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Workshops by Topic

(MACHE workshops are not italicized; exhibitor workshops are italicized.)


Academic...
  • Hands-on Character Building
  • Expanding Your Understanding of the World and Its Cultures
  • Rekindling the Fire of Our Founders (patriotism, American history)
  • Equipping Our Children to Be Self-Motivated Christian Thinkers (learning independently)
  • Comprehension and Composition: Building on the Basics (grammar, literature)
  • Forging Ahead: Apprenticeships in the 21st Century (high school and beyond)
  • Teaching Writing
  • Creative Writing with your Kids
  • Grammar Works & Writing Works: Equipping Students with Language Survival Skills
  • Level-headed Language Arts
  • Language Arts in a Real World
  • The Logic of English
  • Breathing Life into Language Arts
  • Reading Works: Making Writing Road to Reading Truly User-Friendly
  • Latin, the Key to English
  • Rosetta Stone Ltd.
  • Great Spelling Made Easy
  • Journey into Africa — An Amazing Learning Experience
  • How to Teach Geography in a Way That Has Your Kids Asking for More
  • MATH-U-SEE (Math without Tears)
  • The Right Start to Critical Thinking in Math
  • Teaching Math Without a Plan? You’ve got to be Kidding!
  • Teaching the Jr. and Sr. High Sciences at Home
  • MnKnows: Online Resources for Minnesotans
  • Why Art is Essential to your Child’s Education

Beginning...
  • Starting Right — Staying Right
  • Getting Ready for the First Day of School
  • Real Life + Real Books = Real Education
  • Choosing Curriculum
  • Learning Naturally: An Insight into Charlotte Mason Education
  • Equipping Our Children to Be Self-Motivated Christian Thinkers (learning independently)
  • The ABCs of Following Minnesota’s Homeschool Law

General...
  • Starting Right — Staying Right
  • Real Life + Real Books = Real Education
  • Choosing Curriculum
  • Learning Naturally: An Insight into Charlotte Mason Education
  • Hands-on Dad
  • Breaking the Shackles: Why Parents Should Trust Themselves
  • Hands-on Character Building
  • Homeschooling on a Shoestring Budget
  • Equipping Our Children to Be Self-Motivated Christian Thinkers (learning independently)
  • The Socialization Trap
  • Testing and Evaluation: Understanding Standardized Achievement Tests
  • The ABCs of Following Minnesota’s Homeschool Law

Legal/Support Groups...
  • Parents’ Rights: A Crisis Is Coming
  • Breaking the Shackles: Why Parents Should Trust Themselves
  • An Offer You Can Refuse
  • The Socialization Trap
  • The ABCs of Following Minnesota’s Homeschool Law
  • Hot Topics for Support Group Leaders

Methods/Techniques...
  • Hands-on Dad
  • Multi-level Teaching
  • Hands-on Character Building
  • Learning Naturally: An Insight into Charlotte Mason Education
  • Equipping Our Children to Be Self-Motivated Christian Thinkers (learning independently)
  • Training Young (and Old!) Brains to Retain: Learning that Lasts
  • Raising Kids who Love to Learn with Guidance, Great Books and Good Times
  • Moti-Venture: Motivating Kids through Adventure
  • The Amazing Brain: Understanding and Unlocking Learning Potential
  • Is "Playing Games" Considered Schooling? ABSOLUTELY!
  • Seven Secrets to Help Kids Think for Themselves
  • Terrific Teaching Tools

Organization...
  • Planning and Preserving: How to Plan Lessons and Keep Records for Your Homeschool
  • Creating a Lifestyle Learning Environment
  • Organized (...well, almost!): Time Management for Busy Moms
  • Frugal Homemaking
  • Homeschooling on a Shoestring Budget
  • One Mom, Many Kids...How to Keep your Balance

Parenting...
  • Capturing the Heart
  • Captivating the Heart of the Next Generation
  • Hands-on Dad
  • Holding Their Hearts
  • Getting to the Heart of the Matter
  • Finding the Balance of Love and Discipline
  • On Leaving the Nest: How and When to Release Your Arrows
  • Four Seasons of Fruitful Parenting
  • Shedding Light on Depression (includes common depression issues)
  • Six Concerns on the Heart of Every Parent
  • Raising Cain without Killing Abel
  • From Preschool to College: Learning How to Teach Pro-Life Values to Your Children
  • How to Teach Children to Follow Instructions

Personal Interest...
  • Finding Freedom in Fences
  • Seven Enemies That Everyone Must Defeat
  • Stud Talk for Men: Turning Macho into Manhood (men and teen boys only)
  • Lessons from a Cattle Drive (homeschooling husbands/wives issues)
  • An 18-Yr-Old Homeschooled Author’s Story

POPS (Parents of Pre-Schoolers)
  • *Wearing the Mommy/Teacher Hat
  • *Building a Love of Learning
  • *Growing with Literature
  • *Show and Tell
  • Starting Right — Staying Right
  • Getting Ready for the First Day of School
  • Real Life + Real Books = Real Education
  • Learning Naturally: An Insight into Charlotte Mason Education
     *specifically focused on those parents who have only pre-schoolers at home

Special Needs...
  • Singled Out! (single homeschooling parents)
  • Lesson Planning for Children with Special Needs
  • Shedding Light on Depression (includes issues of children w/special needs and their parents)
  • Comprehension and Composition: Building on the Basics
  • Preparing Your Special Needs Child for Life Beyond Homeschool


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