After all the preparation and anxiety, the evening is over.  I should have had an evaluation sheet that I passed out so I could get some immediate feedback.  Overall, it seems to have gone well.  Right after I finished, I began thinking of things that I didn't mention that I would have liked to. 

I had two focal points for the night:

1.  Educating without textbooks

2. Getting a CM edcuation into a Pennsylvania portfolio

This is just one aspect of CM but that's really all I could fit into an hour.

I was able to pull together a power point presentation to go along with my talk and I think at a couple of moments, it was effective.  There was a table set up with books by Karen Andreola, Penny Gardner and of course CM's original 6 volume set.  There were also books that we use in our homeschool as well as my kids' Book of Centuries.  (I forgot to take their nature notebooks.)  Since the Pa Homeschool convention was this past weekend, I was able to get stacks of catalogs from Queen Homeschool, My Father's World and Math U See.  I made up a hand-out with websites and book titles that I recommend and kept referring to Ambleside Online.

All in all, I think it was a good evening.  Quite a few people came to me at the end to tell me they were inspired.  If I can help anyone use less textbooks in their homeschool, then I feel that I've accomplished my goal for the evening.

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Posted by hotmommy

Congrats! I know the feeling. I do adoption seminars and to know that you are making a difference in even one person's life is a wonderful feeling. Know anyone in Louisiana that does CM? Wishful thinking I'm sure!

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