Introducing Terrie

[terriebittner]

Hi, I'm Terrie. I joined the church when I was seventeen, after a long search for the one true church--I knew there could only be one. Like Joseph Smith, I didn't understand how every church could teach different things and yet so many said all churches were equally true. Truth is truth.

I have a husband and three grown children, and I'm on my second writing career, having taken eight years off to homeschool my children. (I am not organized enough to homeschool and write at the same time.)

I teach the five-year-olds at church. I move a lot and always beg for Primary. A while back they released me (decided I'd been a teacher long enough and gave me a different job), but I kept sneaking back in to sub, so they gave up and returned me to my class.

The other job, which I also got to keep, is Literacy leader, which I love. Right now, our focus is on teaching English as a second (or third or fourth) language. I teach the beginning class myself, and all but one of my students is non-LDS. Most are from Brazil, so I'm teaching myself Brazilian Portuguese.

My other passion is learning about poverty and how to relieve it--one reason I like teaching people to speak English so they can get better jobs. That tackles a root cause of poverty.

I have a number of websites as well.

[Elgama]

did you write the homeschooling book?

I live in North East Scotland and have 2 little ones I homeschool I have read the book at somepoint amongst many lol

I don't have a calling right now as I am pregnant and my branch have give me time off

-Charley

[terriebittner]

Yes, I did. I wrote one and have one on preschool coming out. (Do people really notice the name of the author??)

[Elgama]

lol I did plus i know how well recommended it came - its a very good book its a bit American for us Brits but still good to read, will certainly be reading the preschooling one. Ironically I just had to go back online and check the title of the book however Treasured Time for Homeschoolers.

How lovely to meet you:)

Charley

[Palerider]

hello and welcome to the site.....:)

[john doe]

welcome, hope you like it here.

[RainofGold]

Hello Terri,

Welcome I'm glad you joined. You'll be a great addition to this site.:)

Look forward meeting you sometime in one of the forums:p

Rainofgold:p:p

[Maya]

Hi Terry, welcome! Looks like your interests are a lot like mine. Is there any place on the nett you can learn Portugeese? I am thinking of writting a preschoiol and a lower class book. Only thing here is that kids are not really allowed homeskooling. But maybe there will be more interest to that later. I also would like to get my system out as a book for 5-8 year old. I am also a montesssori teacher. I been in primary almost 25years. I love primary. :)

[terriebittner]

I'm on livemocha.com and I also downloaded the BYKI.com free software. I'm using as many free resources as possible for now. I have friends at church who answer my questions and help me practice.

A book on homeschooling for those without money would be interesting. I've though myself of how it could be done, but I'm hoping to branch out away from homeschool writing eventually, since my kids are now grown.

[Hemidakota]

Welcome to the forum. My own family can relate to your home schooling since we pulled our last two children out of public school. It maybe hard at first but we found there learning curve and interest into many different subjects has increased. I sense, public school in our area is overwhelmed by illegal children, speaking Spanish and learning abilities makes it harder those who seek to learn. The focus is on the lesser.

Writing is time consuming but rather rewarding when I see my own limitation to grammar, thought from brain to keyboard. :)

[terriebittner]

Well, actually, when my children were in school, I intentionally asked for the biligual classes. The teachers in those classes are often the most dedicated and creative, and my children learned more in those classes than when they were forced into mainstream classes. They learned Spanish of course, but it seems like they learned more of everything else, including respect for other cultures. I pulled my oldest out of a non-diverse school and moved her to an inner-city school for that reason. But homeschooling is a great path if a family enjoys teaching and their children's full time company.