I LOVE homeschool conferences. For me they are a time to connect with other homeschoolers, receive encouragement, and learn a lot about myself and homeschooling. On March 12-13, I will be attending the Apologia Live Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. I am so excited about this opportunity as I missed the conference last year.
Speakers include:
- Rachael Carman – author of SoundBites from Heaven
- Zan Tyler – author of 7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child’s Potential
- Debra Bell – author of the best selling Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling
- Elizabeth Smith – with HSLDA and the Homeschool Foundation
Apologia provided me with the recordings from last year’s conference and I have been listening to Deb Bell, Sally Clarkson, and Zan Tyler speak with passion and conviction on topics like wisdom, God’s word, and joy. After listening to the CD’s I am even more excited to attend the 2010 Apologia Live Conference.
This year’s conference theme is Standing Strong: Renew your vision… Refresh your soul… Rekindle your light… Rebuild… Recharge… Restore… Revitalize. With a high schooler, middle schooler, three elementary aged kiddos, plus a toddler and a baby I am ready for some refreshment! To make this wonderful conference even better, this year I am attending with my dear friend Crystal who you might know from her website Money Saving Mom. I was able to meet her for the first time in real life this weekend and I look forward to hanging out with her again in March.
The wonderful folks from Apologia Live have offered to give one of my readers a conference pass to either the Baltimore conference in March or their Chicago conference in October. I also have five CD’s to give away to my readers from last year’s conference. The titles include:
- Walking in the Light of God’s Grace – Zan Tyler
- Walking in the Light of God’s Joy – Sally Clarkson
- Walking in the Light of God’s Wisdom – Elizabeth Smith
- Walking in the Light of God’s Word – Zan Tyler
- Walking in the Light of His Plan Everyday ~ Rachel Carman
To enter the giveaway please leave a comment. I realize not everyone can attend conference in Baltimore or Chicago, so if you would like a chance to win a conference pass please specify that in the comments. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered to win one of the cd’s.
I hope to see some of you in Baltimore next month!
I would LOVE to win the pass for the Baltimore conference. Close to home and I use Apologia books with all three of the boys.
It’s funny how God reveals things to me at interesting times. I’ve been struggling with what God’s will is for my family – whether I should work out of the home, in the home, stay home, homeschool, etc. So many questions but, as I read your blog (which I just stumbled upon)… I am so inspired!!!! Just wanted to say thank you! I wish I could be a fly on the wall and spend a day in your life – I can’t wrap my arms around how you do it all
Go you!
Since I’m due with Baby #3 any day now, I don’t think the conference would work for me
however, I’d love to win one of the CDs, especially Walking in the Light of God’s Joy.
Thanks for all your hard work and this great giveaway!
Oh! Please enter me this is a great giveaway!
I would love to go to Chicago in October! I’ve been visiting your site for a while now & enjoy everything I have read!
I would love to go to the Chicago conference – I am in Washington state but I have a friend in St Louis that I would love to see so I could make this a double duty trip!! I am excited to even think of it!
I would love to win one of the cds. I am too far away for the conference though.
I would love to win a CD. My daughter is 18 mos. with #2 on the way in May and I am trying to start thinking and learning about homeschooling early so it doesn’t catch up with us. Do you recommend the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling or do you have any other recommendations on good books to start with for a general overview on how to even begin this process?!?
Hi Emily,
I am in the process of starting to think about homeschooling as well. My kids are 3 1/2 yrs, 2 yrs and 6 mos.
I just finished reading The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling. I really enjoyed it. It is a lot of information to process, but it covers everything! I highly recommend it.
My other recommendation as you start working through this thought process is to go to your state’s convention. They usually have workshops for newbie homeschoolers and the exhibit hall is a great place to gather information and start looking at curriculums.
I hope that helps!
Thanks,
Liz
Wouldn’t be able to attend the conference but would love a CD! Thanks for offering these!
It wouldn’t work to attend the conferences……..as a mom of six it would be next to impossible! But please enter me in the drawing for a cd……..
Have been struggling to find balance, etc. lately….and this last week has been especially hard having to say good-bye to my favorite aunt who passed away from an unexpected brain injury.
Thank you!
Julie Trout
I love your website/blog. My daughter will begin homeschooling this coming fall. She has a 5 yr. old, 2 1/2 yr old., and a 10 week old, (all boys). She is really excited about homeschooling and will be attending an homeschool conference in Columbus, OH in April with 2 of her friends. I would love to win one of the cds for her. Thanks, Becky
I would love to have a copy of a cd or the opportunity to attend the conference in Chicago. My husband & I have been praying about making major changes in our lives for me to be able to stay at home & teach my 10-year-old dyslexic son next year. I have taught high school math for 17 years and as I see my son dislike school more & more & through many other circumstances that God is showing us, we feel that this is what we need to do. I really enjoy your blog…I found it a few weeks ago & it encourages me a lot!
Thanks, Kim
I wish that I could attend a conference, but with Baby Q due any day now – it’s not going to happen.
I am, however, very interested in the CDs! Homeschooling with a focus on God is always a good thing.
De-lurking to say — I’d LOVE a chance to attend the Chicago conference!
I would love to win a cd or the trip to Chicago. My husband loves Chicago so we might be able to make it a mini-vacation as well! I just started reading your blog and am about halfway through your “how we met” story. So interesting!!
Thanks,
Angela
Hi! I would LOVE to win the conference trip in Baltimore! I have been homeschooling for 12 years now and am a co-director of a homeschool co-op/academy (where we use Apologia science books)! This sounds like a wonderful opportunity! Thank you for offering such wonderful advice and wisdom to so many!
I am planning on homeschooling in a few years and would love to win a CD. The conference wouldn’t work for me, I’m too far away. Thanks for the giveaway!!!
I don’t think I can make the conference this year, but I’d love to think about it next year!
I would really like to win a CD, though. Thanks for the chance!
What a great giveaway! I would love a chance to win the conference pass! We have been homeschooling for almost two years and I have not been to one conference yet! I am hoping to start attending some though. Thank you!
What an exciting giveaway. I live in Dover DE so this event is not far at all. I am new to your blog but not new to homeschooling. I have a 20 year in college, a 15 year old a 12 year and a four year old and I have been homeschooling for 8 years. I have not been to a convention since we moved from VA to DE 5 years ago and this would be a great time of refreshing for me and my sis.
oH yes I forgot to say that I am the science co-op teacher to 6 kids and we are using Apologia Bio right now. We have finished their general and physical sciences in the past.
Great stuff
What an amazing offer from Apologia Live!! I’m definitely interested in going to the conference in Chicago. I’m a new resident to Southwestern Illinois. The military has brought us to a new home here and we are settling in. I’m in my second year of homeschooling. My kids are 6, 4 and 3 years old and I could definitely use some time away to be rejuvenated. Thank for you the opportunity!
Would love to go to the Baltimore conference.
I wish I lived near either of these conferences, but unfortunately I don’t. I would love to win one of the cds, though. Thanks for all the effort you put into this site. I learn new things each time I visit.
I’m just 7 hours from Chicago and have lots of family there so I could go to Chicago in October! The CD’s sound great also. sign me up!
Oh! CDS please! live way to far away to go
Chicago in October! What a fantastic giveaway they’ve given you to offer us. Thanks!
Oh my, I wish I could attend the conference
But the CD’s would be great!
Zan’s from my neck of the woods. She’s one of the main reasons our state homeschool laws have changed over the years to be more favorable to homeschoolers. We might could swing the Baltimore conference, but I would love to win a set of CD’s!
Would love to go to the Baltimore conference.
Going to the confrence would be out of the question for me BUT I would LOVE to win any of the CD’s. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to go to the Baltimore conference! What an awesome give away!!
I would love to win a Baltimore convention pass!
I’d love to go to the Baltimore Conference.
What a great giveaway! I’d love to attend the Chicago conference.
I would love to win this. I’m pretty close to Chicago. The CDs would be great too.
I have only 2 sons, ages 7 and 11 mths, but I need refreshing on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. I can’t get away from these two for a conference but I would love a CD.
I have also recently stumbled upon your website and you are an inspiring woman of God! I have been trying to “Walk in the light of God’s Plan Everyday” since I have recently decided that all my plans weren’t getting me anywhere, my Family or my Relationship…So, I too would surly benefit from one of these CDs! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to win the cd’s – thanks!
Just found your site and I am looking forward to having the time to read more of it. What a great give-away. Would love to attend the conference in Chicago. We started using the Apologia Science this year and are loving it. Thanks again.
We’ve been homeschooling for 2 years, but have never been to a conference. Please enter us in the drawing. The cd’s would be a blessing!
thanks
Angela
Wow! I would love the cds. Thank you so much for all your help! We are so thankful for Apologia!
I would love to be entered for the CDs. Thank you
I live in Maryland ~ I’d love to attend the Baltimore conference!
This sounds great. I am going to start homeschooling this year. I would be able to attend the Baltimore conference.
Thanks
We homeschool our 3 oldest children, and I could definitely use the encouragement right now. I would love the cd’s or a pass to one of the conferences! Thank you!
I would love to win one of the conference passes–I could use a little refreshing!
this is our first year hs and we’re loving it:)
I would love to win one of the cds.
Thanks for your great blog.
I’d love to win one of the conference passes/cds.
Thank you!
I’d love the chance to attend in Chicago or the CD’s. Thank you.
WOuld LOVE to attend the conference!! Thanks for offering this chance to win.
Stephanie
Oh…and I forgot to say the Baltimore Conference.
Would love to have the opportunity to listen to these Cd’s. It’s been heavy on my heart as my kid nears school age, this would provide a lot of well needed information! Thanks so much
I have been prayerfully considering homeschooling my 2 youngest children, and am hoping to make my decision by next school year! The conference or CD’s would be so helpful to me!
I’d love to go to the conference. Please enter me. Thanks.
I would love to attend the conference in March. I am a homeschooling mother struggling with all of it. I really need some help.