Keynote Speaker Jan Bloom THE FOUNDATIONAL FIVE ~
Bible Stories, Fairy Tales, Mother Goose, Aesop’s Fables, and Mythology David and his five smooth stones, Cinderella and her glass slipper, Mary and her lamb, the tortoise and the hare, and Dynamite are only a few examples of how these five collections of tales have influenced our literature, our language, and our lives. Learning the prime stories gathered in these sources equips your students to enjoy a lifetime of reading and getting the most out of the allusions, metaphors, and subtle remarks that were mined from these great classics. SAILING ON LIVING LIGHT Voyaging with Great Books Adventure, excitement, understanding, and delight - welcome to the world of living books, where the fresh breezes of new worlds stir imaginations! Beyond the dull, dry textbooks await REAL books that add life, depth, breadth, and excitement to learning. Discover how to travel through subjects with authors who wrote books that are interesting, informative, well written, and enjoyable -- books that become guides and maps as we journey through life. Jan, a veteran homeschooler and author, will navigate through both nonfiction and fiction, explaining how each fulfills educational, emotional, and spiritual objectives. HELP! I'M FAILING! ~
Hope for the Faint of Heart Jan, a veteran homeschooler, uncovers and discusses many of the misconceptions, unrealistic expectations, and problems that make homeschooling difficult. Her message adresses prevention and positive steps for the new homeschooling mom and hope, help, and healing for the veteran homeschooler.
Is Romance All There Is???? Books for Girls Romance novels sell. Even Christian publishers produce hundreds of new romance titles every year. What exactly is a romance novel? Are they all bad? What else is there to read? What should be read and when should it be read? Join Jan, an avid reader, as she walks through the different age and interest levels of girls, young and old, in order to suggest quality reading that teaches important life lessons and truly prepares young women for whatever God has planned for them..
Gary Bloom THE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO BUILDING BOOKCASES ~
A How-to Workshop With only a few power tools and some lumber you can get those books out of boxes and onto shelves – shelves that you will be able to put together quickly and easily after attending this workshop for moms and dads. Gary, who has built dozens of these bookcases, will demonstrate step by step how to build a functional, practical, inexpensive, and good looking bookcase.
 Dewitt Black ~ HSLDA Attorney for Tennessee
Battle for the Child: The History of Homeschoolers’ Struggle to Be Free Traces the history of religious freedom and parental rights for home educators as recognized through court decisions and legislative battles. Home School Legal Defense Association Legal and Legislative Issues in Tennessee Find out what types of legal problems homeschooling families are encountering in your state and how HSLDA is addressing them. Includes a discussion of state legislation being considered that could affect home educators.
Lisa Baughn Organization for Homeschool Moms ~ We all crave better organizational skills when it comes to being the keeper of our homes. Fabulous tips for getting your home, kitchen, school, grades, activities and life in better order. No, you won't be organized in a day, but you will be challenged and equipped, whether you are a beginner or super organized!!
Building a Better Brain ~ Unlocking the Pathway to Your Child's Learning
Is your child firing on all cylinders? Do you have a child that struggles to learn? Are they diagnosed with dyslexia, ADD or ADHD or any other vegetable soup diagnosis? Have you wondered how you are going to deal with learning challenges and difficulties in your own children as you homeschool and how they will ever learn all they need to know? Have you ever wondered if there are strategies out there to build a better brain? Glean from Lisa's 8 years of homeschooling experience teaching a severly dyslexic child with perceptual motor issues, who did not learn to read fluently until she was 12, as well as a Perfect Paula who could read a newspaper in 1st grade, but could not do algebra. Learning glitches can happen at any time. All parents will be encouraged and take away valuable information on finding new pathways into their child's brain, whether they struggle a little or a lot. Adventures in Homeschooling ~ Fun for Frazzled Homeschool Moms Finding things at home dull and boring? Feel like every school day is the same? Is homeschooling losing its luster and do you feel like a frazzled mama? Educating at home is an adventure! When you are beginning to rip out your hair and feel snowbound no matter what the season, this is the seminar for you. Laugh and cry with Lisa as she takes you on a delightful journey as you get a peek into the wonderful world of creative homeschooling at Chez Baughn in a fun digital presentation. You will leave with a whole new view of how to make education come alive in your home, based on your own lifestyle. Learn how to create lasting memories that will knit your family's hearts together for a lifetime. This is a can't miss seminar that will encourage, equip and inspire you for years to come. Creating a Unique Educational Philosophy Around Your Family~ Torn between Charlotte Mason and Classical, Unit Study and textbook, video learning and traditional, unschooling and more - a family can get lost flitting from one educational philosophy to the next. Each new book that a homeschool mom reads can leave her more confused than the last. The Lord has given each family their own bent, so why adapt someone else's mold and be miserable? Discover creative ways to nail down what is great from each learning style for your, unique family and go on to create your own individualized FAMILY lifestyle of learning. You can do this!
Elizabeth Franklin How to “Spend” Your Time to avoid “Burnout” In the hustle and bustle world of a homeschooling mom, life can become just a race to get everything done and everyone where they need to be on time. It doesn’t take very long for that kind of lifestyle to rob you of your enthusiasm for life and cause you to feel “burned out.” The good news is- it doesn’t have to be that way! It may seem crazy, but ADDING things to your daily routine can actually cause everything else to work more smoothly and bring true joy to living every day. Join us as we look at “burnout” and “tweek” our time to bring excitement and enthusiasm into everything we do everyday.
Dave Baughn Keeping Your Kids Pure Online Wondering how to keep your kids pure online? Terrified that you are not doing all you can do to protect your child? Network security expert Dave Baughn of Blue Mountain I.T. Solutions will share with you the best strategies for keeping your kids safe online. Dave goes beyond what most parents think is appropriate, sharing what is helpful NOW, in the rapidly changing world of technology. Dave will also talk about the most important part of keeping your child safe online, whether or not you have their heart. Dave is very shy - and public speaking is difficult for him so this class is limited!
Inside the Mind of Dad—Homeschool Dads Answer Your Questions! Always had a desire to find out what other homeschooling dads think? We always hear from mom, but what about dad? The grand finale of our Friday night session ends with a candid question and answer session with a panel of real live homeschooling dads. Lob a question at Gary Bloom of Books Bloom, Dave Baughn, Steve Murpy of Homeschooling Today, and more.
Liz & Emily Cottrill
What is a living book? Why are they better than other books? Can my children really learn what they need to know solely from books? How do I use living books to breathe life into my curriculum? If my children read all day, how do I know what they are learning? When do we find time to read?
Liz and Emily Cottrill of Living Books Library will be addressing these and other questions and concerns as well as discussing the library they have built and other unique opportunities for using living books in your home school. Liz and Emily will be sharing how to transition your children from memorizers of facts and worksheet zombies into self-motivated lifelong learners. They will also be discussing ways to encourage apathetic readers to become enthused about books and learning. Come prepared to get excited about great books!
Jim Bob and Amy Howard and Steve and Kara Murphy 
Homeschooling Today magazine Father-Led Home Education: The Path to Freedom for Weary Homeschool Moms ~ With so much pressure to do hyper-planning and to live up to everybody else's expectations, there are few voices out there telling Mom to listen only to her husband's leading. Father-led home education gives Mom the freedom to seek to please only one person, rather than the "experts", the relatives, society, the check-out clerk, the government schools, etc.
Dr. Tim Rice Homeschool Psych:
Preparing Christian Homeschool Students for Psychology 101. If you have never thought about academic psychology, your Christian worldview, and homeschooling in the same thought, Dr. Tim Rice will invite you to consider whether psychology has a place alongside biology, chemistry, and physics in your high school student’s education. Dr. Tim believes that it is dangerous that most Christian homeschool students get their first exposure to modern psychology in college. Christian parents should prepare their children to recognize the worldview assumptions underlying modern psychology and, as we do with the evolutionary assumptions underlying modern biology, be sure our students can approach psychology’s content from a Christian perspective.
TBA Subject to change pending FINAL schedule!
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