Program

This is the complete Program for the 2013 Home School Book Fair. The Beginners Track is for parents new to home schooling. The High School Track is for parents wishing to home school their high schoolers. The Teens Track is for teens. (Parents are welcome.) Click on any workshop title below to read its description in the pop-up window. Download Workshop Grid. Download Workshop Descriptions. Be sure to check this page a few days before you come to the Book Fair in case there have been any unexpected changes. CD's of all workshops will be available for sale at Booth 40 Rhino Technologies. Go to our Speakers Page for more information on our speakers.

FRIDAY - May 10, 2013

 
— MORNING WORKSHOPS —
  
     
      Beginners   High School     Teens  
  Salon A Salon B Salon C Room M-1 Room M-2 Room M-5 Room M-7 Room M-9  
9:30 - 10:30 am LIES
Home
Schoolers
Believe
Todd Wilson		 Raising Godly Children in a Pagan Society
Dr. G. Thomas Sharp		 Home Schooling: the Good,
the Bad
and the Ugly
Lyndsay Lambert

Dads & Lads
Build Lasting Bonds
Gary Bloom

 Free College
Can Happen
to You
Jean Burk		 Make Learning Meaningful, Memorable
and Fun
Lynn Dean		 Seeing the World through the Eyes of an Artist (Grades 4-12)
Daniel Ellis		 Biblical Handling of Technology and Social Media
Dr. Jobe Martin		 9:30 - 10:30 am
10:45 - 11:45 am Joy in the
Home School Journey
Rosie Boom		 Women in
Gray & Blue
and Their Contributions in the Civil War
Jim Weiss		 Top-Notch Home Management Strategies
Renée Ellison		 Stand By
Your Man
Rachael Carman		 High School Overview: The Master Plan
Matthew Bullington		 Learn About
Birth Order Characteristics
Jim Hodges		 Our Founding Fathers - Their Classical Education vs. Today's
Alan Scholl		 Preparing Young Ladies for Their Teen Years
Sarah & Grace Mally		 10:45 - 11:45 am
                   
 
11:45 am - 1:15 pm LUNCH BREAK
  
  12:00 - 12:30 pm Terminal Cancer Wasn't in My Plans (Abigail Smith)  
  12:30 - 1:00 pm REFLECTIONS Concert Choir (performance)  
     
 
— FRIDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS —
  
                   
      Beginners   High School     Teens  
  Salon A Salon B Salon C Room M-1 Room M-2 Room M-5 Room M-7 Room M-9  
1:15 - 2:15 pm Building the
21st Century
Man
Doug Phillips		 Making Brothers and Sisters
Best Friends
Sarah, Stephen & Grace Mally

Help!
I’m a Cracked Vessel
Rosie Boom

 Humor in Music: Can Classical Music be Funny?
Bonnie Simon		 Chart Your Course for High School Success and Beyond
Jean Burk		 Should I Home School My Special Needs Child?
Jan Bedell

Books for Boys
Books for Girls
Jan Bloom

 Plastic
Cinema
Jessica Rondina		 1:15 - 2:15 pm
2:30 - 3:30 pm Help! I’m Married to a Home Schooling Mom
Todd Wilson		 Seven Days
that
Impact You
Matt Miles		 Teaching the Resistant Student: Diagnosis and Strategies
Renée Ellison		 Teach Kids Chemistry and Physics in First Grade!
Rebecca Keller		 Why Home School Through High School?
Tim & Lyndsay Lambert		 Manners
Matter and
Mean Success
Monica Irvine		 Attention Obsessive-Compulsive Perfectionists
Rachael Carman		 Dinosaurs
and the Bible
Dr. Jason Lisle		 2:30 - 3:30 pm
3:45 - 4:45 pm Developing a Biblical
Worldview of
Film and Media
Doug Phillips		 Courtship and Dating - So What’s the Difference?
Dennis Gundersen		 Home School
101
for Moms
Jenna Dee Martin		 Spelling
and
the Brain
Chardell Novotny		 The Best is Yet to Come: Home Schooling through High School
David & Shirley Quine

Cultivate a Love for Learning
Debbie Strayer & Ashley Wiggers

 Incredibly Easy and Practical Strategies for Teaching Science
John Grunder		 The Great Romance
Rosie Boom

3:45 - 4:45 pm


SATURDAY - May 11, 2013

 
— MORNING WORKSHOPS —
  
     
      Beginners   High School     Teens  
  Salon A Salon B Salon C Room M-1 Room M-2 Room M-5 Room M-7 Room M-9  
9:30 - 10:30 am Men Wanted for Hazardous Journeys
Doug Phillips		 Discipleship in the Family Starts with Dads
Dr. Jobe Martin		 New to Home Schooling
Rosie Watson		 Teach Writing Across the Curriculum
Chardell Novotny		 How to Ace the SAT
Jean Burk
 Home Schooling Only One
Donna Conner		 Home Schoolers in the Military
Jan Bloom		 Will Our Generation Speak?
Sarah, Stephen & Grace Mally		 9:30 - 10:30 am
10:45 - 11:45 am When the Joy Fades
Rosie Boom		 Teaching Bible-Centered Science at Home
Dr. G. Thomas Sharp		 Getting
Started
Lyndsay Lambert		 There’s a
Method
to the
Madness!
Barbara Beers		 Hope for Parents Home Schooling High Schoolers
Matthew Bullington		 To Label or
Not to Label
Jan Bedell		 The Internet: Resource or Distraction or Both?
Rebecca Keller		 Lights. Camera. Action.
Jessica & Anthony Rondina		 10:45 - 11:45 am
                   
 
11:45 am - 1:15 pm LUNCH BREAK
  
  12:00 - 12:30 pm Terminal Cancer Wasn't in My Plans (Abigail Smith)  
  12:30 - 1:00 pm REFLECTIONS Concert Choir (performance)
1:00 - 4:00 pm Kids Chess Tournament		  
     
 
— SATURDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS —
  
     
      Beginners   High School     Teens  
  Salon A Salon B Salon C Room M-1 Room M-2 Room M-5 Room M-7 Room M-9  
1:15 - 2:15 pm Taming the Techno-Beast - Parenting in the INTERNET Age
Todd Wilson		 The Loving Father: The Why and How of Dads Telling Stories
Jim Weiss		 Home Schooling Up a Tree
Rosie Boom		 The Idiot’s Guide to Building Bookcases
Gary Bloom		 From Home School to College: Getting In and Doing Well
Dr. Jerry Johnson		 The Pitfalls of Modern Classical Education
David & Shirley Quine		 Reality Check: Why Home Schooling Alone Isn’t Enough
Paige Timer		 Seeking
Biblical
Beauty
Taryn & Mirren Martin		 1:15 - 2:15 pm
2:30 - 3:30 pm Victories: Moments Which Define Christian Parenthood
Doug Phillips		 Raising Pure Daughters in a Generation of Darkness
Sarah & Grace Mally		 Seven
Simple Steps
to Sanity
Rachael Carman		 Family Worship Without Being a Bible Scholar
Dennis Gundersen		 Build an Amazing Home School Transcript
Jean Burk		 Raising Thomas: What to Do When My Child Doubts
Marcia Brim		 Addition, Multiplication,
and Fractions,
Oh My!
Debbie Oberste		 Astronomy Reveals
Creation
Dr. Jason Lisle		 2:30 - 3:30 pm
3:45 - 4:45 pm How to be a Great Wife Even Though You Home School
Todd Wilson		 Dinosaurs
– Great HISTORIC Creatures
Matt Miles		 Equipping Kids to Plan Their Day the Easy Way! 
Susan Vanderlaan		 Courting/Dating, Waiting and Parenting
Teresa, Melody & Brianna Knight		 Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Mary James		 What Every Texas Home Schooler Needs to Know
Tim Lambert		 Why Young Children Make Art and How to Encourage It (pre-K-3)
Daniel Ellis		 Choices

Rosie Boom		 3:45 - 4:45 pm