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Ashley Wiggers



Ashley (Strayer) Wiggers - grew up in the early days of the home schooling movement taught by parents, Greg and Debbie Strayer, who are authors of numerous home schooling materials. Ashley recently retired from a 10-year career as a national champion synchronized swimmer, is a swim instructor at the YMCA, and coaches the Pulaski County High School swim team. In her spare time she speaks at home school seminars across the country, edits a monthly online newsletter for Geography Matters, and is the author of the Profiles from History series. Ashley makes her home in Somerset, KY, with her husband, Alex, and their faithful Golden Retriever, Mandy.

Want Ashley to speak to your group? Contact her for details about scheduling her for your conference, book fair, support group meeting, or retreat.


Ashley's Workshops Include:

7 Secrets to Help Kids Think for Themselves

Do you have trouble keeping your students interested in learning? Perhaps it's time you begin to think outside the box. Leonardo da Vinci approached knowledge from a unique perspective. Discover techniques used by da Vinci that, when implemented, will improve critical thinking and creativity, inspiring your students to want to gain knowledge. Included also in this workshop are ideas from the teachings of Ruth Beechick to develop thinking skills which help create a delight for learning and improves your children's ability to excel in any area they choose to pursue.

How to Teach Geography in a Way That Has Your Kids Asking for More

Are you encountering geography in your everyday life experiences? You can, and we'll show you how! Knowing geography's 5 themes will help you make this topic come alive in your daily learning activities. Discover creative ways to incorporate games, simple mapping assignments, and using atlases and almanacs. Kid's love these kinds of hands-on projects and will want to learn more about the geography of our world.


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