Session 1 Thursday 3:00-4:00 p.m. (free session)
G Child Training in the Homeschool—99% of the Job, Kevin Swanson (Room A)
G Educational Authority: Where Should It Reside? Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Pavillion)
M "Jump-Start" to Joyful Motherhood, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
G I'm Teaching, but My Child Isn't Learning, Dari Mullins (South Main 2)
P Homeschooling High School, Debbie Mason (South Main 3)
B Give Me One Good Reason to Homeschool, Davis Carman (Room B-D)
Y Elementary Foundations for a Lifetime of Learning, Karen Stobaugh (Room E-G)
G Nature Journaling, Picture Study and More Fun Art Stuff, Misty Spinelli (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 2 Thursday 4:30-5:30 p.m.
G Homeschooling—Capturing the Vision! Kevin Swanson (Room A)
T Heroes among Us: How Men and Women of Faith Changed the Times in Which They Lived, Ned Ryun (Pavillion)
G Parents: Igniting the Fires of Your Mind, Betsy Ray (South Main 1)
G What Everyone Ought to Know about Timelines, Cindy Wiggers (South Main 2)
P Preparing for College, Debbie Mason (South Main 3)
B Getting Started and the NC Homeschool Law, Charles Nettles (Room B-D)
Y, O, L Teaching Your Child to Read, Kay Bindrim (Room E-G)
G Ten Deadly Myths about Homeschooling Math! Steve Clark (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 3 Thursday, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
G Research into a New Decade: Homeschool Research Past, Present and Future, Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Room A)
G Equipping Our Children to Be Self-Motivated Christian Thinkers, David Hazell (Pavillion)
M Organizing Your Home—Creating a Lifestyle Learning Environment, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
G Homeschooling: Back to the Future, Jim Stobaugh (South Main 2)
P The SAT Essay, Sandra Selling (South Main 3)
B Exploring Your Homeschool Options, Amelia Harper (Room B-D)
Y, O The Five Miscalculations in Math, Wendy Braswell (Room E-G)
G Beginning Lapbooking, Jen Duncan (Gaines Ballroom)
Thursday Keynote 7:30-9:00 p.m.
G Observations on Homeschooling from a Homeschooler Who Now Has Kids of His Own, Ned Ryun (Room A)
Friday Keynote 9:00-10:30 a.m.
G Why Homeschooling Will Change the World, Kevin Swanson (Room A)
Session 4 Friday 11:00 a.m.-noon
G Clarifying Your Metaphysics, Epistemology and Axiology, Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Room A)
T God Made Government, Family and the Church: The Three Spheres and Their Proper Roles, Ned Ryun (Pavillion)
M Getting Kids to Help at Home, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
G How to Have S.U.C.C.E.S.S. in Your Homeschool, Dari Mullins (South Main 2)
P Parenting the Homeschooled Teen, Debbie Mason (South Main 3)
B So Much Curricula, so Little Time, Marji McIlvaine (Room B-D)
Y Homeschooled from the Beginning—What to Do when Your Children Are Young, Melanie Young (Room E-G)
L When the Going Gets Rough, Karen Stobaugh (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 5 Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m.
G, T Mystery and Intrigue with Sherlock Holmes, Jim Weiss (Room A)
G Homeschool: “School” at Home or Family Discipleship? David Hazell (Pavillion)
M Fruitful Preparation, Betsy Ray (South Main 1)
G Technology: Keep It a Tool and Not a Tyrant, Dari Mullins (South Main 2)
T, P Considering Law as a Career, Justice Paul M. Newby (South Main 3)
G Charlotte Mason and Her Methods, Sonya Shafer (Room B-D)
G How to Write This and That, Bonita Lillie (Room E-G)
Y, O How to Correct Children with an Eye on the Heart, Cindy Randolph (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 6 Friday 2:00-3:00 p.m.
G Nurture and Admonition¾Not Pain and Provocation, Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Room A)
T How Our Country Was Founded on Just Principles: Why America Is the Nation It Is Today, Ned Ryun (Pavillion)
M Organized (Well, Almost!)—Time Management for Busy Moms, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
G What's Your Style? Kay Bindrim (South Main 2)
O, P Middle School to High School to College: How to Help Your Student Make a Seamless Transition, Mari Fitz-Wynn (South Main 3)
B Me? Homeschool? Rachael Carman (Room B-D)
Y Teaching Your Child to Love Reading, Amelia Harper (Room E-G)
G History, for All My Kids? Misty Spinelli (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 7 Friday 3:30-4:30 p.m.
G Academic and Elite Angst over Home Education: Attacking Homeschooling without Basis, Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Room A)
T A Vision for Your Life—Capturing the Greatest Vision of All, Kevin Swanson (Pavillion)
M Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Betsy Ray (South Main 1)
D Prophet, Priest, Protector, Provider, J. Mark Fox (South Main 2)
G, T Homeschooling Families Impacting Public Policy, Justice Paul M. Newby (South Main 3)
G Reality Homeschooling, Bonita Lillie (Room B-D)
Y The Early Years: Homeschooling Your Preschooler, Sonya Shafer (Room E-G)
G Testing—A Giant in the Land, or a Goliath? Marji McIlvaine (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 8 Friday 4:50-5:50 p.m.
P The Successful Homeschool High School, Kevin Swanson (Room A)
T Mars Hill Christianity: Using Secular Terms to Communicate Biblical Truths, Ned Ryun (Pavillion)
G Hard Times Homeschooling, Hal and Melanie Young (South Main 1)
D Two Roosters in the Same House, J. Mark Fox (South Main 2)
G Teaching More than One, Ronda Marshall (South Main 3)
G Classical Teaching, but Is It? Jim Stobaugh (Room B-D)
G History: It's Stranger than Fiction, Regan L. Barr (Room E-G)
G Seven Secrets to Help Kids Think for Themselves, Cindy Wiggers (Gaines Ballroom)
Saturday Keynote 9:00-10:30 a.m.
G Home Educated and Now Adults: Were the Criticisms True or False? Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Room A)
Session 9 Saturday 11:00 a.m.-noon
D The Heart of Fatherhood, Kevin Swanson (Room A)
T A Dozen Life Lessons: What I've Learned along the Way, Ned Ryun (Pavillion)
G A Mom's Sentimental Journey, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
M How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids, Rachael Carman (South Main 2)
T, P Unprepared for College: Life beyond the Transcript, Amy E. Barr (South Main 3)
B Still Undecided? Mike and Ronda Marshall (Room B-D)
G Character Counts: Polishing the Pearls among Pandemonium and “Perfection,” Jennifer Schmidt (Room E-G)
G Families Love Travel on the Cheap, Michele Zavatsky (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 10 Saturday 12:30-1:30 p.m.
G, T King Arthur and Other Classical Leaders, Jim Weiss (Room A)
G Teaching World View, Jim Stobaugh (Pavillion)
G What I've Learned in Twenty Years, J. Mark Fox (South Main 1)
G Raising Real Men, Hal and Melanie Young (South Main 2)
T, P Apprenticeship before (and as a Possible Alternative to) College, Ken Auer (South Main 3)
G Why and How to Teach a Foreign Language, Joann Nabb (Room B-D)
G So You Don't Have a Super-Star Student, Amanda Garner (Room E-G)
G Writing, from Groans to Delight, Sandra Selling (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 11 Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m.
G When a Free Lunch Isn't Free: Public School Homeschool Programs, Brian D. Ray, Ph.D (Pavillion)
G Multi-level Teaching, Vicki Bentley (South Main 1)
M Mary Homeschooling in a Martha World, Ronda Marshall (South Main 2)
P Homeschool Sports: How to Get Started, Ernie Hodges (South Main 3)
P, T Taking Advantage of a Gap Year, Joann Nabb (Room B-D)
G The Power of Purposeful Traditions: Once a Month Memory Moments. Jennifer Schmidt (Room E-G)
G Not Second Class: Single Parents and Homeschooling, Delnora Williams (Gaines Ballroom)
G Of general interest to all parents
T Of special interest to teens
B For beginners and inquirers
L For parents of children with learning disabilities
Y For parents of young children preschool to early elementary
O For parents of older elementary age (may include middle school)
P For parents of teens (and possibly teens)
D For dads
M For moms