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The weblog of HEM's managing editor and co-publisher, Helen Hegener. Current posts on Key Issues in Homeschooling and The History of a Homeschooling Magazine.

HEM's Home Education and Other Stuff
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Commentary on home education and whatever else catches his interest, by blogger extraordinaire Daryl Cobranchi.

HEM News & Commentary
http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm
Homeschooling in the national media, with commentary by veteran activist Valerie Moon. Also provides space for continued commentary and discussion of news items by the weblog readers.

HEM Support Groups
http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/groups
Ongoing encouragement and resources for support group volunteers, including a monthly newsletter with outstanding interviews, coordinated by HEM Support Groups Liaison Mary Nix.

HEM Homeschool Conferences Calendar
http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/calendar
A listing of conferences, conventions and other events, with contact information and links. Is your group's conference or convention listed?

HEM Guide to Homeschooling Resources
http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/resources
Learning resources reviewed and described, with space for comments by homeschoolers who use the resources, and links to the company web sites.

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Puerto Rico: T'CHERs Home Education Fair

Link: T'CHERs.

T’CHERs (The Caribbean Center of Home Education Resources) is happy to invite you to its Third (3rd) Home Education Fair.  Over the past year, we have experienced an unprecedented coming together of the homeschooling community because of the T’CHERs online message board.  It has been exciting to know that bonds are being formed and strengthened between homeschooling individuals and support groups across the island, as we open our hearts on the message board on a variety of topics, and as we come together at the numerous activities and outings that are announced. Because of this explosion of open communication throughout our community, we know that this will be our best fair, yet.  We anticipate your participation and look forward to meeting you.

Date : June 25 and 26, 2005

Time : Registration 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Location : University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Aguadilla Campus --Room A-120 Humanities

Virginia: VaHomeschoolers Day

Link: VaHomeschoolers.

VaHomeschoolers Day at the Science Museum of Virginia August 13, 2005, Richmond, VA

Featuring Award-Winning Storyteller Jim Weiss

and

Veteran Homeschool Speaker Jeanne Faulconer, Author of VaHomeschoolers Newsletter's "Edgewise" Column

Member's advance registration will begin in mid-May!

Other Speakers Include: Gail Barker, Betty Delk, Stephanie Elms, Celeste Land, Parrish Mort, Shay Seaborne, Joe Suits, Nan Vollette

For details click the conference link above.

Online: Let's have a homeschool convention...

Link: SpunkyHomeSchool.

Spunky writes at her weblog: Let's have a homeschool convention...

...online!

There are so many great writers in the blogosphere who will never get to speak at a homeschool convention and let everyone know what they think. So I thought we'd have an online convention. You get to be the "featured speakers". And you don't have to worry about spending too much money and carrying around your stuff all day!

I thought it might be a nice time to have a convention to focus on the specifics of homeschooling written by homeschoolers. Summer's just around the corner and many of us have an eye on what to do next year and others are still trying to get finished up this year and need an extra boost of encouragement.

The deadline for sumissions will be Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 12:00 Noon. (EST). The first submission will get to be the "keynote writer".

Spunky Jr. and I will put them all together and post here on Thursday, April 21, 2005. That gives us a little time to get the word out and put it all together.

Click on the link above to join the online fun!

Missouri: Live and Learn Conference

Link: Live and Learn Conference.

2005 Live and Learn Unschool Conference, St. Louis, MO — October 6-9, 2005

"Ages & Stages"

The Live and Learn Unschooling Conference: Encouraging families to trust themselves to make good decisions and empowering them to find the support and information they need. This conference is a must attend. Meet other families on the same journey, listen to inspiring speakers and panelists and discover the art of unschooling in beautiful Fairview Heights, Illinois - just across the river from St. Louis. You'll find all the information you need through the conference link above.

Make friends! Picture a long weekend where you and your children won't be asked "So, what curriculum do you use?" Here's a chance to make friendships that will support you and your children throughout the year. The energy at The Live and Learn Unschooling Conference is different from anything you've ever experienced! This is a non-age-discriminatory conference: anyone can participate in any Funshop or Presentation. We do ask, though, that if a child gets too disruptive (especially babies and toddlers), he will be removed so that others may gain the full benefit of the program.

Be inspired and challenged! Our loose theme this year is "Ages and Stages" and how an unschooling lifestyle changes with our growing children. For information about speakers and events visit the conference web site.

Massachusetts: The Learning In Our Own Way Conference

Link: Learning In Our Own Way.

A conference for those who want to work with, not on, children.

Keynotes & Workshops by Thomas Armstrong, John Taylor Gatto, Matt Hern and many others

August 12-14, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Woburn Massachusetts

Dear homeschooler, unschooler, teacher and parent,

There are many ways to learn: many schedules, many paths, and many mentors one can use to become a well-adjusted citizen. I should know - for more than 24 years I've helped people homeschool and unschool their children, including my own, using all sorts of resources. But today most people seem to have lost their patience with children: the only reason to use multiple approaches to learning, if they are used at all, is to trick or seduce children into doing what will be covered by mandatory tests and standardized curricula.

With this conference I want to create a "good harbor" where people who feel their approaches to nurturing children are maligned or marginalized by conventional education can find solidarity with others and new ways to help children learn. Homeschoolers will find new ideas and opportunities for their children; unschoolers will find support for not using conventional education; teachers will learn new ways of addressing learning difficulties and parents will find an abundance of options for nurturing their children's natural learning whether they are in school or out.

By sharing stories from a variety of thinkers and activists we can gain strength and insight towards making society, not just school, a better place for children to learn and grow.

I look forward to meeting you and your family at this event.

Your host,
Pat Farenga, co-author TEACH YOUR OWN: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

Texas: Rethinking Education Conference 2005

Link: Rethinking Education.

You are cordially invited to attend the 9th National Conference on Rethinking Education, to take place at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Irving, Texas on Labor Day Weekend, September 1 - 5, 2005.  We have been working hard and are so excited about our empowering program.

Sign up for the free Rethinking Education newsletter to receive the latest information on the 2005 conference.

We are excited to bring you a full immersion day with each of these parenting and homeschooling luminaries:

Michael Mendizza • Pat Farenga • Linda Dobson

Join us and hundreds of families from around the globe as we rethink the meaning and practical applications of education, nurture one another, learn and share a wealth of new ideas.

As one conference participant told us "This is the leading conference for thinkers-on-the-edge. I love being with people who live in balance with nature, with themselves and those around them - with children who have been lovingly nurtured & adults who follow their hearts with passionate devotion.

Rethinking Education is THE conference that brings families together to celebrate education as LIFE!

Who Should Attend?

• Unschool & homeschool parents, experienced and novice
• Children & teens who unschool, homeschool, or want to
• Adults & families in support of freedom & respect for children
• Alternative education educators, writers and thinkers
• Alternative education administrators, directors, principals

"Let us put our minds together & see what we will make for our children." Chief Sitting Bull

Connecticut: Home Educators Fair

Link: CT Homeschool Network (CHN, Inc).

Event: Home Educators Fair

Where: Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT.

When: Saturday June 4, 2005 from 9:30AM-5PM

The Connecticut Homeschool Network (CHN) is co-sponsoring a Homeschool Fair with Middlesex Community College on Saturday, June 4, 2005 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Middlesex Community College in Middletown, CT. This fair will provide an opportunity for veteran and potential home educators to survey a variety of products, services, and programs available to them from educational materials suppliers, regional museums, and non-profit institutions. Workshops will be conducted on Connecticut Homeschooling Laws, Beginning Homeschooling, Unschooling and many other topics. Workshops will also be offered for children.

At the door admission is $5 per adult and kids are free. Pre-registration is being taken until May 15. Lunch will be available in the cafeteria. There is plenty of free, on-site parking. No babysitting service will be provided for our children, who are welcome to attend.

CHN is a statewide, independent, online-based homeschool community that is dedicated to sharing information, knowledge, resources and support for homeschool families. CHN was founded in 1995 and currently has a free newsletter circulation list of approximately 1500 Connecticut homeschool families. It is the first and the largest online-based homeschool network originating in Connecticut. For pre-registration, vendor information and all information about the fair view CHN‚s website at http://www.cthomeschoolnetwork.org or call (860) 523-7257.

PRESS CONTACT:

Judy Aron (860) 523-7257, e-mail imjfaron@sbcglobal.net

Massachusetts: 2005 New England Homeschool & Family Learning Conference

Link: New England Conference.

2005 New England Homeschool & Family Learning Conference

Friday and Saturday, July 15 - 16, 2005, Boxborough Woods Holiday Inn, 242 Adams Place, Boxborough, Massachusetts (Exit 28 off I-495)

This homeschooling conference is one of the oldest and most respected conferences in New England. Widely known as the "Boxborough" conference, it has helped families from all over the New England states, the northeast and beyond for over a decade.

Wisconsin: WPA's 22nd Annual Home Education Conference

Link: WPA.

WPA's 22nd Annual Home Education Conference & Curriculum Fair. May 6-7, at University Center, UW-Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Celebrating Our Common Goal - Homeschooling!

However you approach homeschooling, we have it covered. Whether you purchase your curriculum, create your own, or unschool, Wisconsin Parents Associaiton offers over 75 quality workshops in all subject areas, for new and experienced homeschoolers and from toddlers to teens.