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The Homeschool Teaching Summit brings you exclusive, Christ-centered encouragement, parenting help, and life-balance guidance from 25 top speakers—all available anywhere online.
25+ Video Sessions
Community Discussion and Q&A
Exclusive Resource Discounts
This entire event was hosted for free in October 2017. But it’s not too late to participate!
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The Hidden Hard Side of Homeschooling
The seemingly simple things are sometimes the most challenging. Any of this sound familiar?
- Some days I just don’t feel like homeschooling.
- I am struggling to keep my three-year-old occupied while I homeschool my older children.
- I’m behind on everything.
- I don’t know how to focus on God.
- I can’t figure out if my child has a learning challenge or is just being stubborn.
- I’m worried I will fail my kids.
- I feel completely overwhelmed.
- There’s never enough time or money or energy.
- Bad attitudes are a big problem in my homeschooling—and I’m talking about me, not my kids.
- I can’t figure out how to organize my schedule for flexibility and productivity.
- I wish I were more consistent.
- Some days I just don’t feel like homeschooling.
- I am struggling to keep my three-year-old occupied while I homeschool my older children.
- I’m behind on everything.
- I don’t know how to focus on God.
- I can’t figure out if my child has a learning challenge or is just being stubborn.
- I’m worried I will fail my kids.
- I feel completely overwhelmed.
- There’s never enough time or money or energy.
- Bad attitudes are a big problem in my homeschooling—and I’m talking about me, not my kids.
- I can’t figure out how to organize my schedule for flexibility and productivity.
- I wish I were more consistent.
Enter…
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Your Excitement for the Journey
Equip
You with Practical Management Tools
Transform
Your Vision for Christian Education and Discipleship
What It’s Not
It’s Not All About …
- Choosing the perfect curriculum
- Selecting the perfect extra-curricular activities
- Raising the perfect Christian family
- Getting all the things done all the time
What It Is
It IS All About…
- You! (assuming you happen to be a homeschool parent)
- It’s about helping you as a Christian and teacher and parent, all wrapped in one
- It’s about giving you super-practical tools to bring focus, simplicity, and biblical vision to your everyday homeschooling.
How the Summit Works
The entire Homeschool Teaching Summit was hosted as a free event in October 2017, with live launches of video interviews, interactive Q&A and discussions with speakers, and discounts and free resources in the vendor hall.
Each day’s videos were focused on a different topic.
Although the live event is over, you can still access 7 free videos and more! Each session is relaxed, interview-style, and available to watch from anywhere online – which means you feel right at home as you watch… right in your own home!
Are you ready for your best year of Christ-Like Teaching?
What to Do
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Our Speakers
Heidi St. John
Dr. Jeff Myers
Kelly Crawford
Mark Hamby
Ethan Demme
Andrew Pudewa
Janice Price
Donna Krahn
Bridget Mosley
Ruth Tennis
Gina Burmeier
Woody Robertson
Angela O’Dell
Steve Scheibner
Faith Berens
Hal & Melanie Young
Dianne Craft
Hope Deffinbaugh
Grace Deffinbaugh
Rachael Carman
Marcia Washburn
Israel Wayne
Victoria Botkin
Carol Becker
Sonya Shafer
Voddie Bauchum
Davis Carman
Steve Demme
Todd Wilson
Kevin Swanson
Kevin Swanson
Bill Jack
Andrew Pudewa
Deanna Crawford
Debra Bell
Diana Waring
What Makes This Event Unique?
100% Online
No travel costs for you (or speakers!) so you can get FREE access to their wisdom and tools. Plus, make it fit your schedule – you can watch sessions from your laptop at home or from your phone on-the-go.
Laser-Focused
You’ll find help for teaching in your homeschool, whether this is your 1st year or your 20th. You won’t be distracted by a list of activities to add to your plate, or testing musts, or high school transcript how-tos. Instead, we’ll stay on target to equip, refresh, and transform your heart as a homeschooling teacher. (If you need help with any of those practical things, check with your state homeschool organization!)
Christ-Centered
Every speaker and every session that is part of this event is geared to help you love God more – and to help you raise kids who love God. The world is full of stuff that will educate our kids, but we want to educate them AND equip them to know God and serve Him through Christ-centered discipleship and home education.
Why You Should Sign Up
If any of this sounds familiar…
- “I’m overwhelmed.”
- “I don’t know how to balance teaching multiple ages.”
- “I want to disciple my kids but I don’t know how.”
- “I’m headed for burnout.”
…then this is for you. You’ll learn from the personable, down-to-earth video interviews how to balance discipling your children’s character with home education and so much more.
Refresh
Your Excitement for the Journey
Equip
You with Practical Management Tools
Transform
Your Vision for Christian Education and Discipleship
Sessions
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Heidi St. John
EPIC: The Fight for Faith and Family in a New Age
- Why parenting is really a battle between good and evil
- How to engage intentionally in your parenting with the big picture in mind
Heidi St. John has been married to her husband, Jay, since 1989. They have seven children (and a son-in-law) ranging in age from toddler to young adult and have homeschooled their children all the way through high school. A popular author and conference speaker, Heidi brings a refreshing mix of information and inspiration to listeners on the radio, in person and through the written word.
Heidi’s transparency and honesty are like a breath of fresh air in a world where too many speakers seem to have all the answers. Her ability to be real with her listeners and readers allows them to identify with her at a deep level which in turn allows Heidi to gently lead her audience toward the Savior who actually DOES have all the answers.
You’ll laugh, cry and nod your head at Heidi’s insights, her truth-telling and her delightful sense of humor as she brings hope and encouragement to your audience.
View this session for free!
Dr. Jeff Myers
How Jesus Equipped Leaders to Change the World
- How not to pass the baton onto your children
- How Jesus trained his disciples remarkably differently
- On passing the baton effectively yourself!
Dr. Jeff Myers is president of Summit Ministries, a highly respected worldview training program whose tens of thousands of graduates are making a difference in politics, law, academics, medicine, science, and business. In the last 20 years Dr. Myers has become one of America’s most respected authorities on youth leadership development. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson referred to him as a “very gifted and inspirational young leader.” Evangelist Josh McDowell called him “a man who is 100% sold out to preparing the next generation to reflect the character of Christ in the culture.” Through his appearances on Fox News and other media programs, Dr. Myers has become a fresh voice offering humor and insight from a Christian worldview. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and teaches leadership courses through Lumerit and Belhaven University. Jeff and his family live in Colorado.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Kelly Crawford
Is Homeschooling Stressing You Out? A Closer Look at “School” vs. “Education”
- How traditional “schooling” doesn’t work
- Educating your children effectively AND stress free
Kelly and her husband Aaron live in the quiet South, homeschooling their children–9 of whom are still home, and are about to be grandparents for the first time. They have 2 adult children, one married, who live away from home. Kelly blogs at GenerationCedar.com and speaks occasionally at homeschool conferences, seeking to encourage other moms in this great, big task of raising children for the glory of God.
Mark Hamby
How to Instruct the Young in the Way of Wisdom to Avoid the Path of Folly: Grounding our Children in Wisdom
- Wisdom must be at the heart of every story
- Selecting the right literature for your children
- The difference between wisdom and knowledge
If you have ever heard Mark Hamby speak, you know that he loves to tell stories! And if you have ever heard him on the radio or at a conference, you have heard his passion for God and His Word. Interviewed on numerous national programs including Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and Moody Bible Network’s Prime Time America, Mark shares the miracle story of how Lamplighter was birthed and how Lamplighter stories continue to have a redemptive influence around the world. God continues to open great and effectual doors for the spread of His thoughts and ways throughout the earth.
Ethan Demme
Trust Parents: Why Engaged Parents are Essential in Building Lifelong Learners
- Parents are the key to successful education
- The impact of social sciences and child developmental research
- The power of trusting parents
Ethan Demme is the President and CEO of Demme Learning and is passionate about finding the best ways to build lifelong learners. Ethan is an elected member of the board of supervisors in East Lampeter Township and is an active member of his local community. Ethan is a homeschool graduate and holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from Bryan College. Ethan has been married to his lovely wife Anna for over 8 years and they live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where they enjoy running, biking, swimming, canoeing, hiking, and exploring new places
Kevin Swanson
What Does the Bible Say About Teaching?
- God’s book on wisdom and instruction
- The most important consideration in education
- Preparing children for real life
Homeschooled himself in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 43 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations– a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin’s passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 13 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world’s largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 100 countries.
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Bridget Mosley
Huh? Increasing Working Memory So Your Child Can Learn More Easily
- What working memory is and why it’s important
- Integrating working memory exercises into your day
- Finding where memory issues lie
As a child, Bridget felt God calling her to help children like the ones she saw bullied for their learning struggles. Since 1987, she has answered His call as a classroom teacher, special educator, reading clinic director, speaker, consultant, assessor, adjunct professor and product designer. Bridget also draws from her experiences as a homeschooling mom who worked her daughter out of dyslexia.
In 2008, she co-founded the online learning center WowzaBrain.com. Using cognitive-educational games and techniques along with Bridget’s direct coaching assistance, the online clinic equips parents to help their children make rapid, life-changing, academic and cognitive gains. Bridget loves helping parents help their children overcome learning challenges, so their children are equipped to learn and fully realize their God-given gifts.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Andrew Pudewa
Leadership Education: The Seven Keys of Great Teaching
- How the Thomas Jefferson Educational Model works
- Avoiding the conveyor belt approach to homeschooling
- Five key learning environments
Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a father of seven. Traveling and speaking around the world, he addresses issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students skills.
Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of ten, making their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Janice Price and Donna Krahn
What You Need to Know about Teaching and Learning Methods
- The importance of understanding your children
- How to drive effective learning
- Factoring in the teacher’s style
Homeschooling is a way of life for Janice Price: consulting at Rainbow Resource Center since 2003 plus 20 years of homeschooling her own three children (from kindergarten through high school graduation). She has been married to Scott for 38 years; their three children are all university graduates and their six (soon to be seven) grandchildren are now second-generation homeschoolers. As with many homeschooling moms, Janice has worn various related-to-homeschooling hats: coordinator of a new-to-homeschooling support group, consultant for Westbridge Academy (an umbrella school for home educated, gifted students), administrator of Peoria Co-operative Academy (a history-based unit study co-op and support school), and exhibit hall coordinator for her local homeschool convention. Janice has a B.A. from Phillips University and a M.Ed. from Idaho State University and before her wife, mother, and homeschooling career, she worked for almost ten years in student personnel at four different universities.
Donna Krahn has been married to Gary for 35 years; they have three children and one grandson. She has a bachelor’s degree in Christian education and a second bachelor’s degree with a concentration in early childhood education, both from Lincoln Christian University, and has spent over 30 years in education, teaching at a variety of levels and subjects from preschool to high school. Donna’s experiences have included serving as a junior and senior high youth sponsor in her church, tutoring students who needed a little extra help, organizing science fairs and workshops, and judging spelling bees and speech contests for ACSI. Donna joined the Rainbow Resource team in 2003 and now spends her time researching curriculum in order to understand it and better serve the homeschool community.
Ruth Tennis and Gina Burmeier
Effective Teaching & Planning Strategies for Homeschooling Multiple Ages (And What to Do With Toddlers!)
- Management as a framework for your day
- The impact of multiple ages on your curriculum choices
Ruth Tennis began her homeschool career with 5 words: “We’ll give Kindergarten a try.” Sixteen years later, she graduated the last of 4 children. Though varied, her preferred teaching methods include multi-learning style activities, developing inquisitiveness and critical thinking, cross-disciplinary approaches and lots of great literature. Ruth has undergraduate degrees in English and Interpersonal Communication and a Master’s Degree in English from Truman University. In addition to free-lance editing, Ruth has taught college-level English composition and English as a Second Language in China and Illinois. For Ruth, a heart for God and people, effective communication, and a love of learning are crucial home school components. As a curriculum consultant for Rainbow Resource Center, Ruth loves interacting with families on a variety of homeschool needs.
Gina’s homeschooling journey began over 15 years ago. She and her husband Carl have three children, two of whom are now college students. As a mother of three with diverse interests and talents, Gina is familiar with different learning styles and has used a wide variety of curricula. She has been traveling to conventions with her family for over 10 years and thoroughly enjoys meeting and talking with other homeschool families in her capacity with Rainbow Resource.
Woody Robertson
How to Motivate and Launch Teens in the High School Years
- How to plan out a successful high school
- Taking advantage of dual credit opportunities
- How to discern giftings and calling
As a 30 year homeschool veteran, Woody understands the movement and has a passion for the launch of homeschoolers. After experiencing first-hand the benefits of unbundling college and pioneering the methodologies of credit aggregation which he applied to his BSBA in Business Management, Woody co-founded Lumerit Education (formerly CollegePlus) in 2004. He speaks on the topic nationwide and is a recognized education thought leader. He and his wife Gina are growing their family in San Antonio, Texas.
Angela O’Dell
How to Customize a Fitting Education for Today’s Student
- What education really is
- How to make your homeschool serve, fit, and prepare your student for life
- The mutual responsibility of parents and students in education
My name is Angela O’Dell. I’m a Jesus follower, wife to my very best friend, mom to four wonderful children, fellow homeschooler, author and speaker at Master Books (author of the Math Lessons for a Living Education and the America’s Story history series), and owner of Jelly Bean Jar Publications. I have developed and written all of my books based upon the Biblical mandate to shepherd our children’s hearts and the heart-deep model of education. It is my sincere hope and prayer that God uses my work in equipping children to be ready to step into the call He has upon their lives. It is my truest and most fervent prayer that every word I write or speak leads the hearer closer to the heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. My utmost passions are centered around encouraging other moms to live strong lives anchored in the truth of God’s Word, which declares each of them to be precious and unique, capable and worthy of their calling through the power of Jesus Christ.
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Steve & Megan Scheibner
Battling with Behavior
- Encourage teens toward godly character
- Moving your young people from ordinary to extraordinary
Steve Scheibner is a retired Commander of the U.S. Navy, as well as a former Senior Pastor. He and his wife Megan developed a parenting course entitled Parenting Matters; The Nine Practices of The Proactive Parent. They travel extensively, teaching weekend parenting seminars. are instrumental in the lives of young parents. Steve recently adapted and taught his Navy Core Values training to the entire student body and faculty of Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater, FL. He is also the author of several books and studies. Steve currently serves as President of Character Health Corporation; a non-profit conference ministry aimed at equipping parents to train the next generation of character-healthy leaders.
Steve and Megan have been guests on Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson and The Glenn Beck TV program showcasing their Nine Practice of The Proactive Parent. In his spare time, Steve sleeps, watches the Red Sox, and drives his children to sports practice, all while attending weekly meetings of Overachiever’s Anonymous.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Faith Berens
Teaching Struggling Learners At Home: Nuts and Bolts for Success
- Identifying your child’s strengths and weaknesses
- Choosing the best curriculum for struggling learners
- Integrating multi-sensory teaching into your homeschool
Faith Berens holds a master’s degree in reading from Shenandoah University. She has over 15 years of teaching experience in both public and private Christian schools, serving as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery® teacher, reading specialist, and educational therapist. Her areas of expertise are early childhood literacy, reading assessment, and the identification and remediation of reading difficulties. Faith joined the HSLDA team of Special Needs Coordinators in 2008 and homeschools her own children, as well as works as a private educational consultant, evaluator, and tutor. Some of her passions include reading for pleasure, singing, traveling, nature/science, leading Bible studies, and teaching reading to primary age children. Faith lives in Fauquier County, VA with her husband, Matthew, daughter, Hailey, and son Hayden.
Hal and Melanie Young
Ballistic Homeschooling: How to Teach Boys
- Understanding how boys learn differently than girls
- What a boy needs to prepare for manhood
Dianne Craft
Identifying and Correcting Blocked Learning Gates
- Make school more doable by recognizing blocked learning gates
- Be your child’s own learning specialist
- Dealing with dyslexia and auditory and sensory processing problems
Hope Deffinbaugh and Grace Deffinbaugh
When God Expands Your Family: Homeschooling Adopted, Foster, and Other People’s Children
- Blessings, challenges, and legal issues
- Integrating into “normal” life
- Dealing with learning difficulties
Hope and Grace are sisters, two of the Timberdoodle family’s daughters. Having employed their skills in the Timberdoodle homeschool products family business for over 30 years, they have screened and tested hundreds of products and have explained the chosen best to families at homeschooling conventions across the nation. These days they also enjoy applying their life experience as they parent their four young foster children, whom they are team-parenting along with their sister Joy in their childhood home in rural Washington.
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Rachael Carman
Seven Simple Steps to Sanity
- Parenting multiple ages
- Developing a husband/wife team
- Creating a balanced schedule and life
Rachael Carman had it going on – or so she thought. After surviving sixty-three months of pregnancy, countless sleepless nights, and 35,000+ diapers, this one-time control freak encountered God’s grace. And she encourages you to do the same!
In her books How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? and How to Have a HEART for Your Kids, Rachael challenges mothers to surrender their will and draw closer to their heavenly Father. She invites moms to join her in loving God passionately and worshiping him fully while sweeping up Cheerios, doing laundry, and planning dinner. You will be affirmed in your role as a mother as Rachael speaks of her struggles with perfectionism and impatience and shares her challenges, failures, and victories amid the ever-changing seasons of life. Her honesty will surprise you, and her humor will put you at ease.
Rachael is not only a respected author but is also a sought-after speaker. She has been a speaker in over thirty states and seven countries.
She has been married to her husband, Davis, since 1986. They have seven kids with whom they love to laugh. Together, their life has been a roller-coaster ride, with God at the controls. Rachael enjoys playing in the dirt, eating dark chocolate, and walking on the beach. She and Davis are the owners of Apologia Educational Ministries.
You can find Rachael online at www.RachaelCarman.com.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Marcia Washburn
Scheduling Your Priorities
- Discerning God’s specific priorities for you
- Build a framework for decision-making
- Living according to God’s plan for your life
Marcia Washburn and her husband homeschooled their five sons in rural Colorado for nineteen years. Marcia is known for her practical, down-to-earth writing and live presentations, offering strategies, support, and encouragement on family-related topics such as parenting, homeschooling, music, and home caregiving. The author of over a dozen books, Marcia’s articles have appeared in many nationally-recognized magazines, as well.
Israel Wayne
Pitchin’ a Fit: Overcoming Angry and Stressed-Out Homeschooling
- The damaging nature of anger in a home
- Building a peaceful home atmosphere
- Ridding yourself of stress in the homeschool
Victoria Botkin
Teaching Children to Teach Themselves
- The joy of self-learning
- The impact of children who teach themselves
Carol Becker
Teaching High School With Sanity
- Teaching high schoolers and younger siblings
- Threats to a successful homeschool high school
- The importance of faith, hope, and love in teaching
Carol and her husband Jim homeschooled their son in grades 1–12 and their daughter K–12 using a variety of teaching options. The Beckers’ son has a master’s degree in Information Technology and a B.S. in Systems Engineering, and their daughter earned a B.A. with Highest Distinction in French. As a High School Consultant for HSLDA, Carol relishes the opportunity to encourage and equip homeschooling mothers because they are raising the next generation of leaders.
During Carol’s homeschooling years, she established two homeschool co-ops. The first encompassed History, Geography, and Drama and ran for eleven years accommodating students in grades 2–12. With a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, Carol also has a passion for science, which led her to form and direct a science co-op when her son entered the high school years. She successfully guided a group of dedicated mothers and homeschooled scholars through Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Convinced that homeschooled students must develop and hone analytical writing skills, Carol has shepherded two different groups of homeschooled students through a three-year original high school English program consisting of Composition I with Literature, Composition II with American Literature, and British Literature. Carol has tutored writing students from middle school, high school, and community college. She has also taught Algebra 1 & 2 and Geometry.
Sonya Shafer
When More Is Less: A Call to Simplicity in Your Schedule, Your Home, and Your Children’s Education
- Avoiding burnout
- How doing less is more
- The grace-filled approach to schedule-making
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Kevin Swanson
Closing Keynote: Have Your Children Been with Jesus?
- How to disciple your children the way Jesus discipled
- The importance of humility and faith in education
- Why God uses humble followers
Homeschooled himself in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 43 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations– a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin’s passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 13 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world’s largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 100 countries.
Kevin has also served as the Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado for the last nine years. He has also authored several popular books for homeschoolers, including Freedom, Apostate, Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, the Family Bible Study Guide Series, and others.
Kevin Swanson also serves as a teaching elder at Reformation Church of Elizabeth.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Voddie Baucham
Teaching Your Children with Your Grandchildren in Mind
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Why some homeschool graduates are not homeschooling their children
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The right “why” vs. the wrong “why” of homeschooling
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How to teach our children why we homeschool
Voddie Baucham wears many hats. He is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Houston, TX. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary.
Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the relevance of God’s word to everyday life. However, he does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel. Those who hear him preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.
Voddie’s area of emphasis is Cultural Apologetics. Whether teaching on classical apologetic issues like the validity and historicity of the Bible, or the resurrection of Christ; or teaching on biblical manhood/womanhood, marriage and family, he helps ordinary people understand the significance of thinking and living biblically in every area of life.
It is impossible to understand Voddie’s approach to the Bible without first understanding the path he has walked. Raised in a non-Christian, single-parent home, Voddie did not hear the gospel until he was in college. His journey to faith was a very unusual and intellectual one. Consequently, he understands what it means to be a skeptic, and knows what it’s like to try to figure out the Christian life without relying on the traditions of men. As a result, he speaks to ‘outsiders’ in ways few Bible teachers can.
Dr. Baucham holds degrees from Houston Baptist University (BA in Christianity/BA in Sociology), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.), an honorary degree from Southern California Seminary (D.D.), and additional post-graduate study at the University of Oxford, England (Regent’s Park College).
Voddie and his wife, Bridget have been married since 1989. They have nine children: Jasmine, Trey (Voddie, III), Elijah, Asher, Judah, Micah, Safya, Amos, and Simeon. The Bauchams are committed home educators.
On a personal note, Voddie is also an accomplished Martial Artist. He took up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2012 as an avenue of self-defense training, personal fitness, and outreach. However, he began competing and found both a passion and a talent. He has won numerous tournaments and titles, including winning the 2014 Pan American Championship in his division.
Davis Carman
APPLES For The Teacher: How to Support Your Homeschool Wife
- Supporting your wife in her role
- Leading with love in your family
- Balancing work and home
Davis Carman got started on his homeschool adventure with a providential two-by-four on the side of his head. Twenty-one years, seven kids, and five graduates later, he hopes to share some of the lessons he’s learned along the way to help other families enjoy the most successful, satisfying, and Christ-centered home school possible. He is the president of Apologia Educational Ministries, the #1 publisher of Creation-based science and Bible curriculum. He is also an international speaker and advocate for home education, founding board member of Homeschool Now USA, and author of four illustrated children’s books. He blogs at www.DavisCarman.com.
Steve Demme
Teaching the Most Important Curriculum: What Is It, and How to Teach It
- Ingredients for effectively teaching God’s Word to our families
- All about family worship
- Making it practical
Todd Wilson
Every Dad a Homeschooling Dad!
- Why fathers need to train their children
- Trials, triumphs, and tribulations
- Encouragement for the most important job
Todd Wilson, author of Help! I’m Married to a Homeschooling Mom and The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, is a dad, writer, conference speaker, and former pastor. Todd’s humor and gut-honest realness have made him a favorite speaker at homeschool conventions across the country and a guest on Focus on the Family.
His articles have appeared in various magazines. Christianity Today also posts his weekly column (The Familyman Weekly) on their website.
Todd and his wife Debbie, along with their eight children spend several months of the year traveling the country encouraging moms and dads. His humor, realness, and straight talk to men (& women) have become his trademark.
Sessions
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Heidi St. John
EPIC: The Fight for Faith and Family in a New Age
- Why parenting is really a battle between good and evil
- How to engage intentionally in your parenting with the big picture in mind
Heidi St. John has been married to her husband, Jay, since 1989. They have seven children (and a son-in-law) ranging in age from toddler to young adult and have homeschooled their children all the way through high school. A popular author and conference speaker, Heidi brings a refreshing mix of information and inspiration to listeners on the radio, in person and through the written word.
Heidi’s transparency and honesty are like a breath of fresh air in a world where too many speakers seem to have all the answers. Her ability to be real with her listeners and readers allows them to identify with her at a deep level which in turn allows Heidi to gently lead her audience toward the Savior who actually DOES have all the answers.
You’ll laugh, cry and nod your head at Heidi’s insights, her truth-telling and her delightful sense of humor as she brings hope and encouragement to your audience.
View this session for free!
Dr. Jeff Myers
How Jesus Equipped Leaders to Change the World
- How not to pass the baton onto your children
- How Jesus trained his disciples remarkably differently
- On passing the baton effectively yourself!
Dr. Jeff Myers is president of Summit Ministries, a highly respected worldview training program whose tens of thousands of graduates are making a difference in politics, law, academics, medicine, science, and business. In the last 20 years Dr. Myers has become one of America’s most respected authorities on youth leadership development. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson referred to him as a “very gifted and inspirational young leader.” Evangelist Josh McDowell called him “a man who is 100% sold out to preparing the next generation to reflect the character of Christ in the culture.” Through his appearances on Fox News and other media programs, Dr. Myers has become a fresh voice offering humor and insight from a Christian worldview. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and teaches leadership courses through Lumerit and Belhaven University. Jeff and his family live in Colorado.
These sessions available when you upgrade to the All-Access Pass
Kelly Crawford
Is Homeschooling Stressing You Out? A Closer Look at “School” vs. “Education”
- How traditional “schooling” doesn’t work
- Educating your children effectively AND stress free
Kelly and her husband Aaron live in the quiet South, homeschooling their children–9 of whom are still home, and are about to be grandparents for the first time. They have 2 adult children, one married, who live away from home. Kelly blogs at GenerationCedar.com and speaks occasionally at homeschool conferences, seeking to encourage other moms in this great, big task of raising children for the glory of God.
Mark Hamby
How to Instruct the Young in the Way of Wisdom to Avoid the Path of Folly: Grounding our Children in Wisdom
- Wisdom must be at the heart of every story
- Selecting the right literature for your children
- The difference between wisdom and knowledge
If you have ever heard Mark Hamby speak, you know that he loves to tell stories! And if you have ever heard him on the radio or at a conference, you have heard his passion for God and His Word. Interviewed on numerous national programs including Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and Moody Bible Network’s Prime Time America, Mark shares the miracle story of how Lamplighter was birthed and how Lamplighter stories continue to have a redemptive influence around the world. God continues to open great and effectual doors for the spread of His thoughts and ways throughout the earth.
Ethan Demme
Trust Parents: Why Engaged Parents are Essential in Building Lifelong Learners
- Parents are the key to successful education
- The impact of social sciences and child developmental research
- The power of trusting parents
Ethan Demme is the President and CEO of Demme Learning and is passionate about finding the best ways to build lifelong learners. Ethan is an elected member of the board of supervisors in East Lampeter Township and is an active member of his local community. Ethan is a homeschool graduate and holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from Bryan College. Ethan has been married to his lovely wife Anna for over 8 years and they live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where they enjoy running, biking, swimming, canoeing, hiking, and exploring new places
Kevin Swanson
What Does the Bible Say About Teaching?
- God’s book on wisdom and instruction
- The most important consideration in education
- Preparing children for real life
Homeschooled himself in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 43 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations– a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin’s passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 13 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world’s largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 100 countries.
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Bridget Mosley
Huh? Increasing Working Memory So Your Child Can Learn More Easily
- What working memory is and why it’s important
- Integrating working memory exercises into your day
- Finding where memory issues lie
As a child, Bridget felt God calling her to help children like the ones she saw bullied for their learning struggles. Since 1987, she has answered His call as a classroom teacher, special educator, reading clinic director, speaker, consultant, assessor, adjunct professor and product designer. Bridget also draws from her experiences as a homeschooling mom who worked her daughter out of dyslexia.
In 2008, she co-founded the online learning center WowzaBrain.com. Using cognitive-educational games and techniques along with Bridget’s direct coaching assistance, the online clinic equips parents to help their children make rapid, life-changing, academic and cognitive gains. Bridget loves helping parents help their children overcome learning challenges, so their children are equipped to learn and fully realize their God-given gifts.
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Andrew Pudewa
Leadership Education: The Seven Keys of Great Teaching
- How the Thomas Jefferson Educational Model works
- Avoiding the conveyor belt approach to homeschooling
- Five key learning environments
Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a father of seven. Traveling and speaking around the world, he addresses issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students skills.
Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of ten, making their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Janice Price and Donna Krahn
What You Need to Know about Teaching and Learning Methods
- The importance of understanding your children
- How to drive effective learning
- Factoring in the teacher’s style
Homeschooling is a way of life for Janice Price: consulting at Rainbow Resource Center since 2003 plus 20 years of homeschooling her own three children (from kindergarten through high school graduation). She has been married to Scott for 38 years; their three children are all university graduates and their six (soon to be seven) grandchildren are now second-generation homeschoolers. As with many homeschooling moms, Janice has worn various related-to-homeschooling hats: coordinator of a new-to-homeschooling support group, consultant for Westbridge Academy (an umbrella school for home educated, gifted students), administrator of Peoria Co-operative Academy (a history-based unit study co-op and support school), and exhibit hall coordinator for her local homeschool convention. Janice has a B.A. from Phillips University and a M.Ed. from Idaho State University and before her wife, mother, and homeschooling career, she worked for almost ten years in student personnel at four different universities.
Donna Krahn has been married to Gary for 35 years; they have three children and one grandson. She has a bachelor’s degree in Christian education and a second bachelor’s degree with a concentration in early childhood education, both from Lincoln Christian University, and has spent over 30 years in education, teaching at a variety of levels and subjects from preschool to high school. Donna’s experiences have included serving as a junior and senior high youth sponsor in her church, tutoring students who needed a little extra help, organizing science fairs and workshops, and judging spelling bees and speech contests for ACSI. Donna joined the Rainbow Resource team in 2003 and now spends her time researching curriculum in order to understand it and better serve the homeschool community.
Ruth Tennis and Gina Burmeier
Effective Teaching & Planning Strategies for Homeschooling Multiple Ages (And What to Do With Toddlers!)
- Management as a framework for your day
- The impact of multiple ages on your curriculum choices
Ruth Tennis began her homeschool career with 5 words: “We’ll give Kindergarten a try.” Sixteen years later, she graduated the last of 4 children. Though varied, her preferred teaching methods include multi-learning style activities, developing inquisitiveness and critical thinking, cross-disciplinary approaches and lots of great literature. Ruth has undergraduate degrees in English and Interpersonal Communication and a Master’s Degree in English from Truman University. In addition to free-lance editing, Ruth has taught college-level English composition and English as a Second Language in China and Illinois. For Ruth, a heart for God and people, effective communication, and a love of learning are crucial home school components. As a curriculum consultant for Rainbow Resource Center, Ruth loves interacting with families on a variety of homeschool needs.
Gina’s homeschooling journey began over 15 years ago. She and her husband Carl have three children, two of whom are now college students. As a mother of three with diverse interests and talents, Gina is familiar with different learning styles and has used a wide variety of curricula. She has been traveling to conventions with her family for over 10 years and thoroughly enjoys meeting and talking with other homeschool families in her capacity with Rainbow Resource.
Woody Robertson
How to Motivate and Launch Teens in the High School Years
- How to plan out a successful high school
- Taking advantage of dual credit opportunities
- How to discern giftings and calling
As a 30 year homeschool veteran, Woody understands the movement and has a passion for the launch of homeschoolers. After experiencing first-hand the benefits of unbundling college and pioneering the methodologies of credit aggregation which he applied to his BSBA in Business Management, Woody co-founded Lumerit Education (formerly CollegePlus) in 2004. He speaks on the topic nationwide and is a recognized education thought leader. He and his wife Gina are growing their family in San Antonio, Texas.
Angela O’Dell
How to Customize a Fitting Education for Today’s Student
- What education really is
- How to make your homeschool serve, fit, and prepare your student for life
- The mutual responsibility of parents and students in education
My name is Angela O’Dell. I’m a Jesus follower, wife to my very best friend, mom to four wonderful children, fellow homeschooler, author and speaker at Master Books (author of the Math Lessons for a Living Education and the America’s Story history series), and owner of Jelly Bean Jar Publications. I have developed and written all of my books based upon the Biblical mandate to shepherd our children’s hearts and the heart-deep model of education. It is my sincere hope and prayer that God uses my work in equipping children to be ready to step into the call He has upon their lives. It is my truest and most fervent prayer that every word I write or speak leads the hearer closer to the heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. My utmost passions are centered around encouraging other moms to live strong lives anchored in the truth of God’s Word, which declares each of them to be precious and unique, capable and worthy of their calling through the power of Jesus Christ.
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Steve & Megan Scheibner
Battling with Behavior
- Encourage teens toward godly character
- Moving your young people from ordinary to extraordinary
Steve Scheibner is a retired Commander of the U.S. Navy, as well as a former Senior Pastor. He and his wife Megan developed a parenting course entitled Parenting Matters; The Nine Practices of The Proactive Parent. They travel extensively, teaching weekend parenting seminars. are instrumental in the lives of young parents. Steve recently adapted and taught his Navy Core Values training to the entire student body and faculty of Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater, FL. He is also the author of several books and studies. Steve currently serves as President of Character Health Corporation; a non-profit conference ministry aimed at equipping parents to train the next generation of character-healthy leaders.
Steve and Megan have been guests on Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson and The Glenn Beck TV program showcasing their Nine Practice of The Proactive Parent. In his spare time, Steve sleeps, watches the Red Sox, and drives his children to sports practice, all while attending weekly meetings of Overachiever’s Anonymous.
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Faith Berens
Teaching Struggling Learners At Home: Nuts and Bolts for Success
- Identifying your child’s strengths and weaknesses
- Choosing the best curriculum for struggling learners
- Integrating multi-sensory teaching into your homeschool
Faith Berens holds a master’s degree in reading from Shenandoah University. She has over 15 years of teaching experience in both public and private Christian schools, serving as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery® teacher, reading specialist, and educational therapist. Her areas of expertise are early childhood literacy, reading assessment, and the identification and remediation of reading difficulties. Faith joined the HSLDA team of Special Needs Coordinators in 2008 and homeschools her own children, as well as works as a private educational consultant, evaluator, and tutor. Some of her passions include reading for pleasure, singing, traveling, nature/science, leading Bible studies, and teaching reading to primary age children. Faith lives in Fauquier County, VA with her husband, Matthew, daughter, Hailey, and son Hayden.
Hal and Melanie Young
Ballistic Homeschooling: How to Teach Boys
- Understanding how boys learn differently than girls
- What a boy needs to prepare for manhood
Dianne Craft
Identifying and Correcting Blocked Learning Gates
- Make school more doable by recognizing blocked learning gates
- Be your child’s own learning specialist
- Dealing with dyslexia and auditory and sensory processing problems
Hope Deffinbaugh and Grace Deffinbaugh
When God Expands Your Family: Homeschooling Adopted, Foster, and Other People’s Children
- Blessings, challenges, and legal issues
- Integrating into “normal” life
- Dealing with learning difficulties
Hope and Grace are sisters, two of the Timberdoodle family’s daughters. Having employed their skills in the Timberdoodle homeschool products family business for over 30 years, they have screened and tested hundreds of products and have explained the chosen best to families at homeschooling conventions across the nation. These days they also enjoy applying their life experience as they parent their four young foster children, whom they are team-parenting along with their sister Joy in their childhood home in rural Washington.
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Rachael Carman
Seven Simple Steps to Sanity
- Parenting multiple ages
- Developing a husband/wife team
- Creating a balanced schedule and life
Rachael Carman had it going on – or so she thought. After surviving sixty-three months of pregnancy, countless sleepless nights, and 35,000+ diapers, this one-time control freak encountered God’s grace. And she encourages you to do the same!
In her books How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? and How to Have a HEART for Your Kids, Rachael challenges mothers to surrender their will and draw closer to their heavenly Father. She invites moms to join her in loving God passionately and worshiping him fully while sweeping up Cheerios, doing laundry, and planning dinner. You will be affirmed in your role as a mother as Rachael speaks of her struggles with perfectionism and impatience and shares her challenges, failures, and victories amid the ever-changing seasons of life. Her honesty will surprise you, and her humor will put you at ease.
Rachael is not only a respected author but is also a sought-after speaker. She has been a speaker in over thirty states and seven countries.
She has been married to her husband, Davis, since 1986. They have seven kids with whom they love to laugh. Together, their life has been a roller-coaster ride, with God at the controls. Rachael enjoys playing in the dirt, eating dark chocolate, and walking on the beach. She and Davis are the owners of Apologia Educational Ministries.
You can find Rachael online at www.RachaelCarman.com.
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Marcia Washburn
Scheduling Your Priorities
- Discerning God’s specific priorities for you
- Build a framework for decision-making
- Living according to God’s plan for your life
Marcia Washburn and her husband homeschooled their five sons in rural Colorado for nineteen years. Marcia is known for her practical, down-to-earth writing and live presentations, offering strategies, support, and encouragement on family-related topics such as parenting, homeschooling, music, and home caregiving. The author of over a dozen books, Marcia’s articles have appeared in many nationally-recognized magazines, as well.
Israel Wayne
Pitchin’ a Fit: Overcoming Angry and Stressed-Out Homeschooling
- The damaging nature of anger in a home
- Building a peaceful home atmosphere
- Ridding yourself of stress in the homeschool
Victoria Botkin
Teaching Children to Teach Themselves
- The joy of self-learning
- The impact of children who teach themselves
Carol Becker
Teaching High School With Sanity
- Teaching high schoolers and younger siblings
- Threats to a successful homeschool high school
- The importance of faith, hope, and love in teaching
Carol and her husband Jim homeschooled their son in grades 1–12 and their daughter K–12 using a variety of teaching options. The Beckers’ son has a master’s degree in Information Technology and a B.S. in Systems Engineering, and their daughter earned a B.A. with Highest Distinction in French. As a High School Consultant for HSLDA, Carol relishes the opportunity to encourage and equip homeschooling mothers because they are raising the next generation of leaders.
During Carol’s homeschooling years, she established two homeschool co-ops. The first encompassed History, Geography, and Drama and ran for eleven years accommodating students in grades 2–12. With a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, Carol also has a passion for science, which led her to form and direct a science co-op when her son entered the high school years. She successfully guided a group of dedicated mothers and homeschooled scholars through Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Convinced that homeschooled students must develop and hone analytical writing skills, Carol has shepherded two different groups of homeschooled students through a three-year original high school English program consisting of Composition I with Literature, Composition II with American Literature, and British Literature. Carol has tutored writing students from middle school, high school, and community college. She has also taught Algebra 1 & 2 and Geometry.
Sonya Shafer
When More Is Less: A Call to Simplicity in Your Schedule, Your Home, and Your Children’s Education
- Avoiding burnout
- How doing less is more
- The grace-filled approach to schedule-making
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Kevin Swanson
Closing Keynote: Have Your Children Been with Jesus?
- How to disciple your children the way Jesus discipled
- The importance of humility and faith in education
- Why God uses humble followers
Homeschooled himself in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 43 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations– a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin’s passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 13 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world’s largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 100 countries.
Kevin has also served as the Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado for the last nine years. He has also authored several popular books for homeschoolers, including Freedom, Apostate, Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, the Family Bible Study Guide Series, and others.
Kevin Swanson also serves as a teaching elder at Reformation Church of Elizabeth.
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Voddie Baucham
Teaching Your Children with Your Grandchildren in Mind
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Why some homeschool graduates are not homeschooling their children
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The right “why” vs. the wrong “why” of homeschooling
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How to teach our children why we homeschool
Voddie Baucham wears many hats. He is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Houston, TX. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary.
Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the relevance of God’s word to everyday life. However, he does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel. Those who hear him preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.
Voddie’s area of emphasis is Cultural Apologetics. Whether teaching on classical apologetic issues like the validity and historicity of the Bible, or the resurrection of Christ; or teaching on biblical manhood/womanhood, marriage and family, he helps ordinary people understand the significance of thinking and living biblically in every area of life.
It is impossible to understand Voddie’s approach to the Bible without first understanding the path he has walked. Raised in a non-Christian, single-parent home, Voddie did not hear the gospel until he was in college. His journey to faith was a very unusual and intellectual one. Consequently, he understands what it means to be a skeptic, and knows what it’s like to try to figure out the Christian life without relying on the traditions of men. As a result, he speaks to ‘outsiders’ in ways few Bible teachers can.
Dr. Baucham holds degrees from Houston Baptist University (BA in Christianity/BA in Sociology), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.), an honorary degree from Southern California Seminary (D.D.), and additional post-graduate study at the University of Oxford, England (Regent’s Park College).
Voddie and his wife, Bridget have been married since 1989. They have nine children: Jasmine, Trey (Voddie, III), Elijah, Asher, Judah, Micah, Safya, Amos, and Simeon. The Bauchams are committed home educators.
On a personal note, Voddie is also an accomplished Martial Artist. He took up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2012 as an avenue of self-defense training, personal fitness, and outreach. However, he began competing and found both a passion and a talent. He has won numerous tournaments and titles, including winning the 2014 Pan American Championship in his division.
Davis Carman
APPLES For The Teacher: How to Support Your Homeschool Wife
- Supporting your wife in her role
- Leading with love in your family
- Balancing work and home
Davis Carman got started on his homeschool adventure with a providential two-by-four on the side of his head. Twenty-one years, seven kids, and five graduates later, he hopes to share some of the lessons he’s learned along the way to help other families enjoy the most successful, satisfying, and Christ-centered home school possible. He is the president of Apologia Educational Ministries, the #1 publisher of Creation-based science and Bible curriculum. He is also an international speaker and advocate for home education, founding board member of Homeschool Now USA, and author of four illustrated children’s books. He blogs at www.DavisCarman.com.
Steve Demme
Teaching the Most Important Curriculum: What Is It, and How to Teach It
- Ingredients for effectively teaching God’s Word to our families
- All about family worship
- Making it practical
Todd Wilson
Every Dad a Homeschooling Dad!
- Why fathers need to train their children
- Trials, triumphs, and tribulations
- Encouragement for the most important job
Todd Wilson, author of Help! I’m Married to a Homeschooling Mom and The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, is a dad, writer, conference speaker, and former pastor. Todd’s humor and gut-honest realness have made him a favorite speaker at homeschool conventions across the country and a guest on Focus on the Family.
His articles have appeared in various magazines. Christianity Today also posts his weekly column (The Familyman Weekly) on their website.
Todd and his wife Debbie, along with their eight children spend several months of the year traveling the country encouraging moms and dads. His humor, realness, and straight talk to men (& women) have become his trademark.
Wait… Really?
Can it really be this awesome AND free?
Absolutely! Homeschool Summits (learn more about us here) hosts these events – and the events are both top-notch (if we do say so ourselves) and 100% free during the live launch dates. Our goal is to bring thousands of families around the world the resources they need to homeschool with confidence and pass on the faith to their children. And, praise God, we’re grateful to be accomplishing that goal!
Here’s what a few real life parents have to say about it:
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Even More Questions?
Step 1: Register for free.
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Step 3: Click the links in your email to watch your free video sessions!
Just open up the link from your email, select a session to watch, and click play to stream onto your device. Super simple! Each video is about 45 minutes long, and you can watch from your computer, smart TV, or mobile device.
Yep, for sure! The vendor hall, discounts, and videos listed for free on this page are all just that – no cost to you and no strings attached. (You can opt to register for an All-Access Pass to get even more exclusive video content, but that’s up to you.)
Nope! No social media account is required to view the video sessions. The live keynote was broadcast on Facebook, but it’s also on our website, and all other video sessions are right here too.
We encourage you to connect with us via Facebook to participate in some great discussion and Q&A, but it’s not required.
They are the ministries behind Homeschool Summits. Based in Colorado, both organizations exist to help parents raise their children to love and serve God. CHEC is a state organization that fights for homeschool liberty and helps parents get started homeschooling and stay the journey. (Learn more here.) Generations is a national organization that offers a daily radio program, family events, curriculum, and more. (Learn more here.) Together, they are working to bring Homeschool Summits to your home.
Sure! If you’d like to market this event through your own online platform and receive 50% earnings, learn more here.
Short answer = nope! We ARE pulling together a fantastic lineup of speakers and even shopping options, but it won’t replace attending your local homeschool conference. We highly recommend checking with your state organization (find a list here) for more information about their conferences. As awesome as this summit will be, we still believe that the in-person networking of a local conference is invaluable!
If you decide to upgrade your free event registration to an All-Access pass (learn more after registering for the free event), you will be eligible to receive continuing education credit.
About the Hosts
Hi! We’re Daniel and Megan Craig…
… and we’re incredibly passionate about home education, discipleship, and the church. Both of us were homeschooled growing up, and now we have a great burden to build on all our parents taught us. We’ve been married for just over two years and just welcomed the sweetest baby in the world to our family, so we are in the throes of learning what it means to raise a family to the glory of God.
A little about us: Daniel operates an accounting firm and is also the founder of LifeLaunch, a ministry with the mission of launching the next generation through powerful mentoring relationships and real-life integration. Megan loves everything about running a home, and she’s also an integral part of the family business. And she’s loving motherhood even more than she thought she would!
As you might know, CHEC and Generations are the organizations behind Homeschool Summits, and both of us have been a part of their ministries for many years. Now, it’s such a privilege to serve with Homeschool Summits as we purpose to bring Christian families the resources and encouragement they need to homeschool with confidence and pass on the faith to their children.
We’re honored to be your hosts for the Homeschool Teaching Summit, and we can’t wait to begin!
