Events

  

Whether you are new to homeschooling, a veteran homeschooler, considering taking the plunge, or just looking for practical ideas for your student conventions and virtual events are great places to gain information to help you get the most out of your experience.

  

Throughout the year we host a variety of free virtual events and attend a number of conventions. Check back frequently as we add events often.

  

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Eat to Explore with Rowena Scherer

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Free Virtual Event

Author Rowena Scherer brings a background as varied as the cuisines she teaches. Join us for an insightful conversation about how to teach students about the cultures of the world as they explore multisensory learning opportunities through different cultures' cuisines. We will talk about the things Rowena treasures most—food, family, travel, and education—as we delve into how to teach your children to diversify their palates and learn more about their fellow world citizens.

Why Learning the Art of Beekeeping is Critical to the Planet

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Free Virtual Event

How queenly is the queen bee? Is it true she rules the hive, or does the hive drive her? Spend an hour with us learning the craft and science of beekeeping and why this age-old art is essential to the survival of our planet. Come away with a project to create a native pollinator house.

Gifted & Talented: Exploring the Unique Patterns of Gifted Kids

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Free Virtual Event

Every child is a gift. Every child has gifts. Gifted kids, however, often live in a world where asynchrony meets intensity and need parents with insight to look beyond television character tropes.

Let's talk about recognizing these out-of-the-ordinary kids and the misperceptions of giftedness that get in the way. We'll discuss how to support, curate, and advocate in your homeschool and beyond, as well as how you can find resources and community as their parent.

Bridge Materials – Why They Matter and How You Can Take Advantage of Them

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Free Virtual Event

As you come to the end of a mathematics year, particularly in Pre-Algebra, it can be easy to think you and your student are ready to coast into Algebra 1. Are you really ready?

Join us for a conversation about how important engaging with Math-U-See's bridge materials is and how they will help you set your algebraic student up for success as they change their mathematical thinking for the algebraic world.

Summer Online Summit

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Free Virtual Event

Homeschooling is the hardest job you will ever love, but having the right tools makes it so much better. You’re invited to take a deep dive with us into the Demme Learning products that families love. Join us as we highlight each product, talk to families that have used them, and host a LIVE Q&A for each of our industry-leading programs.

Keeping Your Students Safe Online – Tech Tools and Tips

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Free Virtual Event

In the wildly changing landscape of the Internet, how on earth do we keep personal information private and protect our families from dark online content? There are so many solutions, but how do you know which one is right for your family? How can parents stay ahead of their students to keep them safe without curtailing their freedoms?

Join us for this insightful conversation with Francie Black as she helps us prioritize and navigate keeping our students safe online.

Exploring the World of Unit Studies with Learn + Live Letter

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Free Virtual Event

Blending the joy of the life you are already living with your homeschool journey can be translated into exciting unit study experiences.

Join us for an insightful conversation with Cynthia Holt and Justine LoMonaco, founders of the Learn + Live Letter program. Learn how they have successfully created lessons that blend with your child's natural interests and curiosity with science, geography, history, math, music theory, composer study, and so much more.

SAT Math – It’s Not the Math, It’s the Question That’s Confusing

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Free Virtual Event

Join us to learn Mr. D's secrets of test-taking tips and techniques from his SAT Boot Camp. Focusing on math and the language of the SAT, learn what your students really need to know before taking the math section of the SAT.

What words on the test provide clues to solve the questions, as well as a greater understanding of what formulas you really need to know? Students and parents alike will learn how to unravel the questions so they can solve quickly and easily. These techniques have applications beyond the SAT and will help your student in their college preparatory journey.

Temple Grandin, Author of Visual Thinking

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Free Virtual Event

Join us for this exciting conversation with the author of Visual Thinking, Dr. Temple Grandin, as she outlines how our verbal world tends to sideline those who think visually.

Gain a greater understanding of how we can parent, instruct, educate, and encourage our children as they negotiate the path to adulthood. Packed with insight and understanding, Dr. Grandin gives us greater insight into how to encourage all students to identify and embrace their unique gifts.