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 like our round tables 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.

Math-U-See is Tailor-Made for the ADD Student’s Success

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Free Virtual Event

How can the Math-U-See methodologies and materials set your student with attention deficit disorder up for success? Join us as we review how to implement strategies that will make your student more mathematically successful.

When Your Journey is Different: Homeschooling a Special Needs Student, with Meredith Taylor

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Free Virtual Event

Homeschooling parents whose children learn differently often find themselves wondering what resources are available to them and how to take advantage of those resources. Join Gretchen Roe and Meredith Taylor, Director for Special Needs for the South Carolina Association of Independent Schools, for a discussion on where to begin and how to flourish. Parents will learn practical advice and also how SCAIHS could support them in their journey.

Exploring Parental Rights in the Context of Homeschooling

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Free Virtual Event

Parental rights are integral to homeschooling and are important for many other issues. Join us for a discussion with Ethan Demme, CEO of Demme Learning and a board member of the Parental Rights Foundation, and Will Estrada, President of the Parental Rights foundation, as they discuss their homeschool experiences growing up and their continued commitment to supporting and defending parental rights.

Finding the Joy in Creative Writing

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Free Virtual Event

Parents often ask us how they are going to teach their children creative writing—especially when they don't feel successful with that process themselves. Join us for a practical conversation about how to foster a love of writing in your children and how to teach them the skill sets to help them thrive.

An Occupational Therapist Talks With Us About Handwriting, with Katie Roe, MS, OTR/L

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Free Virtual Event

Handwriting struggles take many forms, and parents often have a difficult time sorting concern from frustration. Join us for a conversation with Katie Webster Roe, OT, about ways to improve your child's handwriting, how to evaluate struggles, and how to create a game plan for success.

Creating Your Plan B: Enthusiasm for Life After Homeschool?

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Free Virtual Event

Sometimes we forget that good journeys have endings. Homeschool moms often feel adrift when their journeys end. Join us for this important discussion about how to plan for your future now so that you can move from one phase of life to another with grace and joy.

Grammar as the Key to Writing Potential

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Free Virtual Event

Grammar is a subject many parents feel is boring and outdated, but we would like to change the conversation. You engage with your student grammatically every time you talk to them. Instead of considering grammar as something to dislike, what if you considered it a tool to help your student become a better writer? Join us for a lively conversation about using grammar effectively in your learning endeavors. We promise to take the sting out of the conversation.

Creating Emotional Intelligence in our Children

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Free Virtual Event

Empathy. It is so often lacking in our exchanges in society today. But how do you teach it to your children? The ability to understand and share in others’ feelings is something unique to the human experience. As parents, how do we foster the conversations that create a safe space to explore emotional intelligence and grow it within ourselves and our children? Join us for an insightful conversation with Heather Frommack, MS, RDN, CPTD. Heather is a veteran homeschooling mom of five awesome kids—by birth and international adoption. Her mission is to help normalize unity amidst diversity through the portals of empathy, Cultural Intelligence (CQ), and relationships. In her previous role as HSLDA’s Director of Outreach and Educational Consulting, she collaboratively built their first multicultural outreach program, which continues the work of cross-cultural bridge-building today. She shares from a biblical perspective, scholarly support, and humbled humor about how empathy and compassion can be created, nurtured, and fostered within your family and the greater community.

Join the Road to Discovery and Recovery for your Perfectionist

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Free Virtual Event

We have countless conversations with parents about how they struggle with perfectionism, both in their students and in themselves. We're not experts, but we have been intentional in compiling thoughtful commentary and strategies to provide insight and action plans as you continue your journey. Use this as the framework for an essential discussion with your family.

Incorporating Virtual Reality into Your Homeschool

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Free Virtual Event

Experiences—that is how the brain is wired to learn. To engage, from birth, with the world, learning through interactions with objects, spaces, and living elements. Yet somewhere along the way, the element of experience and fun has escaped the world of education. It's time to bring it back. It's time to engage kids with their curiosities, promote exploration, understand concepts, support social-emotional learning skills, and travel to faraway places without ever leaving home. With VictoryXR's Virtual Learning Platform, students can experience a wide variety of virtual learning environments without exceptional costs involved. Come learn how to explore a virtual world.

Pros and Cons of Changing Curriculum

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Free Virtual Event

We all have our favorite curriculum. What are the things to consider when you feel like your favorite is not serving your child well? Join us as we weigh the pros and cons of math, spelling, composition, and grammar curricula, and help you create a list of priorities in deciding what the coming year means for you in these academic areas.