I was considering hosting something with a few local moms to watch these DVDs together. My questions are firstly, is this okay with the SCM team? Are there any size constraints to playing the DVDs in a group? It wouldn’t be an overly large group (maybe 5) and I wouldn’t be charging anything.
Secondly, any advice from people who have already done this? Did you do it over weeks, or do an actual full day?
If I remember right they just ask that you have each attending purchase their own seminar notebook (or you buy enough for the group). Love the AllDay Seminar.
It’s a great way to introduce CM to others, or to refresh and encourage those who have already been using CM methods.
Our homeschool group will be hosting a second All Day Seminar in February. The first one was a hit. You and those you invite will certainly be blessed.
I hosted the SCM All-Day Seminiar back in September. I had 10 ladies come. It was a wonderfully enriching time. Most of them had never heard of Charlotte Mason before, and most left excited to buy some new resources and try a different method. I e-mailed a registration form to all the local homeschoolers whose email addresses I had. I also offered a lunch from a local coffee shop. The cut-off date for the event was about 2 weeks prior so that I could get notebooks ordered for everyone and submit my lunch order. The cost per person was $18 if they ordered the workbook and lunch. We started at 9:30 a.m., breaked for lunch at 12:00, and finished up around 4:00 that afternoon. We stopped and had several Q&A times during the day, and I was the main person answering questions since I was hosting and also because I was the most familiar with CM. I hosted the event at my church, but for a smaller group, my living room would have been the perfect spot.
Let me know if you have any specific questions! I think hosting an event like this is the best way to spread the word about CM and to develop a CM-focused group of friends.
Planning on offering this to a group, too, so it is good to hear how others have done it! I don’t think there is a better resource for teaching how to make CM methods really work in your home/school.
It’s great to hear that hosting our DVD seminars is so well-received! Thanks for sharing your stories, everyone.
For those planning a showing for larger groups, our store will give you a 10% discount on the notebooks if you purchase 10 or more in the same order, or 20% off 20 or more.
OK, so I should probably do this since CM is generally rather under-represented in the area. Although something tells me that having the SCM team at big Expo this spring will make a difference (and I’ve already been talking you guys up on various area homeschool FB groups, so people are getting curious).
Wheels in my head are turning….
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