Teaching Leadership

Brandon loves to dictate to people especially his brother, I see this as leadership. However, I am trying to teach him that while I believe he has great leadership ability there is more to leading than dictating.

When I was in a leadership with the homeschool support group I wanted to change my title to guider or something similar, because that is what leaders are suppose to do, guide. Leaders are people who listen to what others have to say and ask for their input on ideas. It is than the leaders job to help the group move forward to achieve the goals and or ideas set forth.

Today in my in-box I received a notice about five webinars being conducted by five Christian leaders, sponsored and hosted by College Plus. How they got my information I don't know, but I signed up for them. I love the overall title for the series, which is what really got my attention, "How To Prepare Your Children To Be Influencers Who Can Lead." Here is the schedule, you can sign up for them individually or all of them at once.

1.) How Parents Can Inspire Their Children to Become Exceptional Leaders
Doug Phillips Vision Forum
Webinar date: 8/2/11
Start time: 8pm EDT • 7pm CDT • 5pm PDT

2.) “Freedomship” Education: Take Your Children Off The Conveyor Belt & Into Life through Internships & Entrepreneurship
Andrew Pudewa Institute for Excellence in Writing
Webinar date: 8/4/11
Start time: 8pm EDT • 7pm CDT • 5pm PDT

3.) A Biblical Blueprint for Transforming Your Children into Those Who Can Lead
Dr. Jeff Myers Summit Ministries
Webinar date: 8/9/11
Start time: 8pm EDT • 7pm CDT • 5pm PDT

4.) Financial Leadership: How to Equip Your Children with Financial Intelligence
Chuck Bentley Crown Financial Ministries
Webinar date: 8/11/11
Start time: 8pm EDT • 7pm CDT • 5pm PDT

5.) How Combining High School & College Will Pave the Way for Success in College and Life Beyond
Kelly Negvesky Curriculum Specialist & Dual Credit Consultant
Webinar date: 8/18/11
Start time: 8pm EDT • 7pm CDT • 5pm PDT

Register here

Once I registered I received two emails, one which assumed I wanted more information on College Plus and another confirming the webinar. I took a look at the registration packet which is their website and checked out their blog which contains a link for a free e-book entitled "The Official Homeschooler’s Guide to Dual Credit." I tried to download it, but the section for the student's birth date was not working, I have sent them a message. They have some good stuff on the blog, so I signed up for that also.

Than I noticed at the top "Practice CLEP Tests," so I thought I would share that information as well. I am going to list the blog and tests under resources, so if you don't get them now and do not want to have to search the blog you can get them easily.

So Your Child Wants to be a Game Designer

I make it a habit to talk with my children to find out more about them. During the teen years they may become more disconnected with the family. In order to ensure this does not happen I make it a habit to plop down next them and talk.

Recently I was talking with Brandon the 14 year old about what he wanted to do. At first he said nothing, I said you have to have hopes and dreams everyone does. After a while he confessed he wanted more than anything to be a game designer. While I am aware that this field is over saturated I also believe that what ever you are passionate about is from God. I also have encouraged my children to be whatever they wanted to be and I would help them the best I can.

I started to search for curriculum on game design and found very little. Two schools geared towards homeschooling offer a class for one semester, one it Laurel Springs and the other is Oak Meadow. One was asking just over $300 and the other was more responsible at under $300.

I also searched for software to use considering the course at both schools are online classes. While Brandon was at camping I continued my research trying different search terms and phrases when I landed at this site. Sloperama Productions. I read a lot of the articles and checked out the books that were suggested, but I wanted to know more, so I sent a message. If you would like to see what I wrote and the response go here, there is no direct link so you will need to scroll down until you come to "How to Homeschool Game Design." This is the best place for information if your child is seriously considering a career in game design.

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