Guard your support group against legal surprises! In this workshop, Darren helps you understand issues that affect your group, including civil rights law, child abuse prevention, financial issues, and membership agreements. Don’t miss this discussion to help you in serving your members!

In this interactive session, Vicki discusses four basic needs of homeschool families and shares practical ways for groups to meet those needs. Includes tips on involving the dads.

There is only ONE secret ingredient to giving credibility to a homeschool transcript. If you don’t know it, author Jean Burk will share the answer in this incredible lecture. Discover the insider criteria that Harvard uses to judge applicants and why summer break needs to be more than just a vacation. Learn the differences between AP, Dual Enrollment, and CLEP courses and the pros and cons of adding them to your schedule. Find out about the 3-Tier credit plan, so you can correctly build a portfolio that will impress any admissions counselor.

A round table discussion facilitated by Patti Sailor.

What do you do if you feel you have bitten off more than you can chew in the homeschooling journey? What do you do with fears that you aren’t enough for your children? Come examine mindsets that hinder moms, and learn how faith, gratitude and servanthood can be fleshed out in daily life.

Parenting a child with special learning needs is both a sacred calling and a daily surrender. It is a path marked by deep love, unseen labor, persistent advocacy, and a level of exhaustion few truly understand. We will explore where to find your source of strength and joy as you raise up your special learner from on your knees.

Paying for college isn’t about luck — it’s about understanding the system. Each year, more than $120 billion in federal college funding is available, yet millions of families leave money on the table simply because they don’t know how the process works, or they make costly mistakes on the FAFSA which can reduce their aid eligibility. In this practical session, you’ll learn the blueprint colleges use to award scholarships and financial aid, and discover how to position yourself strategically within the system. You’ll learn why EVERY family should file the FAFSA, how to avoid common FAFSA errors, how scholarships and need-based aid work together, legal strategies that can increase eligibility. College funding isn’t about what you earn — it’s about what you know.

Practical, hands-on ideas for surrounding your preschoolers with God’s Word as you sit in your house, walk by the way, when you lie down and rise up (Deuteronomy 6:5-9).

Maybe your family of origin wasn't the strongest and you want your family to look and feel different. Sarah will share what types of activities lead to legacy building - the ones that build long lasting family memories and commitment to each other.

Have you ever asked yourself: “How do I get my child to focus on school? How can I get them to stop jumping around and being distracted all day? And how is it possible they play video games for hours but not focus in on school for even 5 minutes.” In this workshop you will learn how to utilize the gifts of ADD/ADHD to dial in the focus of learning for your child and for you.

Tips to help parents navigate the difficulties of teaching and raising their children during the high school years, including how to customize classes to fit their individual needs.

Are you overwhelmed by the options? Not sure where to begin? Good planning is the key to any successful road trip, so Vicki will walk you through a planning checklist to help you prepare for this homeschool journey! Topics include research, goal setting, supplies, schedules, making the transition from conventional school, and more, plus Six Tips for Success. Appropriate for any grade level.

Come and discover the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) as a valuable homeschool science resource. For over 55 years, ICR has been conducting scientific research to equip Christians with Bible-affirming science. Learn about the educational and scientific resources available to support you as you train and equip the next generation. From curriculum supplements to peer-reviewed articles, you will come away with the tools you need to find answers to the toughest questions about science and the Bible.

Teaching math can be tough, especially when your child learns differently. Whether your child has a learning difference, struggles with math anxiety, or simply doesn't grasp math the traditional way, you're not alone. In this encouraging and practical workshop, you'll discover strategies that truly work for kids who need a different approach. Learn how to teach in ways that build real understanding, reduce anxiety, and foster confidence. With the right tools and support, success is not only possible—it’s within reach. Come gain insight, encouragement, and a clear path forward for your child’s learning journey.

The Scripture teaches that mind cultivation is central to disciple-making. In this presentation we will look at the expressed statements and intentions of some of the founders of the American government education system dating back to the 1800s, 1900s and up to the 21st century to show how government education was specifically used to secularize America.

As a Nana to ten, I want to disciple my grandkids toward faith in Christ and help them grow in that faith. So, a few tools in our toolbox (along with directions, please) would go a long way in helping us put feet to our heart’s desire. We’ll identify actions to strengthen our own faith and ways to pass truths on through meaningful interactions with the littleuns we love the most.

Are you looking for ways to bring music into your family and your homeschool? Come join the worship leaders for this year's INCH conference as they share insights into making music a valuable educational, emotional and spiritual tool for children of all ages. Providing tips for sparking musical interest, practice time, and using gifts for God's glory, expect a fun session with live demos from kids, stress relieving parenting hacks and interactive preschool songs!

Games provide motivation and context for reinforcing math skills and concepts. You will play math games with me - both home-made and commercial - to see how such games can be an intentional part of your homeschool.

This session is for Christian homeschooling families who want to instill bold faith in their children. Together, we'll unpack what it means to walk courageously as believers in a complex world. You'll gain practical tools for nurturing resilience, helping your kids face fears with faith, and creating home culture built on trust in God. Through scripture, and real-life applications, you'll leave equipped and encouraged to guide your children with confidence in Christ.

A look at the primary historical sources documenting the Biblical foundations of schools and Universities in America.

Using techniques and strategies from his book, Cliff will demonstrate how speed math methods always prove faster than the algorithmic methods with which we grew up. Many of these have long been in use in Asian & European schools. The shortcuts demonstrated in their textbooks show why we find the US ranking near the bottom in calculation abilities. These methods can bring our students up to speed, and will leave your calculator-dependent friends in the dust!

What good is academic success if your child lacks integrity, self-control, or kindness? Character is the foundation for everything else in your homeschool and you can train it daily with purpose and creativity. In this practical, hope-filled session, Kathie equips parents to cultivate godly character in their children without nagging, lectures, or power struggles.

There truly is no one-size-fits-all pathway for transitioning to life beyond high school. Whether your child is college-bound, on the path to an apprenticeship, continuing a family business, or needing continued support into adulthood, you will walk away with ideas and tools to help your special learner find their own unique pathway to success in life beyond the high school years.

Homesteading is both a mindset and a practice. This class explores why we choose to homestead and how everyday work—gardening, animal care, and homemaking—build resilience, responsibility, and stewardship. Learn simple, realistic ways to begin homesteading with intention and confidence, no matter your space or season.

In this session we will endeavor to identify affirmative pursuit of a vision for the home, with singular focus on our purpose for investing in our families and children, from limiting ourselves to defending against societal dross.

Joel & Aimee Johnston invite families into a bolder vision of discipleship by seeing your community and career as a mission field. Drawing from their years of ministry, they'll explore how to raise children to live missionally — whether they’re entrepreneurs, artists, teachers or tradespeople. You’ll discover family rhythms that nurture disciple multipliers, simple discipling tools, & vision for your career. Come and embrace God’s call for every Jesus follower to make disciples right where they are. Be encouraged and empowered to live missionally in every sphere of life.

The heart of a math-rich home is YOU as the parent - arranging and managing math enrichment items in your home. Learn specific math activities and math resources you can provide your kids to stimulate mathematical thinking.

The battle to protect your right to homeschool is never-ending. A new model bill urges legislators to impose archaic restrictions on home education. The bill’s advocates claim that homeschooling is used to hide child abuse, despite a growing body of research that says the two are not correlated. We will look at homeschool history and what you need to know about the Make Homeschool Safe Act.

Learn how God, faith, Christianity and the Bible influenced the formation of the greatest free nation in history, and our continuing role as citizens today.

Practical tips for creating a learning lifestyle—from a mom of 17 homeschooled students (seven school-age at a time). Includes ideas for teaching your preschoolers, as well as multi-level teaching ideas for your school-age kiddos.

In a world of constant noise and distraction, many homeschool families sense the need for something that roots children in attention, wonder, and belonging. Nature study offers that steadying influence. This workshop explores why regular time outdoors forms not only knowledge, but character. When children learn to observe, their powers of attention deepen, their affections awaken, and a quiet confidence grows. With warmth and practicality, Sheila Carroll will offer simple ways to establish nature study as a sustaining rhythm—on open acreage or in the suburbs. Participants will leave ready to help their children rediscover the peace found in the living world.

The current cultural mantra equates truth with being authentic; we only need to look inside and find out what we think, feel, and desire, and ignore external voices. If that’s what truth is, objective truth doesn’t exist and personal opinion serves as a shaky placeholder. Learn how you can know and explain what truth really is, the difference this knowledge can make in your life and beliefs, and how to equip your kids so they can critique truth claims.

Baking cookies creates a mixture, making ice cubes changes the state of matter, and feeding the dog is an opportunity for a biology lesson. Opportunities to teach science are everywhere. Learn practical tips for keeping your eyes open to the many ways God has designed our lives, and the science to back it up, whether you’re in the kitchen, bathroom, yard, or car. Join Karri Iverson to learn tips and tricks for putting it all together.

Jean Burk will share her secrets of years of test prep success that have helped tens of thousands of students raise their SAT scores as much as 700 points, ACT 11 points, CLT 26 points! Test-taking is a unique skill set - you'll learn how to find shortcuts in test patterns and save time on many questions. Discover why test scores are tied directly to scholarships, and how they can lead to a debt-free degree!

As a homeschooling mom it can become easy to allow being a wife to slip into the background. Come have your heart renewed toward your husband, with Biblical encouragement and practical conversation on how you can love your husband even during the busy homeschooling season.

Every marriage longs for deeper intimacy, stronger connection, and lasting harmony. When couples intentionally pursue these three biblical priorities, joy becomes sustainable and faithfulness becomes natural. In this seminar, we will explore how Scripture calls husbands and wives to cultivate Intimacy, Connectivity, and Harmony—so that our marriages reflect Christ and His Church and flourish until death do us part.

Join Vicki Bentley for a practical and engaging workshop on keeping preschool and kindergarten in perspective. Discover how to observe and nurture your child's unique abilities, promote learning through everyday activities, and build foundational skills and character development in a playful, age-appropriate way. This workshop will equip you with tools and strategies to create a "lifestyle of learning" in your home.

Set the boring worksheets aside and say hello to joyful learning through games! Make math something your child looks forward to! These games are powerful tools for teaching and reinforcing key concepts like addition, multiplication, and fractions. They encourage critical thinking, build number sense, and allow kids of all ages and abilities to learn together. Games turn solitary work into a social, interactive experience that boosts math skills and infuses learning with laughter and joy.

Come discover solutions to enhancing young minds. In this dynamic session, we will discuss holistically what affects learning and how we can build strategies into our homeschool day to optimize learning. This workshop has something for everyone, as it explores the intricate relationships among emotional well-being, behavior, nutrition, and academic success in homeschooled children.

Are today’s children less creative—or simply expressing creativity in new ways? Many parents worry that screens are crowding out imagination. In this workshop, James L. Carroll, Ed.D. draws on decades of study in cognitive and developmental psychology to explore how creativity actually develops—and how it can flourish even in a digital age. Parents will gain a deeper understanding of how curiosity, problem-solving, originality, and imagination take shape across childhood and adolescence. You will leave confident that your children’s creative capacities are alive—and ready to grow.

Please bring a growth mindset, an openness, humility, and gratitude to this session, as well as one problem. Prayer will be the foundation of this session, because even our God-given problem solving is not possible without God. There is no guarantee that our problems will be able to be solved during this session, but we will lift them all up in prayer. I'll choose problems to attempt to solve publicly that I think may benefit the whole group.

While Mom is generally the day-to-day teacher with input and support from Dad, it doesn’t have to be that way—and it often isn’t. What happens when Dad is more involved or even the primary educator (and not just for the seriously cool science experiments)? Navigating play dates, setting schedules, maintaining the routine—all bring special challenges. Darren gives advice and encouragement for dads.

Description: "Learn about how Homeschooling became legal in Michigan, how to defend your right to homeschool, and how to handle a situation where CPS shows up at your door."

Homeschooling doesn't have to cost hundreds of dollars per child. Vicki homeschooled seven at a time while their family was without a full-time income for four years, sometimes spending less than $100 per year.

Parents and teens—step beyond reluctant writing and toward excellence using a diagnostic approach anchored in biblical truth. We'll give you reusable tools: the “Three-Legged Stool” framework for analyzing stories, and the “3-Question Filter” for testing scenes—fused with faith, structure, and imagination. You'll gain strategies for diagnosing and strengthening your family’s writing in fiction, schoolwork, and devotional pursuits.

Navigating the changes that come after the elementary grades, dealing with middle school challenges, and preparing for successful and fruitful high school years.

In a culture filled with confusion about truth, identity, and morality, parents have been entrusted with the most important subject their kids will ever learn: knowing and loving Jesus Christ. You'll learn simple ways to build daily faith habits, help your kids develop a biblical worldview, and raise kids who stand strong for Christ. Greg will share cool stories of God using kids around the world to impact others for Christ. Parents will leave with practical tools to make discipleship part of everyday family life.

Fathers are indispensable to effective disciple-making. We are essential, not peripheral.

Shaping our children’s character during their formative years helps to position them, and us moms, more fully to fulfill all God has created us to be. Let’s dig into it alongside our muffins.

The truth that Jesus rose from the dead is the central teaching of the Christian Faith. Without the resurrection, there is no Christianity. But understanding and explaining how we know He rose from the dead—maybe you could use a little help with that. Let’s learn evidences for the resurrection, the most important event, and the best attested event in human history!

Our culture is redefining masculinity—but God already defined it. In this seminar, we will explore Genesis to uncover God’s original blueprint for men. We will examine Abraham’s faith and leadership and ultimately look to Jesus as the perfect model of biblical manhood. Discover how to live with purpose, strength, humility, and obedience in a world that desperately needs godly men.

In this session, you’ll discover which scholarships are legitimate, which are the easiest to win, and why sometimes you should not apply at all. Learn where nearly 85% of scholarship money actually comes from, and how to position your student to access it. You’ll uncover overlooked resources with six scholarship secrets, and learn how to start positioning your student. Stop wasting time. Start finding real money.

Homeschooling homes are havens for teaching much more than just academics. Come explore why the home is truly the best place for children to flourish and for families to pass on the faith.

Navigating the legal landscape of homeschooling in Michigan can be challenging, but this session will make it easier to understand and follow. Join Michigan attorneys, Dave and Steve Kallman, as they walk you through the state's homeschooling laws, your rights, and the practical steps you need to stay compliant. For beginners or seasoned educators, they will equip you to homeschool confidently and legally.

As a busy mom, do you sometimes struggle with lesson planning, keeping the house somewhat presentable, teaching, keeping up with the laundry, AND getting dinner on the table the same day you homeschool? Come hear practical tips and encouragement from a fellow homeschool mom of many. Your husband and children will thank you, and you will have hope for another day of science and language arts!

Just like a house needs a strong foundation to stand tall, children need a solid base in math to tackle more complex ideas with confidence. In this session, you’ll learn simple, effective ways to teach math from the ground up, helping children understand the basics in a way that builds their confidence. When kids have a solid math foundation, they don’t just get the right answers—they feel empowered to keep growing, trying, and even enjoying math as they advance to more challenging concepts.

This session will offer encouragement, truth, and rest for parents walking the road of homeschooling a child with special learning needs. Together, we will explore God’s grace not only as sufficient but also as sustaining us through the questions, the grief, the fatigue, all while providing a place to find rest and renewal.

Lab journals play a powerful role in both the academic and spiritual growth of students. As homeschool parents, we can foster curiosity, reflection, and intentionality in young learners. A lab journal not only accomplishes these goals but also serves are a record-keeping tool. Karri Iverson will demonstrate how lab journals help prepare students for higher level courses, while recognizing God’s design and order in nature.