Homeschool parents are motivated to help children avoid being taken captive by worldly ideas, but how do we simultaneously protect and prepare our children? Dr. Myers gives you proven strategies for being alert to wrong ideas and strengthening your child’s ability to “take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”

Tell me and I will forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand. When children create something from their learning, they will remember what they learned far longer than if they completed a worksheet page about it. This workshop explains why and how to give kids an easy, effective approach that replaces workbooks, enhances learning and retention of the subject and that develops a true love for learning. Jeannie Fulbright will share tips and actual demonstrations for replacing workbook assignments with creative ideas for science, history, geography, literature and more. Examples and visual-aids make the information easy to understand and implement in your homeschool.

You want your children to be the best in academics, spirituality, and physical health. You also want to have godly compassion for your children. In striving to lead his wife and eight children to "greatness," however, Brian has found that he can fall into the sin of provoking them. He'll use scripture and experience to address the way to combine high expectations with justice, mercy, and love. Especially for fathers.

The essential crash course for every homeschool parent. Discover insights from Diana's research behind the events of history. Share her wisdom for teaching history. Do you wonder, “Whom do I trust and what do I read to know real history?” Diana will equip YOU, regardless of your curriculum, to find your way through the challenges. She will lead you to a path you can follow in discovering treasures of history with your family.

As an admitted curriculum junkie, Jeannie Fulbright, bought everything that sounded good. From Abeka to Hillyer to ebooks, she has tried every kind of curriculum and method. Out of this experience, she formulated these seven E’s to help her carefully choose curriculum that would work for her family. She will share her experiences as well as the conclusions she has reached through this process. Following the seven E’s in choosing homeschool curriculum will enable you to have a successful homeschooling year and avoid wasting money on things that won't work for you. These seven E’s will ensure your children and you have curriculum that conforms to your mission and goals, as well as breathes life and ease into your homeschool journey.

As a experienced homeschooling mother of four children ages 5 through 12, Jeannie share tips and ideas to make homeschooling children of different ages and abilities a breeze. Jeannie will discuss ways to combine subjects, while still challenging the oldest child and engaging the youngest child. You will learn what works and doesn’t work with multiple children, along with how to maintain and nurture relationships between siblings. Jeannie also tackles the biggest obstacle to homeschooling multiple children that homeschoolers face, freeing you to pursue homeschooling your crew without fear.

Is this just a far off wish or is it really possible? Come and learn how to find the answer to that question. Anne will share ideas and practical tips on keeping a busy homeschool household running smoothly as well as concepts that may change your mind as to what "getting it all done" really means.

In this fast-paced, easy-to-understand workshop, you will distinguish three different grids that impact the unique way each one in your family learns: learning modalities (visual, auditory, kinesthetic); learning styles (Feeler, Thinker, Sensor, Intuitor); learning intelligences (interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, spatial, math-logical, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, naturalist). Discover how to honor (not curse!) that wiggler in your midst; how to create a rich atmosphere for learning that will attract every learner; how to utilize your children's strengths to learn subjects that are hard for them; most importantly, learn that God delights in the incredibly individualized mechanisms for learning inside each of us! With this insight, including new research on intelligences, you will be able to adapt your teaching strategies AND choose your curriculum wisely!

Thelma English reviews the importance of students having a strong foundation in literature.

Let's face it, most people don't like science. Why is that? It's likely because of how science was taught to you as a child. In this talk, Jeannie will share her understanding of how science should be taught in the elementary years, based on research, data and experience. You will learn the keys to successfully imparting a solid science education, with tips, ideas and examples for making science come to life for both parents and students.

One of the biggest questions people ask is, “How do I get my kids to finish their school work?” The deeper question is actually, “How do I get my kids to be self-motivated?” We will examine the answers to these critical questions, and look at specific ways to encourage and assist our children in developing ownership of their education. Yagottahavagottawanna is the attitude we want our children to catch, but we must learn the proper approach which will allow them to catch it! That means we must learn the critical difference between controlling and directing; between pushing and releasing; between coercing and facilitating. It is the essence of a master teacher who says, “I can not teach you how to do it, but I can help you learn to do it.” This is an interactive and practical workshop that you can put to use immediately!

Thelma English offers outlines of study for parents to plan their own literary Circles. Outlines include American, British, Shakespearean, and Classical literature. Thelma provides suggested book lists, schedules, and other practical materials to assist parents in forming a literary circle of study. Thelma brings a wealth of practical materials to this session. Thelma offers her online lectures and materials free of charge to home educators. Several groups now conduct literary circles using these materials.