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October 22, 2011 - Created Livable
Learning Facebook Page. Follow the link to Facebook at the bottom of this webpage.
August 23, 2011 - Established Livable Learning Twitter account.
September 2009 - Suzanne brings the atrium to the Black Hills Catholic
Home Educators weekly coop at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rapid City SD. Class sessions on Thursday mornings for 9 weeks in
the Fall 2009 and 12 weeks in the Spring 2010 with 6-9 atrium session for 1.25 hours and 3-6 atrium for 1.25 hours each
week.
June 2009 - Suzanne and daughters Rachel 17yo and Therese 10yo travel to All Saints Parish in Stuart Iowa for the third session of Level II training for CGS.
November 3, 2008 -- Feast of St. Martin
dePorres -- Suzanne's husband of 28 years, after having been separated for 3-1/2 years, surprises her again and files
for divorce, two months to the day after Suzanne's mother dies. Further revisions on the jmjpublishing.com and livablelearning.biz
websites are delayed once again.
September 3, 2008 -- Feast of St. Gregory the Great --
Suzanne's mother died after a year of surgeries and numerous health concerns.
August, 2008 -- Suzanne applied
and was accepted for CGS-MAPS Program at Aquinas Institute of Theology, but discerned at the last minute that the timing was not quite right to pursue
a Masters Degree in Theology.
June and July, 2008 -- Suzanne and daughter Rachel travel to Stuart Iowa for the
first 2 sessions of Level II training for CGS - will complete Level II in June 2009.
February 2008 -- All Livable
Learning and JMJ Publishing estores and eBay stores closed due to pressing family obligations and Suzanne's mother's
health care needs.
March 2006 -- Livable Learning accepts credit card payments via mail order or fax. New Livable
Learning.biz estore opened with manufactured Montessori-friendly learning materials.
September 2005 -- Suzanne
and Cyndi founded a CGS atrium for preschooolers at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Spearfish, South Dakota. Sessions held
once a month on Wednesdays, while the rest of the students attend Generations of Faith family formation program.
September 2005 -- Tuesday morning Mother's Bible Study Atrium moves to Blessed Sacrament Church in Rapid City, South
Dakota. 18 children are enrolled!
August 5, 2005 -- Suzanne's husband surprises her 4 days before their
25th wedding anniversary and moves out of the home while she is out of town. Suzanne steps back and takes time off from her
egroups Livable Learning and Catholic Learning Materials.
August 2005 -- Suzanne and Rachel travel to Winner, South Dakota to run
preschool program for Summer Saints School. Elements of CGS brought into vacation bible school setting.
July 2005
-- Suzanne and 13yo daughter Rachel traveled to Altoona Wisconsin for Level I - Part II training for Catechesis of the Good
Shepherd.
June 2005 -- Suzanne and Rachel run preschool program for Summer Saints School at Cathedral of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help, Rapid City, South Dakota. Elements of CGS brought into vacation bible school setting.
January
2005 -- New Livable Learning eBay store is established to provide teacher resource materials and student learning materials
including ready made sets for Teaching from a Tackle Box.
September 2004 -- Suzanne opens a portable Catechesis
of the Good Shepherd atrium. Classes are held during Mother's Bible Study on Tuesday mornings at the Cathedral of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City, South Dakota.
July 2004 -- Suzanne travels to Altoona, Wisconsin for Level
I - Part I training for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. For a schedule of upcoming CGS catechist training dates go to www.cgsusa.org
January 10, 2004 -- Catholic Learning Materials egroup is founded.
This is a collaborative group where members can brainstorm, share creative talents or make requests for homemade printable
learning materials to aid in the teaching of the Catholic faith. We also discuss the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
October 4, 2003 -- Feast of St. Francis of Assisi -- Livable Learning egroup is established.
June 28, 2003 --
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - we began building the first JMJ publishing web site featuring teacher resources and student
learning materials for Montessori education and Catholic education.
May 30, 2003 -- Feast of St. Joan of Arc --
Our business is founded and we announce the release of our first publication: "From Creative Chaos to Livable Learning."
Written by S.V. Wilhelmi, a mother of eight children, the book provides a step-by-step plan with spiritual reflections to
help homeschooling families achieve order in their household and daily routine. The book was first released for sale at the
Minnesota Catholic Home Educators Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Speaker/Conference Talks
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June 4, 2005 - Conference Talk: "Hands on Learning" -- South Dakota Christian Home Educators Conference, Rapid
City, South Dakota.
-- July 18-19, 2003 - Conference Workshop: "From Creative Chaos to Livable Learning"
Vendor Talk: "Montessori for All Ages" -- South Dakota Christian Home Educators Conference, Rapid City,
South Dakota.
-- May 30-June 1, 2003 - Vendor Talk: "Montessori for All Ages" -- Minnesota Home Educators
Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota
Media Coverage
-- August 2005, West River Catholic:
"Mother's Bible Study Teaches Children about the Church"
Product and Web Site Reviews
Does anyone have this book and could give a summary and recommendation? I stumbled
on the jmjpublishing website and I'm still reading, trying to learn more and just wondered what any of you knew about
this. I do have a few organizational books - wondering how this compares....
Reply by Elizabeth Foss: The book is about
30 single sided pages in fonts of 12 or larger. Nineteen pages are the meat of the text. There are some very good things on
these pages -- a nice application of organizational philosophy to Montessori with an eye toward virtue development. I could
see a group of women using one book (locally) to discuss and to encourage one another. The pages have been photocopied in
black ink, Then, there are five "journal" pages with headings at the top and blank space. Then, six pages of charts
to inventory what you own. Finally, there are two pages to plan your week's worth. The book had sturdy paper covers and
spiral binding. There is no other organizational book that does what this one does but it is pricey for the product you hold.
I guess the question is: what price can you put on the philosophy? MOTH
is a much more substantial book, much more professionally published, but you can't really compare the two because the
philosophy is entirely different. Frankly, I'd take Montessori mixed with the FLYlady over MOTH any day!
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