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Topic: Encouragement
| Title: | The Father’s Role in Home Education | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45–60 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Fathers, Support Group Leaders
| Description:
| Almost every father has heard that he is to lead his family spiritually, physically, and in every other way. However, many fathers will tell you that no one has ever told them how to effectively lead their children, especially in the area of spiritual development. Michael Smith presents encouraging and practical tips to fathers for becoming a helpful participant in the home education program and a leader in the home. He provides insight on the mental and emotional benefits to mothers and children fathers can provide through specific activities, and offers suggestions to men on being more effective as husbands. Mike candidly shares his many failures and a few successes. The session concludes with a list of the six things homeschooling mothers have identified as the primary ways their husbands can be more effective in the family’s homeschool program. In one father’s words, “Inspiring and convicting—thanks for the straight talk!” |
| Title: | The History of Homeschoolers’ Struggle to Be Free | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45–60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Encouragement, History, Legal
| Audience:
| All, New Homeschoolers, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| The relative freedom homeschoolers enjoy today did not always exist. Michael Smith takes his audience back to the early days of the modern homeschool movement and describes the legal situation pioneering homeschoolers faced, the sacrifices they made, and the battles they fought to establish the freedom we know today. His timeline will bring the audience up to the current struggles homeschoolers are engaged in and provide a glimpse of future dangers that will require vigilance on the part of each homeschooling family. Just as God required Joshua to establish a memorial by removing 12 stones from the Jordan River so that the fathers would tell their children of God’s miraculous deliverance, homeschooling parents should tell their children the history of the battles homeschoolers faced. This is the only way we will preserve home education to the next, and future, generations. |
| Title: | What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Homeschooling | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Fathers, Parents
| Description:
| Scott Somerville dared to ask 100 homeschool moms for their personal “wish lists,” and was relieved to discover there is hope for homeschool husbands! These women weren’t asking the impossible, nor were they looking for a whole new man; instead, they wanted their husbands to show their love in some practical, pastoral, and personal ways. Scott combines information with motivation for life-changing results! |
| Title: | Homeschooling Grows Up | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Encouragement
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Every homeschooler knows the question, “But what about socialization?” Every homeschooler knows the answer, too: “No problem here!” But critics demand proof. Today, the first generation of homeschoolers has grown up, and there are enough graduates to begin to see how they are doing in real life. In 2003, HSLDA commissioned Dr. Brian Ray to conduct the world’s largest survey of adults who were taught at home. This workshop discusses the encouraging results of this research. |
| Title: | When Do I Get a Coffee Break? | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris
| | Length: | 45–60 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Motivational
| Audience:
| Mothers
| Description:
| Often homeschooling mothers feel like they are on the go 24 hours a day and need a “coffee break.” Vickie Farris talks about how to balance rest, responsibility, and time in prayer with a hectic schedule. Through Scripture, she shows how God will give those who seek him the ability to accomplish the tasks in their lives. |
| Title: | A Mom Just Like You | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris
| | Length: | 45–60 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement
| Audience:
| Mothers
| Description:
| Vickie Farris will share how ordinary homeschool moms can achieve extraordinary results. As rewarding and fulfilling as homeschooling is, it is no easy task. Vickie will fill you with encouragement and practical suggestions for those days when the challenges seem overwhelming. |
| Title: | How I Do It with 10 Kids and a Busy Husband? | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris
| | Length: | 45–60 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement
| Audience:
| Mothers
| Description:
| If you have ever worried about keeping the house clean, meals prepared, and laundry caught up, all while keeping your lesson plans current, the papers graded, and the rest of your homeschool running, then this session is for you. Drawing from her 15 years of homeschooling, Vickie Farris will share insights on how she keeps things running smoothly in her house. |
| Title: | The Nearness of God Is My Good | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 45-minute speech, plus Q&A
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Mothers, Parents
| Description:
| For many years, Marcia Somerville failed to enjoy a strong devotional life because she did not really believe that the nearness of God was her greatest good. She also battled with the sin of craven fear. Now, out of her experiences as a homeschool mom, Marcia shares transparently about her struggles in these areas and how God has granted grace and victory. She includes a strong exhortation on the primary importance of a strong devotional life for homeschooling moms, and lists practical steps to establish and deepen it. “Very encouraging” is the most frequent response to this talk! |
| Title: | Cravings and Conflict | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville
| | Length: | 45-minute speech, plus Q&A
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Mothers, Parents
| Description:
| Conflict is a part of life. Homeschooling doesn’t generally make conflicts less frequent; rather, our close proximity to our spouses and children often provides extra temptations. Add in the fact that we really have to accomplish quite a bit every day, and you can have a recipe for constant strife! Conflicts often seem painfully difficult and confusing. However, there’s a simple biblical principle at work in all conflicts. In every case, one or both of the combatants is craving his own way. Marcia speaks from James 4:1 (“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?”) and demonstrates that most conflicts can be managed better when those involved admit their cravings and work towards glorifying God by focusing on understanding and seeking to meet the needs of others, rather than selfishly focusing on their own desires. Marcia give practical ways that parents can use these principles with children, and spouses can use them with one another, as families seek to glorify God in the homeschool setting. |
| Title: | Precision Parenting | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville
| | Length: | 45 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Mothers, Parents
| Description:
| The Bible tells us to admonish the unruly, help the weak, encourage the fainthearted, and be patient with them all (I Thessalonians 5:14). As parents, we sometimes fall into the trap of admonishing when we should be encouraging, and then we get frustrated because it doesn’t work. It is easier to be patient when we remember which is which! In this talk, Scott Somerville turns to the Gospel of Luke to show how Jesus patiently admonished, helped, and encouraged the people He met. Every parent can benefit from this practical, biblical talk. |
| 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: | 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: | For You, Dad—Leading Your Homeschool Family | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 45 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting
| Audience:
| Fathers
| Description:
| In most homeschooling families, Mom carries the biggest burden. How can Dad pull a share of the load when he is gone all day earning a living? There are so many other good works dads are asked to do—how can we influence our families as God calls us to do? Come listen to HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly, as he discusses Kingdom priorities in homeschooling and practical ideas to balance the increasing demands on your time and resources. |
| Title: | Homeschooling Demands Ever-Increasing Faith | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45-60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| Mike advances the supposition that effective and successful homeschooling must have ever increasing faith. He will use examples and experiences of our prisoners of war in Korea and emphasize the importance of early preparation of our children for leadership through faith and teaching. He will use the example of George Mueller’s life as a man of outstanding faith and how God responds to men and women with that kind of faith. He will address some of the keys to ever-increasing faith for leaders and then what the leaders and parents do when they start to lose their faith, using the story of Elijah, the Old Testament prophet, to glean answers from God’s Word as to how we can maintain the type of faith that pleases God and causes Him to bless the handiwork of leaders with faith. The message will be encouraging to those of us that have trouble with believing God, with special encouragement to moms and dads who may be wavering as to their leadership in their home with their children, their homeschooling, and perhaps, their support group organization as well. |
| Title: | The Miracle Behind Homeschoolers’ Victory In The Recent California Appellate Court Case | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45-60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Keynote, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, History, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| New Homeschoolers, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| On August 8, 2008, the California Appellate Court in Los Angeles ruled that homeschoolers could operate as private schools in California. This came after an earlier decision in which the same court said that homeschoolers could not operate as private schools in California and had to be certified teachers. This is the greatest court victory in history of homeschooling in California and one of the major homeschooling cases in homeschooling history. Mike Smith shares the behind-the-scenes details that only a few are privy to, which demonstrates the sovereignty of God working many years prior to this decision to bring about the circumstances that would be used as the winning argument in the case. This talk will not only be very informative about what happened in this most important case and how it was won, but will encourage anyone who ever doubts that God is involved intimately in their homeschool program and in the homeschooling situations in California. This is a must for every homeschooler in California to hear and to understand as they will never be the same after they hear this spine-tingling story of victory. |
| Title: | Parental Rights: The Next Great Battle for Homeschoolers | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45-60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Legal, Legislative, Lobbying, Motivational
| Audience:
| All, New Homeschoolers, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| Parental rights and religious freedom have been the two foundations to establish a constitutional right for parents to teach their children at home. The U.S. Supreme Court some years back weakened the free exercise of religion claim as a foundation for homeschooling so that in order for homeschoolers to claim a fundamental right to homeschool, they must be able to combine the free exercise right with the parental rights claim. In other words, both rights have to co-exist. Currently, this is not a problem, but because of the fragile nature of freedom, moral decay, complacency and apathy, homeschooling freedoms are in jeopardy. Additionally, since the parental rights foundational claim is an “implicit” right, not an “explicit” right—meaning parental rights is not specifically spelled out in the Constitution—parental rights as we know it today is teetering and could be in trouble in the future. Mike will explain why parental rights are under attack and provide a solution on how we can maintain the current freedoms we have to teach our children at home. |
| 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: | How do We Measure Success in Homeschooling? | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith
| | Length: | 45-60 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Keynote, Support Group Leaders, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers
| Description:
| Why aren’t your Christian neighbors homeschooling? What is the number one reason that parents do not homeschool? Their lack of confidence to believe that they can actually do the job, or, put another way—fear of failure. Many homeschoolers in the midst of homeschooling are wondering how they will be able to determine whether they are successful or not with their children. Mike will explain in very clear and decisive terms how you can know whether or not you have been successful when you get to the end of your homeschool experience where it says “The End.” One way to answer the question is whether or not our work homeschooling with our children has been in vain. The Bible gives clear and decisive direction in this area which should be very encouraging to all of us, and hopefully give us encouragement in even the most difficult situations. |
| Title: | Juggling on a Tightrope | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual
| Audience:
| Fathers, New Homeschoolers, Parents
| Description:
| Today’s father has precious few waking hours that are spent going in countless directions to address seemingly great causes—not least of which is family. Our children have only one earthly father and our wives but one husband. How can we best invest our most precious resource time? And where should we be investing it for eternal value? How can we properly lead our families and serve God in an increasingly demanding and busy world of sports, music, drama, church, school, support groups, homeschool co-ops, extended family responsibilities, and ministry programs? How do we know when to say yes, and more important, when to say no? Must we choose between competing priorities to be effective stewards? Come hear thoughts on answering these questions from Mike Donnelly as he shares insights gained from his experiences as a father of six and as an army officer, entrepreneur, company executive and attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association. |
| Title: | Singled Out! | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly
| | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop
| Topic:
| Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Political
| Audience:
| Fathers, Mothers
| Description:
| Homeschooling can be challenging even when Mom and Dad are pulling together with a common vision. How is it possible for single parents to manage these demands of providing for, protecting and educating a homeschooling family? Mike Donnelly was raised in a single-parent home and will share his research and thoughts on how hundreds of single moms and even dads are able to keep homeschooling on their own. |
| 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. |
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