Fluency In Foreign Language

True North Homeschool Academy Director Lisa Nehring is joined by one of True North’s Spanish Instructors, Cat Garcia, as we talk about what it takes to gain fluency in a 2nd language in high school.

1. Immersion. By far, the fastest and most effective way to gain fluency in a 2nd language is to go where the language is spoken and then determine to only interact in that language.
   1. Small local communities
   2. Books on tapes
   3. Kids movies
   4. Commercials
   5. Listening to the Bible on audio
2. Making goals and sticking to them-
   1. Finding a solid curriculum
   2. Being intentional about the pronunciation
   3. Fluent teachers -online or in person-  cannot emphasize this enough!
   4. Spending time engaging with the material
   5. Spending time memorizing the vocabulary and forms
   6. Doubling up on a class and a club, as we offer at True North Homeschool Academy

It IS possible to become fluent in a foreign language while in High School, but it takes time, intention and the right tools.

Cat Garcia will be teaching:

• 23 Summer Classes
• 6 week Hispanic Cooking
• 6 week Elementary Spanish for Beginners!
• 10 week Spanish CLEP Prep
• 6 week Spanish Culture Class with Monica Quintanar

Full-year classes

• Spanish A
• Spanish B
• Spanish 1a (Spanish 1b will be offered in coming years, so Jr High students can earn a full credit of Spanish in Jr.High)
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 1 Honors
• Spanish Homeroom
• We also offer Spanish 2, Spanish 3, and Spanish 4

Check out our

Foreign Language Exploration spring class, featuring all 7 Foreign Language classes taught at True North Homeschool Academy

Self-Paced Spanish- begin any time- you have access to this award-winning app for 12 months!

Podcasts:

• The Importance of Foreign Language as a Life Skill
• Why Learn a Foreign Language
• The Wonder of Foreign Language

Other Foreign Language Resources: Blog Posts & More!

• 5 Reasons to Study Spanish
• Why Your Homeschooler Should Study Critical Languages
• Why Study Spanish
• Why Study German
• FREE German Recipe E-book
• Celebrate Chinese New Year!
• Why Learn a Foreign Language Podcast
• YES! Your Student Can Learn a Foreign Language
• Let’s Talk with Sra Harkey! FB Interview with Emily Harkey
• Foreign Language Exploration for 6th Graders and Up! FB Interview with Dana Hanley

True North Homeschool Academy offers 4th-12th grade live online classes, Academic Advising, Testing, and Self Paced classes. We are your trusted academic partner!

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Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don’t abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.” ― Patti Smith

Tech is here to stay, and it is such a useful tool! But it can also be difficult to balance tech usage with other academic options. Listen in as True North Homeschool Academy Teacher, Angie Ferrell chats with TNHA Director, Lisa Nehring about finding balance between amazing technology and solid academic pedagogy and tools!

We talk about the SAMR Hierarchy of online learning (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Reimaging) and how important the usage of this hierarchy is when evaluating online classes and learning. Not all e-learning is created equal, as the world discovered in 2020!

It’s also important to understand Tech Stacking and giving our kids actual technological tools to use. For example, Angie always has her class watch “Death by Powerpoint” before any presentations are due How to avoid death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon – YouTube

Angie’s recommendations for Tech Balance in your homeschool is

1. Make sure your kids are learning the correct tech skills. Most kids know a certain gaming system, but few understand word docs or excel spreadsheets, powerpoint or a graphic design program, like Canva.

2. Create whitespace for your kids – unplanned time during every day that often includes “Green Therapy ” (getting outside/ being in nature).

3. Put the phone away nightly, or weekly- include Tech Detox’s as a regular part of your routine and habits. Constant dopamine hits stress the brain and interfere with sleep.

Resources

Blog Posts :

Teach Your Kids Online Etiquette!

How to Homeschool Jr High and Jr High Brain

Why Use Homeschool Academic Advising?

Podcasts

Getting Started with Online Learning!

More from Angie Ferrell!

Psychology

Writing with Confidence

American History with Film

Literature & Composition

More Podcasts with Angie

Truth, Beauty & Goodness

Edventure Together: Books, Travel & Discovery!

Why Freedom Matters

What you are Leaving Behind

Disruption and Resilience

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Entrepreneurship as a Life Style with Your Kids

Life Lessons Learned through Building a Successful Business Join us this week as we hear from Gina Noble, who started a successful 6- figure business with her four kids, while homeschooling. Creating a business with her kids, allowed Gina to teach them not only academic, but life skills. Entrepreneurship as a Life Style gave their family the time they needed to develop  interpersonal skills such as manners and communication skills as well as important academic skills like money management and cost/ benefit analysis and how they both contribue to the success of your current business and are transferable skills that your kids will use throughout their lifetime!

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Preparing your Kids for Entrepreneurship

7 Reasons your Homeschooler must study Entrepreneurship

1. Our kids are going to live and work in the Gig Economy
2. Having an understanding of the framework of business allows for flexibility and adaptability.
3. Failure is an important aspect of success.
4. Through Entrepreneurship, kids learn the 4 C’s of Education
   1. Communication
   2. Critical thinking
   3. Creativity
   4. Collaboration
5. Develops Work Ethic
6. Develops resiliency
7. Develop a Growth Mindset

Sign up for our 15 week live online Spring Course:  Entrepreneurship

And don’t forget to check out our other marketable life skills classes, such as Video Editing, Computer Science, Canva, Photoshop and Photography and Digital Tech.

If your kids are college-bound, you can’t miss this seminar about preparing them for the SAT and ACT to ultimately receive FREE college!

Cost: FREE When: Wednesday, November 17, 2022 | 6PM CENTRAL TIME

Where: ZOOM | Please use this link to register for the class and save the email with your link information for the class.

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When Your Homeschool has been Derailed – Part 2

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You’ve probably heard that you can’t get “behind” while homeschooling, but if you’ve had an illness, natural disaster, death or pregnancy, you can sure feel like you are!

IN this series we’re going to talk about:

• Recognize your overwhelmed and need help
  • How to know if you are behind or not

• Prioritize your backlog Compile all of those tasks in one place and categorize them by priority, urgency or complexity.”

1. 1. what’s MOST important
   2. Of secondary importance
   3. Tertiary importance.
   4. Create an Eisenhower Matrix

• • First Quadrant: Do -3 ADAY
  • Second Quadrant: Decide
  • Third Quadrant: Delegate
  • Fourth Quadrant: Disregard

• Setting the stage: Create Cues, rhythms and routines
• Follow the 2 minute rule

1. 1. Hyper focus  – “What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
   2. Just say no

• Getting rid of distraction
• A place for everything and everything in its place
• 15 minute Re-sets!

Resources and Printables from True North Homeschool Academy!

• Celebrate Sukkot Unit Study
• Organize Your Homeschool
• Don’t Panic! Plan it! Homeschooling High School Bootcamp
• Online Learning: A Homeschool Primer
• Getting Started Homeschooling with Free Printables
• FALL Bucket List

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Homeschooling Through a Crisis

You’ve probably heard that you can’t get “behind” while homeschooling, but if you’ve had an illness, natural disaster, death or pregnancy, you can sure feel like you are!

IN this series we’re going to talk about:

1.Recognize your overwhelmed and need help

a.How to know if you are behind or not

2. Prioritize your backlog Compile all of those tasks in one place and categorize them by priority, urgency or complexity.”

Homeschooling Through a Crisis

Determine:

• • what’s MOST important
  • Of secondary importance
  • Tertiary importance.
  • Create an Eisenhower Matrix
    • First Quadrant: Do -3 ADAY
    • Second Quadrant: Decide
    • Third Quadrant: Delegate
    • Fourth Quadrant: Disregard

3. Setting the stage: Create Cues, rhythms and routines

4. Follow the 2 minute rule

• • Hyper focus  – “What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
  • Just say no

5. Getting rid of distraction

6.  place for everything and everything in its place

7. 15 minute Re-sets!

Listen in on part 2! 

Resources and Printables from True North Homeschool Academy!

• Celebrate Sukkot Unit Study
• Organize Your Homeschool
• Don’t Panic! Plan it! Homeschooling High School Bootcamp
• Online Learning: A Homeschool Primer
• Getting Started Homeschooling with Free Printables
• FALL Bucket List

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Why You Should Homeschool with Christy Faith – Part 2

Listen to part 1 of the interview with Chrsity_Faith HERE

Educational Expert Turned Homeschool Advocate talks about Worldview – This week, True North Homeschool Academy director, Lisa Nehring is talking with Christy_Faith. Christy is an educational expert turned homeschool advocate. You’ll hear the story of how she and her husband owned a successful educational consultant firm in L.A., which they have since sold to develop Homeschool Awakening. You might also recognize her from TikTok, where she posts thought-provoking and humorous content about education and more!

Why You Should Homeschool – Part 2

Parents should be asking themselves two questions before they decide how to educate their children:

1. What are your educational goals
2. Is the educational choice that I am choosing meeting my educational goals?

Christy believes the public school system operates from a worldview that condones secular humanism.

An attack on Homeschooling is an attack on education.

Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education and Protection by Elizabeth Bartholet

Resources and Printables from True North Homeschool Academy!

• Celebrate Sukkot Unit Study
• Organize Your Homeschool
• Don’t Panic! Plan it! Homeschooling High School Bootcamp
• Online Learning: A Homeschool Primer
• Getting Started Homeschooling with Free Printables
• FALL Bucket List

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