Sessions – VaHomeschoolers

Conference Session Schedule

Friday, March 22, 2019

Session 1: 1-2 p.m.

F1.1 Free to Believe (or Not) by Joy Hakim: An Interactive Workshop

F1.2 Encouraging Independent Learning

F1.3 Navigating the 2e Homeschooling Journey

F1.4 They Don’t Have to Like It, But They Need to Be Good at It

F1.5 Beginning Homeschooling (Free)

F1.6 Without a Timeline: Strategies to Nurture a Love of History in Littles to Bigs

F1.7 How to Be Your High School Student’s Guidance Counselor

Session 2: 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Featured Presentation—“Creativity Is a Practice

Session 3: 4:15-5:15 p.m.

F3.1 Write With Joy

F3.2 Creativity Workshop

F3.3 Relationships First!

F3.4 One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Understanding the Various Nuances of Online Education

F3.5 You Can Be a Great Math Teacher

F3.6 Research-Based Strategies for Best Learning Outcomes

F3.7 Mapping Out Your Elementary-Aged Child’s Spanish Language Journey

Family Programming

Visit, Learn, and Earn, 1-2:30 p.m.

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Fun With Literature, 4:15–5:15 p.m.

Open only to paid registrants.

Talent Show, 7–8:30 p.m.

Project Exhibit, 7–8:30 p.m.

Ice Cream Social, 8:30–9:30 p.m.

Shopping

Exhibit Hall, 1–7 p.m

Used Resource Sale, 2–7 p.m.

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Session 1: 9-10 a.m.

S1.1 Preparing for the SAT Math Sections

S1.2 Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten: What It Is and How to Do It

S1.3 How to Host (and Visit) Foreign Students

S1.4 Beginning Homeschooling, Part 1: Navigating Paperwork and Legalities

S1.5 Building Your Chemistry Curriculum from Grade 2 Through Middle School

S1.6 From Visual to Verbal

S1.7 Math Strategies for the Learning Challenged

Session 2: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Keynote Address—“Preparing Our Children for a Future We Can’t Predict”

Why a Classical Education—Focused on History, Science, and Language Arts—Is Still the Best Route We Know (Subtitle: Beware of Gimmickry in New Clothes)

Session 3: 1:15-2:15 p.m.

S3.1 “The Story of Science” by Joy Hakim: How to Use it in Your Classroom

S3.2 Engaging Teen Homeschoolers

S3.3 Learning Accommodations

S3.4 Critical Thinking Through Chess

S3.5 Service Learning for Middle Schoolers

S3.6 Spend Time With Frederick Douglass

S3.7 Mapping Out Your Teen’s Spanish Language Journey for Middle and High School Years

Session 4: 3:15-4:15 p.m.

S4.1 “A History of US” by Joy Hakim: An Interactive Discussion

S4.2 Writerly Writing: A Writer’s Approach

S4.3 Secret Strategies for Successful Spelling

S4.4 Teaching Math to Gifted and 2e Kids

S4.5 Building a Homeschool Community

S4.6 Dual Enrollment

S4.7 Middle School Mania: How We’re Transitioning to Homeschool Middle School

Session 5: 4:45-5:45 p.m.

S5.1 Flipped Classrooms, Homeschool Style

S5.2 Beginning Homeschooling, Part 2: But What Do I Do Monday?

S5.3 Homeschooling Teens (and Beyond) With Special Needs

S5.4 Why You Can’t Do It All (and Why You Shouldn’t Even Try)

S5.5 Making the Most of Your Summers!

S5.6 Tips and Tricks for Homeschooling the Atypical Child

S5.7 Finding Your Homeschool F.L.O.W.

Family Programming

Lipsett Learning Connection, 9–10 a.m.

Find Your Common-Unity: Teen Breakfast Jam, 9–11 a.m.

Let’s Learn About Geodes, 10-11 a.m.

Rose & Sword Academy of Irish Dance, 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Off the Wall Art: Prehistoric-Inspired Cave Painting, 3:15-4:15 p.m.

Kim Stumbo: The One-Arm Wondermom, 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Shopping

Used Resource Sale, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Exhibit Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

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