Discover how to teach students of all ages to write stories, reports and essays with style using the award-winning Excellence in Writing.

Tracy Klicka identifies common causes of stress in homeschooling and family life, and provides helpful ideas on how to deal with stress from a godly perspective. Included in her talk are the issues of lifestyle, use of time, and getting help.

In this session, Tracy Klicka emphasizes the foundational importance of cultivating your child’s relationship with God. She will discuss the importance of reaching the heart of your child through study of the Word, prayer, and open, honest communication. She will share special encouragement for the toddler and teen years.

This workshop will give you solid reasons for educating and training your children through homeschooling. You can give your children positive socialization, character training and an academic program to fit their needs.

Christian biographies provide living examples of God’s grace in the lives of His people. What better way to learn important principles of living by faith than by the real lives of Christian men and women who made an impact for the Kingdom of God. We will consider ways to integrate biographies into your homeschool curriculum.

Although we usually think of evaluating as testing, there are a multitude of methods to monitor progress that don’t involve paper and pencil and a 100 point scale. You can creatively evaluate how your child is doing in any given subject while clarifying expectations for both of you. Learn: what a “rubric” is and how to use it to effectively measure progress, subjective versus objective evaluations, how to define parameters while thinking outside the box, and hands-on creative tools to measure progress for multi ages. Come appreciate how to take the stress out of “grading” while enhancing your ability to evaluate and critique what your child is learning and understanding.

After a child is tested, the results are usually shown on a computerized printout containing columns of numbers in percentiles, standard scores, and stanines. These scores are often not fully understood, and as a result, the information is not used to shape instruction and guide decisions for a child’s educational program. In this workshop, Sarah will help parents interpret the significance of test scores and understand how to use the numbers to get a balanced view of the child’s strengths and weaknesses. Parents will gain a clearer understanding of the many types of achievement tests available, the differences between group and individualized testing, and the benefits of testing to monitor student progress and to guide instruction. Come to be encouraged and learn more from your child’s test scores.

Is your child frustrated with schoolwork? Does he seem to detour easily? Discover hope from a non-standard learner who was told she would not graduate.

College? Homeschoolers may be better prepared for it than many other college—bound teens, but that doesn’t mean they should automatically get sucked into the “college conveyor belt.” But if not college, what do we do with our bright, well—educated, well—socialized homeschooled students? And where do we find resources and apprenticeships to help guide homeschoolers through this process of vocational preparation and calling? Get practical tips and insightful advice in this talk by HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly.

How can a child lose things? Why does he seem lost in time and space? Esther will give real-life strategies from her experiences that are transformational.

Discover IEW's Primary Arts of Language (PAL). This innovative program makes teaching your child to read & write fun for him, easy for you—guaranteed.