continued)

Sessions with an Editor (TEENS ONLY) || Karin Beery

Knives of Bushcraft, Sharpening & Uses || Mark Przeslak

4:00-5:00p.m. || Developing Eyes to See with Nicole Williams