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How Important Are Communication Skills...REALLY?

I've been teaching communication skills both online and off since 2002 when I wrote my first study for homeschoolers called Say What You Mean for Teens!  From there, I created this website where I have written several homeschool speech communication materials, several studies for adults, and written hundreds of blog posts!  I've had several of my articles published by homeschool magazines like The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and Homeschooling Today and several of those articles have been picked up by Crosswalk .com and Dr Laura .com.  Art of Eloquence materials have been awarded "Homeschool Approved" by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and are endorsed by the Home School Legal Defense Association which links to my materials from their site.   However, in the...

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How to get our Conflict Resolution or Shyness Study for FREE!

Here's our last Back to Homeschool Special Offer! Buy Speech and Debate value package and get your choice of our Say What You Mean: Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts study or our Say What You Mean: Overcoming Social Anxiety FREE! Not only will you receive these two easy to use and fun studies, but you and your students will be able to decrease the jitters associated with making a speech by learning more about overcoming the anxiety people often feel in social situations and transferring those skills to speech making.  OR decreasing, resolving and avoiding the conflicts when you or your student is debating on a more personal level.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click the pictures to read more about these choices: x...

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How to get 21 Days to More Godly Communication FREE!

Week two of our Homeschool Specials continues with another incredible offer! This week’s Back to Homeschool Special Offer: Buy a homeschool package and get 21 Days to More Godly Communication FREE! The picture featured here shows just a one of the many  homeschool packages we have available for PreK-Sr High school! To check out all Art of Eloquence has to offer your school aged children, click the Homeschool Value Packages tab on the website or just click the link above. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is 21 Days to More Godly Communication about? It takes 21 days to make a habit; why not make it count for God? The Lord shares literally hundreds and hundreds of scriptures in His Word that instruct us...

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How to Get Say What You Mean for Moms FREE!

It's Back to Homeschool Month here at Art of Eloquence and we have an INCREDIBLE series of special offers for you! How would you like to get three free gifts?  Well, just stay tuned to this blog for details! This week's Back to Homeschool Special Offer: Buy any two homeschool single titles at our regularly low price and get Say What You Mean for Moms free! The picture featured here shows just a FEW of the homeschool materials we have available for PreK-Sr High school!  To check out all Art of Eloquence has to offer your school aged children, click the Homeschool Tab on the website or just click the link above.    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Say What You Mean...

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Is there such a thing as a stupid question? I think there is and here's why.

Yesterday was Ask a Stupid Question Day.  Which always gets me thinking.  There is a saying that the only stupid question is the one that isn't asked.  While I believe, if you truly seek to understand, there probaby is a place for your question, I beg to differ that no questions are stupid. There are, indeed, stupid questions that should never be asked, questions that actually hurt others.  Here's what I mean.  There are three main types of (stupid) questions that should never be asked: 1. Questions that seek to show someone up As a homeschooler for over 13 years, I've been asked some really dumb questions. Most of them where from people who didn't approve of homeschooling.  They weren't...

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