Overwhelmed by all the homeschool curriculums available? Brief descriptions of basic facts and features of a number of textbook-based curriculums including A Beka, ACE, Alpha Omega, Bob Jones, Christian Liberty Press, Mystery of History, Pandia Press, Power Basics, Singapore, and Story of the World will be presented to help you decide which components might work well for your family. A purchased textbook curriculum can serve as a core for one or more subject areas and serve as a springboard in a rich and varied homeschool program.

Overview of topics that are part of a comprehensive language arts program including phonics, spelling, vocabulary, reading, grammar, written composition, speaking, listening, handwriting and keyboarding. A few resources will be highlighted for each area with suggestions for who would benefit most from each resource, and a chart correlating many of these resources.

This seminar will help you incorporate games into your teaching plan and enhance your child’s learning. By using games as a learning tool, your child will engage in a fun and interactive way that will develop knowledge in math, logic, language skills, science, English, and geography.

Learn how a semester school can complement a homeschooling program. Semester schools provide students with unique educational settings where they earn academic credit while immersed in a themed program. Themes include environmental stewardship, visual arts, ethics, outdoor activities, and marine ecology. Examples will be drawn from 11 schools including Conserve School in northern Wisconsin.

Education can and should be enjoyable . . . for both students and teachers. In this workshop you’ll learn from a 21-year homeschool veteran how the award-winning Sonlight Curriculum inspires the love to learn, builds family bonds, equips students to thing, and shares a strong missions focus. See how Sonlight’s comprehensive packages are flexible enough to teach one student or a houseful with the best books and complete lesson plans. Your kids will love to learn, and you will love to teach - guaranteed!

Hands-on demonstration showing parents how to teach total Bible by drawing one page for each Bible book.

Information to help you choose. Math curriculums include Bob Jones, Key-To series, Mathletics, Math-U-See, Right Start Math, Saxon, Singapore Math, Teaching Textbooks, and Thinkwell. Science curriculums include creation-based, evolutionary, and origins neutral programs including Alpha Omega, Apologia, Bob Jones, Christian Kids Explore, Considering God’s Creation, Great Science Adventures, Janice Van Cleave, Power Basics, Pandia Press R.E.A.L. Science, Real Science 4 Kids, Singapore science, and TOPS.