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Welcome to a giveaway–sponsored by my friends at Great Homeschool Conventions:
“Great Homeschool Conventions is in full convention season! With our first two conventions under our belt, we are ready for the next two, no… THREE events!
We recently “adopted” an established St. Louis convention, and we’re so excited to be working with the previous organizers this year and in the coming years as we expand the St. Louis Homeschool Convention. We decided to host the St. Louis event this year, July 13-15th, so the folks in that area won’t miss their annual event.
For all our homeschool events, we strive to educate by providing speakers who are professionals in their field, who can better prepare you for the journey, aspire to encourage you as you connect with like-minded, grace-filled families, and equip you with comprehensive curriculum choices in the largest homeschool curriculum halls in the country.”
The 2017 dates and locations are:
- TEXAS Homeschool Convention, Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX – February 23-25, 2017 – We had a great event! Make plans to attend in 2018 – March 15 – 17th!
- SOUTHEAST Homeschool Convention, TD Convention Center, Greenville, SC, March 16-18, 2017 – We had a great event! Make plans to attend in 2018 – March 8 – 10th.
Still to come….
- MIDWEST Homeschool Convention, Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH, April 20 – 22, 2017
- CALIFORNIA Homeschool Convention, Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA, June 15 – 17, 2017
- NEW! St. Louis Homeschool Convention, First Evangelical Free Church, Manchester, MO, July 13 – 15, 2017.
Special Tracks
The lovely Sarah Mackenzie will be speaking at all GHC conferences this year!
- Cynthia Tobias, a regular contributor and radio broadcaster for Focus on the Family, will be speaking in our Parenting Track along with Norm Wakefield, Drive Thru History’s Dave Stotts, Thomas White, Pastor Randy Frazee, and more.
- Warner Wallace, atheist-turned-Christian author and homicide detective, will speak to our teens during the Real Faith for the Real World teen track.
- Sarah Mackenzie, Christopher Perrin, Adam Andrews, John De Gree, Dr. Carol Reynolds, S.D. Smith, and more, are back and better than ever, presenting invaluable sessions for the Classical Education Track.
- New this year is our Charlotte Mason Track with guest presenters Brandy Vencel, Jen Spencer, and Sheila Carroll.
- Janice Campbell will be sharing her wisdom and years of experience as a seasoned homeschooler in the Homeschool 101 track structured to guide beginning homeschooling families and those just considering homeschooling.
- Our College Track, sponsored by Cedarville University, will address theme Life Beyond High School: How to pay for and go through the process of choosing the right college.
- Parents with Special Needs and Gifted Children will be encouraged in home-educating children who struggle to overcome learning disabilities and how to continually engage a child who may be learning at a higher level. Colleen Kessler, Peg Dawson and Kathy Kuhl will be leading this track.
Exhibit Hall
A huge exhibit hall will be available for you to explore all the best curriculum and homeschooling resources available under one roof. Make sure to wear comfortable shoes!
Many of the curriculum authors will be present to answer your questions and help you decide which curriculum best fits your child’s learning style. There is no better way to make that all-important curriculum decision than to have “hands-on” access to every possible resource, right before your eyes.
Special Events
As each day winds down after a full schedule of presentations and shopping, you will have the opportunity to spend valuable time with your family and enjoy the evenings at our special events.
Just check out some of the guests we have planned:
- Musician Andrew Peterson – Coming to all GHC events
- Inspirational speaker Nick Vujicic – Coming to CA
- Former mobster Michael Franzese – Coming to all GHC events
- Mike Berenstain of Berenstain Bears – Coming to MidWest
- Comedian Bob Smiley – Coming to MidWest & CA
- Comedian John Crist – Coming to MidWest
The Prize
One lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win a family registration and up to four special event tickets to each special event offered at the convention you are attending!
A family registration covers you, your spouse, children/teens, and their grandparents to hear the workshops and shop the exhibit hall for all three days of the convention!
How to Win
This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering this question: How old are your children, and which GHC event (MidWest, California, or St. Louis) would you like to attend this year?
(If you’re reading this via email or reader, you must click here to leave your comment on this post at Simple Homeschool. Comments or emails left elsewhere don’t count as entries.)
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Special Freebies for Early Registrants!
As an additional benefit, those who register for the convention receive all of the following:
- A free Andrew Peterson album download (8 songs, a $7.99 value!)
- Free streaming access ($59 value) to all twelve episodes of “Ancient History” as well as “The Gospels” (episode 1) from our friends at DriveThru History. (Don’t wait though—the free access to these awesome history episodes is available only until October 1, 2017.)
- A free download of The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers e-book by Mike Berenstain (a $1.99 value) E-book offer is from the publisher, Zondervan.
- Focus on the Family is giving GHC convention attendees a downloadable copy of Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom, a three-part dramatization of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and battle against the evils of Nazism, a decadent culture, and compromising church ($9.99 value!).
- Adventures in Odyssey & Focus on the Family is also providing a free download of the episode Amazing Grace, a $1.99 value, for all convention attendees!
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My kiddos are 11 and 7. This would be such a wonderful experience.
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My kids are 11, 8, 6, and 3. Would love to go to the convention in California!!!!
My son is 11 and we would like to go to St. Louis!
I have a 3, 6, and 7 year old. I’d love to go to St. Louis. I’ve never been to a convention before!
My kiddos are 8 and 5. I’d love to go to the California convention. Thanks Jamie!
My children are 13, 10, and 5. We would like to go to St. Louis or California. I would like to get to one of these GHCs! The speakers all seem incredible. 🙂
Our kiddos are 7,6,4,2,and 1mo.
We would like to go to St Louis.
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I’m so excited that St Louis has been added to the schedule! My boys are 11, 8 and 5.
My little guys are 8 and 4 and we’d go to the Midwest event. Thanks!
I have four year old twins. Looking at the CA convention.
My children are 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 1, and 3 months. Ohio. Thanks!
My kiddos are 5, 3, and 5 months and I am attending the Ohio conference! Can’t wait 🙂
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My children Levi and Zoey are six years old and I have one on the way. We would love to go to the California convention for the first time ever! This is our second year homeschooling.
My sweet babes are 7 and 9. MidWest is best!!
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I am homeschooling kids ages 17 (twins), 15, 13, 12, 10, 8, and a special needs 6. Life is crazy! Lol We would love to go to the Midwest conference!
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My kids are 10, 8 and 5. I would go to the Midwest conference.
My kids are 10 (almost 11) and 9. We would attend the Cincinnati convention. Would love to win this since we cannot afford it this year. I could buy books for my friends at the Expo to help them out too.
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My kids are 16 & 13. We’d love to attend the Midwest convention.
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My crew are 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 17.
We’d attend in St. Louis!!
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My kiddos are 15 and 9. The Cincinnati convention.
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My kids are 10 1/2, 9, 5, 4, 2, and 4months. I will be attending the CA convention. Can’t wait!
We recently moved to Ohio and I really want to go to the convention to prepare for the upcoming school year. I would like to have the confidence that I am following God’s will for our family. This convention would give me the tools to best teach our four kiddios. (We are a Catholic family living in Putnam county. We have a 14 y/o girl, 8 y/o boy, 6 y/o girl and 3 m/o boy.)
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