This seminar will cover some background of our home education experience, the one guarantee of home education, pitfalls to avoid, and finishing off with some statistics and research information.

Twenty-plus years and 17 kids later, what a veteran homeschool mom would repeat and what she would do differently on this homeschooling journey!

New conference attendees can join us for a fun orientation session about conference vendors and speakers. Discover great tools for getting the most out of the conference. Join us in the Coffee Shoppe to kick off your weekend at the conference.

Discover how new evidence challenges the foundations of evolution, revealing processes once thought to take eons now occurring in hours. Creation instructor, Brian Young will clarify misconceptions about the theory of natural selection and expose the impossibility of evolution from a Biblical perspective. Equip yourself and your children with the knowledge to navigate and discern false information about evolution in all subjects, and marvel at God's profound, super-natural involvement in our lives.

Will homeschooling really prepare your children for life academically, socially, and spiritually? Will they be able to go to college and be competitive in the job market? Will they be able to stand against the world’s culture and be able to stand for Christ? Dara will talk about making life management skills a part of your home life and how to incorporate it into high school credits. She will bring wisdom from Proverbs and show you how to teach your kids to apply it to their lives as she shares with you the journey of her own 5 boys and their successes and failures in the real world.

This seminar will address the biblical role and responsibility of fathers in the education and discipleship of their children. Although home education is often seen as the purview of mothers, there is much that fathers can do to bring together academic instruction and faith formation and even assist their wives in formal or informal instruction. The goal is to encourage fathers to have a lasting and meaningful impact in the home education journey, raising children that become followers of Christ, and strengthening marriage relationships as both parents work together for a common goal.

Parents, we must get our children off the couch, out of the house and outside of themselves. Teaching our children to serve and to become selfless is literally the medicine to improving almost anything, including: sibling unity, respect for family and family relationships, self confidence, selflessness, compassion, empathy, self respect and so much more. Come and listen to master motivator, Monica Irvine, share wonderful ideas that will inspire your family to become selfless while having a blast!! It will be so fun!!

This seminar will address some of the most comment researched-based motivations to home education followed by some of the perceived impediments to home education. Some barriers will be shown not to be the obstacles that they may appear to be, while others, which may be genuine hindrances that emerge during the home education journey and how to overcome them.

God proclaims His great power and wisdom in His creation (Romans 1:20). As we study the laws of science, they proclaim the necessity of a Creator. The study will be a literal, scientific reading of Genesis chapter one “as it is written”. I will go step by step through each day of creation explaining the great things God did on that day. I hope to shed some light on the creation week for His glory and our edification. We will also discover that Genesis is relevant for our lives today. To have a true grasp of science and its interruption, and the events happening today, we must understand the true historical account of Genesis. Your life and eternity depend on it.

Parents, we are imperfect. We are flawed. We don’t always do or say the right thing. We don’t always react to our children like we should. We don’t always make good parenting decisions. So how is this supposed to work? How are our children going to be successful, happy and productive if the people teaching them and raising them often don’t know what to do or how to do it? If you worry that you may have already made too many mistakes and you’re concerned it might be too late, then come and listen to motivational speaker Monica Irvine give you peace and hope. There’s only one person who wants you to feel inadequate, helpless and overwhelmed and it’s not God.

This seminar will cover some basic research on home educating, but will mainly focus on practical tips, drawing information from seminar participants and providing resource for families to use in their continuing growth as home educators. As time allows, I will cover why parents are the perfect teachers for special needs home educators, why home education can help families find the perfect way, and tips for teaching reading to special needs students.

This engaging workshop is designed to spark creativity and keep learning fun! This session will explore innovative strategies for making lessons dynamic and interactive, featuring hands-on sensory activities, practical tips to prevent burnout, and ways to ensure that your teaching remains fresh and exciting. You’ll leave with a toolkit of inspiring ideas to transform your homeschooling journey, making it a joyful experience for both you and your children.

Success is not high scores, perfect children, or a clean house! Success is about obedience. What is it God is calling your family to be about? What are your goals and desires for yourself, your marriage, and your children? Do they line up with God’s word? Dara will share how to be a success in homeschooling your children in spite of shortcomings, feelings of inadequacy, life’s interruptions, and the world’s influence.

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!

God proclaims His great power and wisdom in His creation (Romans 1:20). As we study the laws of science, they proclaim the necessity of a Creator. The study will be a literal, scientific reading of Genesis chapter Two “as it is written”. I will go step by step through each day of creation explaining the great things God did on that day. I hope to shed some light on the creation week for His glory and our edification. We will also discover that Genesis is relevant for our lives today. To have a true grasp of science and its interruption, and the events happening today, we must understand the true historical account of Genesis. Your life and eternity depend on it.

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