Beginning Home Education
Jo Anne Bennett
Homeschooling can be the most exciting journey! It does not need to be overwhelming or intimidating. However, parents have legitimate concerns: What are the legal requirements? Where do we get materials? How do we choose curriculum? What about lesson plans or grades? How do I teach everything? Can our children go to college? and, of course, What about socialization? Being armed with the proper information offers confidence to launch your adventure – beginning at Square One. This seminar will answer the most common questions and provide useful handouts to guide new home educators.

Creating a Family Culture
Christa Bartlett
What is “family culture?” Family traditions, routines, and building good memories together. In a time when this generation is seeing a loss of culture and tradition at home, we want to help students understand culture, benefit from its beauty and richness, and help them continue to create their own cultural heritage throughout life. Christa shares how meeting together as a family enriches “family culture,” combines the intellectual and social functions of cultural learning and how you can incorporate it into your homeschool day, one morning at a time.

Creative Writing: Sweet Emotions
Gina Conroy
Practical steps to hook your reader, and why it’s important to engage your reader, giving them an emotional experience they will remember.

Developing Your Why
Christa Bartlett and Renee Vasher
Why do you want to homeschool? Do you have a long-term vision? Christa and Renee take us through defining a mission statement and help us begin to brainstorm our vision and goals. Discover why we need a purpose and how to stop aimlessly going about our day trying to get it all done. Come ready to put pen to paper and let your why change your how.

Dyslexia: Finding Grace in the Unknown
Melissa Hendrickson
Dyslexia can feel overwhelming, but there is hope! By shifting our thinking and refocusing our plans we can help our students thrive even when they process differently. Come and learn tips and tools to help your dyslexic student find their groove.

Encouragement
Dana Wilson

EPIC: What’s the Deal?
Valerie Rose
If you enroll your child in one of these schools, are you still considered a homeschooler? When the government provides what may sound like free gifts, beware, because these FREE gifts often come with strings attached. The hidden sacrifices outweigh these alluring benefits because the price may be higher than you think.

Experience Excellence in Writing
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Come and discover award-winning Excellence in Writing, a method of teaching composition that really works. Using this program, students of all ages will learn to write stories, reports and essays with style. Best of all, parents and students alike find it easy to use and effective in all their writing endeavors. This workshop will give you an overview of the program and show you how you can get started with even the most reluctant writing student so you can give it a try at home.

The Joy of Teaching
Ahava Lilburn
Encouraging new homeschoolers to find their passions and teach them. Not overdoing it with worry but rather allowing their joy to come through the subjects. This not only keeps the children from being overwhelmed, but it keeps mom from being overwhelmed!

Habits: The Mother’s Friend – The Development of Mental and Moral Habits in Children
Pam Guenther
Do you feel your parental toolbox is missing some critical tools? Are you tired of nagging, yelling, bribing, or manipulating to get your children to behave? Or maybe your children have developed habits of obedience, but you wish they were generous and industrious. If you want to equip your children with the lifelong skills of habit and self-management, then this is the course for you. Through her studies, Pam has simplified, modernized, personalized, and applied information from such great educators as Charlotte Mason, Gorham D. Abbott, and H. Clay Trumbull to bring you a gentle and encouraging way to train your children in good habits.

Homeschooling with a Broken Spirit
Dennis Gundersen
Homeschooling Moms have a busy life! The comprehensive, multi-faceted work of it all can become overwhelming. If you, or a mother you know, have ever found yourself depressed, this is the workshop for you. As Don Francisco sang, “It ain’t sin to get the blues”, but it’s not pleasure, either. We want it to end! Dennis has helped many a parent overcome depression and, just as importantly, still find ways to walk faithfully with God during that time of life. Parents (Mothers in particular)

How to Teach Creation and Evolution in the Homeschool School
Jon Bartlett
How do we teach our kids about this controversial topic: God’s creation in a secular, scientific age? Jon will help you understand what the controversy is about, where different groups stand, and how to help your kids make sense of it all.

Making Language Arts Fun
Justine Anderson
Would you like to see your students eagerly embrace language arts? We will show you how to select good books that promote deep conversations about big ideas. We will also help you to make learning more fun by incorporating a variety of media, methods, and projects into your language arts. No prepackaged curriculum necessary! This talk will be geared towards upper elementary through high school, but the principles can be applied to younger students. We will also give bonus tips for those who are teaching in a coop setting.

Math: Why Bother?
Jon  Bartlett
Dig into math! Jon shows that the way you think about math affects the way you teach this amazing subject. He explores the relationship between mathematics and the larger goals of education. Each stage of math relates to the development of the whole child and is a valuable tool that provides the thinking skills your child needs.

Musical Instrument Test Drive: Workshop
Oklahoma Homeschool Bands and Strings
Band or Strings? Take it for a spin first in our instrument workshop. For ages 9 and up.

Phone Photography Like a Pro
Holly Peevyhouse
Life is busy and often times photographic moments are flashing in front of our eyes! Why not learn how to catch those moments like a professional photographer? Believe it or not, the camera in your phone packs a powerful punch. This class will teach you how to adjust lighting, choose focus points, compose great photographs, and more, so that you may capture the most special moments in your family’s life. Professional photographer and photography instructor, Holly Peevyhouse will teach you how she photographs most of her homeschooling life with the camera in her pocket!

Protecting Homeschooling in OK
Paul Rose
Paul provides info on what’s going on in our state that affects homeschoolers – what you need to know!

The Reading to Learn Hebrew Method
Ahava Lilburn
Designed to learn in a natural progression towards teaching children Hebrew and the Torah, the “Reading to Learn Hebrew” method was developed by Ahava Lilburn through her many classes of teaching basic Biblical Hebrew to adults. The method involves substituting the Hebrew in place of the English and allowing the reader to get familiar with the Hebrew as opposed to studying. The base of the method is in the reading of Scriptures. By focusing more on Reading the Scriptures, Hebrew can now be naturally, and easily assimilated. Much the same way lots of folks have learned that “Shalom” means “Peace” – from exposure – not intense study.

Record Keeping
Jo Anne Bennett
There are two “denominations” of home educators: those who grade and those who do not. Regardless of which camp you choose in the beginning, it is essential that you keep accurate records, including grades, during the high school years. These records will be the basis of preparing a transcript and satisfying college or employment requirements. However, this does not need to be an overwhelming task. Keeping a few accurate records will facilitate the process.

  • How to decide grades
  • How to record progress
  • Communicating progress to others
  • Making a transcript
  • What to keep (or not)

Special Needs
Dana Wilson

Starting a New Co-op (Without Reinventing the Wheel)
Staci Woodruff
Have you ever wanted to join a co-op but it was full? Did you finally make it off the waiting list only to find out the co-op is offering Biology but your teen took that last year? Maybe you are looking for a co-op that offers electives but can’t find one in your area. Maybe you should start a new co-op! If you are thinking about starting a new co-op, or want to meet others who are thinking about starting a co-op, this class is for you.

Surviving High School
Dana Wilson

Teaching Oklahoma History
Jo Anne Bennett
State law requires student study Oklahoma history once in elementary and once in high school. Although there are many resources which make these lessons interesting and beneficial, many families do not have a sense of what is important and where to begin this study. However, history is more than a bunch of dull facts about dead people! It is HIS-story: God working His plan for mankind. This study can show students that where they are today is part of that big Plan. Therefore, they realize that there is an appointed purpose for their lives. Handouts include the following:

  • Outline of significant events/time line
  • Interesting field trips/library materials
  • Possible assignments
  • Grading suggestions