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Topic: Education
| Title: | Homeschooling: The Struggle to Be Free | | Speaker: | James R. Mason
| | Length: | 60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Education, History, Legal, Legislative
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Homeschoolers have won the right to teach their own children in their own homes. How did this happen? Who gets the credit? Is that struggle over? Jim recounts the political history of American education and proves that the price of liberty is still eternal vigilance. |
| Title: | The History and Future of American Education | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, History
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| The Massachusetts Puritans enacted the first compulsory school law in 1647 to make sure that every citizen of their new commonwealth could read the Scriptures. Today, second-graders in public schools can’t do a book report on a Bible story. How did we get here from there? Where do we go tomorrow? |
| Title: | Charter Schools: The Price Is Too High | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Legal, Political
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Christian homeschoolers try to teach their children to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. This is hard work, especially for parents with one income and many children. Many states now have “virtual charter schools” that offer tax-funded instruction over the Internet. Come find out why many state constitutions prohibit Christian parents from using charter schools to disciple their children in their homes. |
| Title: | Co-ops Worthy of the Name | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 1–2 60-minute sessions (each hour includes 20-minute Q&A)
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| Come hear answers to a variety of questions related to co-ops. Marcia Somerville has been leading co-ops for 10 years in various settings, has been involved in other group study contexts, and has helped co-op leaders around the country work through difficult situations.
Session 1: In this overview of co-ops, parents new to the idea can get answers to a host of questions: What exactly is a co-op? What makes it different from “drop and shop” resource centers or university model schools? What are the benefits and costs of involving my children in co-ops? Do co-ops benefit younger children? Are older kids going to suffer unless I enroll them?
Session 2: Are you thinking, “I have caught the vision and I want to start a co-op. Where do I begin?” From her personal experience, Marcia Somerville details important first steps to starting a co-op, common pitfalls and how to avoid them, and sound principles to build on. She reminds women of the importance of involving their husbands in the first stages of starting a co-op, and explains how co-ops provide opportunities for the sanctification of parents as well as children. Much time is left for questions in this helpful, practical session. |
| Title: | Teaching with Tapestry of Grace | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| Do you hear “classical ed” and feel simultaneously intimidated and inspired? Marcia Somerville would like to help you with both! Come find out that you truly can deliver a classics-based, apologetics-oriented curriculum to every student in your house—and love the process all the way! |
| Title: | Tips for Teaching a Houseful | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 1–2 30-minutes sessions (each hour includes 30-minute Q&A)
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Mothers
| Description:
| Are you trying to teach junior high or high school students and elementary-age children at the same time, perhaps with one or two toddlers underfoot? Marcia Somerville’s been there and done that—and has many practical tips to share.
Session 1: In this first session, Marcia explains some overarching principles that will encourage you to make your home a quiet home as the foundation of your homeschool, look at your children’s development in three areas (academic, social, and emotional), and think of your children’s development in terms of stages, not ages. Following the chronological development of the average large family, this session covers birth–3rd grade. An extended Q&A session allows you to ask questions unique to your own setting.
Session 2: In this follow-up session, Marcia continues to follow the development of the typical large family as students are added and age spans widen. This session is full of practical suggestions based on the foundation laid in Session 1 and covers typical situations in families where the oldest students are in grade 4–high school. |
| Title: | Schooling from Home | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 40-minute speech, plus Q&A
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| Are group classes desirable? At what ages are they most profitable? What are these new resource centers and university model schools all about, and are they right for us? What’s a co-op, and do I need a co-op in order to successfully teach my high school child? What, if anything, do we give up when we enroll our children in group classes? This thorough discussion talks about the benefits and possible hidden costs of using group classes outside of our homes. |
| Title: | Gifted and Special Education | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| The special education laws are paved with good intentions, but they do not always lead families where they want to go. Scott Somerville has been advising homeschool families with exceptional children since 1992. In this workshop, he explains the history and logic of the federal special education laws, and helps families find their way through the maze. |
| Title: | Biblical and Classical Education | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| During the Industrial Revolution, people analyzed the steps of traditional craftsmanship and built factories that could churn out mountains of products on an assembly line. America’s public schools use this industrial model. Schools segregate children into “grades,” break time up into “periods,” and divide education into “subjects.” The goal of academic mass production is a secular citizen who can work, pay taxes, and vote. This method of education is cheaper than older ways of teaching, but there is no evidence that it is better. In this session, Scott and Marcia Somerville explain how homeschoolers can take advantage of the biblical and classical models of education. |
| Title: | What is Generation Joshua? | | Speaker: | Thomas J. Schmidt
| | Length: | 30 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Political
| Audience:
| New Homeschoolers, Support Group Leaders, Teens, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| With the goal of challenging Christian homeschool families to become more involved in government and politics, Tj explains what Generation Joshua is and the exciting opportunities it offers to young people and their families. Generation Joshua’s vision is to create an educational foundation in government and civics for homeschooled students and provide unique opportunities for homeschoolers to make a positive impact on our nation’s policitical landscape. |
| Title: | Elements of Writing Instruction | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 1–2 60-minute sessions (each session includes a 20-minute Q&A)
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| No matter what curriculum we choose, there are basic elements in teaching our children to write. By starting with a general, overarching set of goals and principles, we can see clearly where we want to go with writing instruction and thus use our curriculum more effectively. In two sessions, Marcia Somerville simplifies and clarifies the goals parents should adopt when teaching their children to communicate effectively in written form.
Session 1: What are the elements of all good writing? What constitutes a well written sentence, paragraph, or essay? How much fiction should my child write? Should my child type on a computer or write by hand? Using PowerPoint slides and simple, straightforward language, Marcia outlines the process, from kindergarten through 12th grade, of teaching any child to write well.
Session 2: This session, which focuses on grading writing, can build on the previous one. Using the information she shared in Session 1 about sentences, paragraphs, transitions, reports, and essays, Marcia discusses how to actually grade our students’ writing. The session includes practice in grading writing samples and gives general help about knowing where to start when evaluating our children’s papers. |
| Title: | Homeschooling Thru High School: Turning the Impossible Trek into an Enjoyable Journey | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| HSLDA’s Homeschooling Thru High School program was born out of a desire to help parents continue homeschooling throughout the high school years. The high school section on HSLDA’s website provides tons of valuable information for those who are just thinking about high school or who are already immersed in the high school years. We’ll take you on a tour of the web pages and give you an overview of the “You Can Do It,” “Before High School,” “During High School,” and “After High School” sections. HSLDA is with you from the first days of homeschooling right through graduation day! |
| Title: | Developing a Plan for High School: Sample Four-Year Plans | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| College, Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| How do you plan a program for your high school homeschooler? What subjects do you teach and when? Do you follow a basic high school plan, a general college prep plan, or a rigorous college prep plan? How do you evaluate credits? Determine grades for a course? What about the need for a transcript and diploma? If you are just beginning to think about homeschooling during the high school years, this seminar will help you organize your thoughts and begin laying the groundwork for a viable four-year plan. |
| Title: | Homeschooling the College Bound: Successfully Navigating the Road to Admission | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| College, Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| If your child’s post–high school plans include college, you’ll want to carefully plan out his high school years. This seminar will provide you with tips and resources to help you better understand how you can prepare your high schooler for the challenges of college, as well as aid you in helping him select and apply to colleges as a homeschooled student. You’ll receive information on making the most of a college visit, interacting with college admissions officers, and gathering the information needed for the college application. |
| Title: | Teaching the Right-Brain Child, Part 1 | | Speaker: | Dianne Craft
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Special Needs
| Audience:
| All, Parents
| Description:
| Do you have a student who learns “differently”? This is likely your right-brain student. Instead of learning in an auditory manner (on which most curriculum methods are based), these wonderful children store information in their long-term memory by using pictures, color, story, or emotion attached to the facts they need to learn. In this workshop you will learn how to identify the right-brain child and learn simple spelling techniques to help the words “stick instead of slip.” You’ll learn how to “put Velcro” on math facts, and how to help your students follow verbal instructions. You will help them get in touch with the “smart part of themselves” and really shine using these right-brain strategies. Their faces light up when they find that they can retrieve their information so easily. If you have right-brain students who are struggling to retain information or a child with an auditory processing problem, you will love these techniques! |
| Title: | Teaching the Right-Brain Child, Part 2 | | Speaker: | Dianne Craft
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Special Needs
| Audience:
| All, Parents
| Description:
| Once you have identified your right-brain learners, become an expert at training them to use their superior “photographic memory” in many areas of learning. Teach your students the lifelong skill of studying for tests by taking a picture of the contents of a chapter. These memory techniques are commonly used by Cambridge University students to reduce studying time. Learn how to help your students improve their reading comprehension by making a movie in their heads while they read. You can even “glue in” phonics sounds for ease in reading long words, and watch their reading soar. Using these powerful strategies, your students will truly learn how to learn, and confirm to themselves that they are very smart! |
| Title: | Smart Kids Who Hate to Write | | Speaker: | Dianne Craft
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Special Needs
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| There are children who can tell a wonderful story orally, but when it comes to writing their thoughts down, they only write a few sentences. Sometimes these children still reverse letters, or have difficulty writing cursive, or just have very sloppy handwriting. They write many of their letters “bottom to top.” These children often can spell a word correctly orally, but leave out a letter when trying to write it on a test. When they copy from a book, they leave words out, or even spell them wrong. The spacing on a math paper is very erratic, leading to math errors in problems they know how to do. They may be “mixed dominant”—left-eye dominant, but right-handed. They are truly experiencing a glitch between their head and their hand. Learn how to identify the child who has a true writing glitch (which is correctable), or who is just not motivated to write. |
| Title: | The Biology of Learning and Behavior, Part 1 | | Speaker: | Dianne Craft
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Parenting, Special Needs
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| Johnny is a constant motion machine. Tom cries in frustration over minor matters. Susie has mood swings. Joey is nicknamed Eeyore because of his negative attitude. Your 3-year-old gets so angry that his rages are almost scary. Carol acts “spacey” and forgets the things she knew the day before. Harold lies awake a long time each night before he can fall asleep. Could all of these behaviors be caused by an upset “gut ecology”? Could they be related to antibiotic use when the child was young, or other factors that affected the child’s intestinal health? Could such common physical symptoms as athlete’s foot, rashes, canker sores, sinus problems, and stomachaches be related to these children’s behavioral and learning issues? The answer is a resounding yes! Find out what other parents have been learning: there is a direct connection between the physical well-being and the learning ability and behavior of a child. This fascinating workshop provides you with clues to your child’s internal learning environment, and how to change that environment for the better. It is easy to correct these conditions at home and dramatically affect your child’s learning day. The testimonies that we receive from parents across the United States who are using these simple remedies with their children are amazing! |
| Title: | The Biology of Learning and Behavior, Part 2 | | Speaker: | Dianne Craft
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Parenting, Special Needs
| Audience:
| Parents
| Description:
| Remember when your mom told you, “Fish is brain food”? Well, she was right. Current brain research is very clear on this fact. The brain is 60% fat, with 30% of that in the front part of the brain where focusing and attention take place. For the brain synapses (connections) to be made properly, proper fats are required. (French fries and doughnuts don’t count!) Dyslexia, dyspraxia (the “clumsy child syndrome”), ADD, hyperactivity, bipolarity, and depression are conditions of essential fatty acid deficiency. This deficiency often shows up in physical symptoms such as dry hair, dry skin, asthma, or allergies. When you feed the brain the fats it needs, the physical symptoms disappear also. Kids often comment that they can think better when they take the essential fatty acids. Get the real skinny on fats! Learn how to help your child feel better, and thus behave and learn better. |
| Title: | Developing a Plan for High School: Sample Four-Year Plans | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| College, Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| How do you plan a program for your high school homeschooler? What subjects do you teach and when? Do you follow a basic high school plan, a general college prep plan, or a rigorous college prep plan? How do you evaluate credits? Determine grades for a course? What about the need for a transcript and diploma? If you are just beginning to think about homeschooling during the high school years, this seminar will help you organize your thoughts and begin laying the groundwork for a viable four-year plan. |
| Title: | Homeschooling the College Bound: Successfully Navigating the Road to Admission | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| College, Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| If your child’s post–high school plans include college, you’ll want to carefully plan out his high school years. This seminar will provide you with tips and resources to help you better understand how you can prepare your high schooler for the challenges of college, as well as aid you in helping him select and apply to colleges as a homeschooled student. You’ll receive information on making the most of a college visit, interacting with college admissions officers, and gathering the information needed for the college application. |
| Title: | Parents’ Rights—A Crisis Is Coming | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 45 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement, History, Legal, Legislative, Lobbying, Motivational, Parenting, Political, Why Homeschool
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| In 1923, the United States Supreme Court ruled that parents have the fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their children. So why are parental rights suddenly endangered? Come hear HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly discuss the next biggest threat to homeschool freedom and what you can do about it. |
| Title: | A Hitlerian Legacy? Germany’s Treatment of Homeschooling | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 45-55 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Education, History, Legislative
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| German homeschoolers are threatened with fines, jail and worse. If homeschooling is a human right, why does a civilized nation treat homeschoolers like this? What are parallel societies and why are German judges and policy makers so afraid of them? Is the German homeschool experience the edge of night for America? Could this pernicious German philosophy make its way across the Atlantic to America and re-impose the difficult early days of American homeschooling? What is HSLDA doing to support positive change for our brother and sister homeschoolers in Germany, and what can you do to help? Come hear HSLDA staff attorney for Germany and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly answer these important questions. |
| Title: | Forging Ahead—Apprenticeships in the 21st Century | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 45-55 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Motivational, Parenting, Teens
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| 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. |
| Title: | Building on a Sure Foundation: Staying the Course through High School | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| As your child grows older, you may be considering high school at home - but you've got your doubts! Why is homeschooling high school a crucial decision for your teen? How is it possible? What help is available? We'll answer your questions; but more importantly, we'll encourage and challenge you to explore the steps you should take as you weigh the possibility of teaching high school at home. |
| Title: | Building on a Sure Foundation: Staying the Course through High School | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| As your child grows older, you may be considering high school at home - but you've got your doubts! Why is homeschooling high school a crucial decision for your teen? How is it possible? What help is available? We'll answer your questions; but more importantly, we'll encourage and challenge you to explore the steps you should take as you weigh the possibility of teaching high school at home. |
| Title: | High School Transcript Clinic: Practical Help and Tips | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| | Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| Creating a high school transcript is easy yet a vital part of your child’s high school records. In this interactive, practical seminar you’ll create a transcript that can be used as a pattern when designing your own. We’ll guide you through transcript essentials, evaluation of credit, grading guidelines and scales, and calculation of grade point averages (GPA’s). In addition, you’ll receive sample transcripts depicting other formats for you to consider. |
| Title: | High School Transcript Clinic: Practical Help and Tips | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| | Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| Junior and Senior High Parents
| Description:
| Creating a high school transcript is easy yet a vital part of your child’s high school records. In this interactive, practical seminar you’ll create a transcript that can be used as a pattern when designing your own. We’ll guide you through transcript essentials, evaluation of credit, grading guidelines and scales, and calculation of grade point averages (GPA’s). In addition, you’ll receive sample transcripts depicting other formats for you to consider. |
| Title: | It’s Time to be Wise | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45-60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Keynote, Support Group Leaders, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement, History, Spiritual
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| In this address, Mike contrasts godly wisdom (which Christians should be trying to follow) and worldly wisdom (wisdom from below) as it relates to specific issues that we all deal with in the homeschool community. He explains that there are two conflicting worldviews or belief systems today, orthodoxy and progressivism. Orthodoxy is committed to an external, definable and transcendent authority for truth. This truth comes from God and is given to us primarily through His Word, the Bible. In contrast, progressivism asserts that moral authority is to be defined by the spirit of the modern age, a spirit of rationalism and subjectivism. Truth tends to be viewed as a process, as a reality and is ever unfolding depending upon the circumstances. He will explain how certain important U.S. Supreme Court decisions have been affected by this new progressive thinking. Mike will then break down how these two differing views are affecting education and specifically, the freedom to home educate. The good news is that truth sets one free. The good news is we know the truth, we simply have to live and battle for the truth. Homeschoolers have demonstrated their willingness to do so, hence our hope for the future. |
| Title: | Organized (Well, Almost!)—Time Management for Busy Moms | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting
| Audience:
| New Homeschoolers, Parents, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| 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! |
| Title: | Fishing 101: Mentoring Groups in Action | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting
| Audience:
| Support Group Leaders
| Description:
| Learn how to meet the needs of your newer families without losing the veterans. What is a mentoring group? Hear how some groups have mobilized their veteran homeschoolers to help pass the baton to the new families. Vicki discusses various types of mentoring programs available, practical ideas for success, and the benefits to your support group. Sample materials will be available. |
| Title: | Getting Started | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Q & A, Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Encouragement
| Audience:
| New Homeschoolers, Parents
| Description:
| 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 setting goals, choosing supplies and curriculum, lesson planning, and more—plus Six Tips for Success. |
| Title: | Extracurricular Activities: Jazz Up Your High School Program | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, adding extracurricular activities to your high school program will increase your teen’s enthusiasm and motivation during these years. Wisely choosing these activities provides opportunities for your teen to follow an interest, hone his talents, serve others, or simply enjoy new experiences. But, setting limits is important, too! Come and hear ideas and suggestions for you to consider as you explore the many different extracurricular options. |
| Title: | Extracurricular Activities: Jazz Up Your High School Program | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer
| | Length: | 1 hour
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Education, Teens
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, adding extracurricular activities to your high school program will increase your teen’s enthusiasm and motivation during these years. Wisely choosing these activities provides opportunities for your teen to follow an interest, hone his talents, serve others, or simply enjoy new experiences. But, setting limits is important, too! Come and hear ideas and suggestions for you to consider as you explore the many different extracurricular options. |
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