Conference Topics

Day 1

The original conference started at 10:00 AM Eastern and ran straight through to 6:00 PM, with short breaks throughout the day.

• How to Be a Good Gardener (Homeschooler)
  • Extra: How to Show Love to Your Husband
• How to Build a Loving Greenhouse (Marriage)
  • Extra: How to Show Love to Your Children
• Gardening Overload (Too Much Information!)
  • Extra: How to See Your Sons & Daughters Grown Up
• Retaining Information (How to Learn)
  • Extra: How to Plant the Word in Your Kids' Hearts
• Kinds of Soil (Why Some Kids Learn Easier Than Others)
  • Extra: Socialization
• Hardening Off Plants (Sheltering vs. Challenges)
  • Extra: Handling Conflict in the Home
• A Nourishing Home
• Starting Seeds (Infants, Babies, and Preschool)
  • Extra: Better Early Than Late
• Precocious Flowering (Kids Who Grow Up Too Fast)
  • Extra: Challenging Children Who Excel
• Frogs, Pests, Thorns, & Heat (Learning Problems)
  • Extra: When Moms Feel Like Quitting
• Special Needs (and Why All Kids Learn Better with These Tips)
  • Extra: How to Develop a Love for Learning
• Pruning (So Children Bear More Fruit)
  • Extra: When Our Kids Aren't Bearing Fruit
• Plants That Know Their Purpose (and Lifelong Goals)
  • Extra: Knowing God's Will for Our Lives
• Tour Our Greenhouse at Homeschooling Torah
  • Extra: Intro to Our Homeschooling Philosophy

Day 2

• A Day in the Life of Homeschooling
  • Extra: Notebooking
• Brain Training
  • Extra: What Words Mean
• Multi-Level Teaching
  • Extra: 3 Tips after Pulling Kids Out of Public School
• Together School
  • Extra: State Requirements & Gaps in Education
• Simple Planning
  • Extra: Homeschooling Is Like Starting a New Job (and the Importance of Habits)
• Record Keeping
  • Extra: Homeschooling for Parents Who Work Full Time
• A Peaceful Home
• How to Teach the Bible
  • Extra: How to Learn the Verse of the Week
• How to Teach History
  • Extra: Testing and Review
• How to Teach Science
  • Extra: Too Many Demands on a Parent's Time
• Notebooking Made Easy
  • Extra: Reducing Expenses in Homeschooling
• How to Teach Language Arts
  • Extra: The Most Important Thing for Kids to Know
• How to Teach Math
  • Extra: How to Use a Hundreds Chart
• How to Teach High School
  • Extra: How to Plan a Lemonade Stand
• How to Celebrate the Biblical Feasts