Australian
Homeschooling
Summit
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Homeschooling can feel lonely.
Why do it alone?
Join Australia’s top homeschooling experts instead…
Welcome to the Australian Homeschooling Summit.
We are here to help you connect with and learn from some of the most well-known and highly respected people in Aussie homeschooling.
It’s all online… so you can join the workshops from the comfort of your own home in between your busy homeschooling day.
As a brand new homeschooling mother, this was a great buffet of resources that really helped me gain a greater understanding into the world of homeschooling and was full of value!
The Australian Homeschooling Summit has now ended. ACCESS these workshops PLUS over 250 workshops from the previous 7 summits, via our new FEARLESS MEMBERSHIP.
No matter where you are in your homeschooling journey… the Australian Homeschooling Summit has you covered!
Ever wanted to ask people who have homeschooled for decades, have graduated their kids, and have tackled all the stages (and problems) how they did it?
Or do you want to hear from parents who are newer to homeschooling but who have conquered those earlier challenges of initially adjusting to homeschooling?
Well you’re in the right place…
New to homeschooling?
Maybe you’re not sure where to start or whether you can do this?
Need registration ideas?
Not even sure what deschooling means?
Can’t decide if following a curriculum vs building your own curriculum is the way to go?
Or just uncertain if you can afford to homeschool and keep within your family’s budget?
Join the summit to start your homeschooling journey with confidence. You’ve got this!
Already homeschooling but feeling burnt out?
Maybe you’re already homeschooling but you’re in a bit of a slump or lacking mojo?
Want to know how to create a homeschool that is sustainable for the whole family (including you!)?
Hoping to foster a curious learner who’s passions and interests do the heavy learning lifting?
Join the summit and continue to homeschool with less friction and more mojo.
Homeschooling with neurodivergence?
Looking for new strategies to support your neurodivergent child to flourish?
Want to discover strategies to add flexibility to your day and to adapt to your homeschooler’s needs?
Our interactive NEURODIVERSITY PANEL will have you chatting to homeschooling parents with years of experience homeschooling in similar situations to you.
Come along to expand your support skills, make deep connections & get actionable strategies to make time for yourself too!
Moving into the TEEN era?
Got teens in the house and wondering where to from here?
Feeling a little lost now that you have a teen homeschooler?
Wanting to hear what teens and graduate homeschoolers have to say about their homeschooling journey?
Looking for tips to inspire your budding teen entrepreneur?
Come along to the summit to kick those teenage homeschooling blues.
I absolutely loved the Homeschooling Summit. I’m excited and re-energised for the new year with new resources and ideas. Everyone is so positive, friendly and down to earth. Thank you!!
The Australian Homeschooling Summit has now ended. ACCESS these workshops PLUS over 250 workshops from the previous 7 summits, via our new FEARLESS MEMBERSHIP.
Join from the comfort of your own home and get immediate access to all the recordings right after each workshop.
What you can expect from Australia’s BIGGEST homeschooling summit
30+ live workshops
- daily journaling & coaching.
- workshops covering everything homeschooling.
- interactive panel chats to get all your questions answered.
An Interactive Community Space
- chat, connect and reflect with our expert speakers and other homeschoolers after every workshop in a private community space.
Exclusive Offers & Discounts
- daily exclusive offers from our presenters and sponsors
- summit only discounts
Resources & Guides
- don’t reinvent the wheel
- resources ready to download
- links to amazing resources at the click of a button
In it’s EIGTH YEAR… The Australian Homeschooling Summit was curated with YOU IN MIND.
The summit was created to provide an online space where experienced homeschooling parents could collaborate and share their knowledge and experience with other homeschoolers all around the country.
It has become a resounding success and over the last 7 years there has been over 8,000 attendees and over 250 workshops!
And with the choice to homeschool on the rise… we hope the AUSTRALIAN HOMESCHOOLING SUMMIT will continue to support our amazing HOMESCHOOLING COMMUNITY LONG IN TO THE FUTURE!
The Australian Homeschooling Summit has now ended. ACCESS these workshops PLUS over 250 workshops from the previous 7 summits, via our new FEARLESS MEMBERSHIP.
The Workshops
Lessons for Life: Fostering Mindset Grit & Resilience
Micarlé Callea
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you start your homeschooling journey. The temptation may be to revert to your childhood experience, school, and get bogged down in the content.
BUT what if we were to take a step back; ask what skills do our kids truly need in life? What if our homeschooling practices were informed by the want to foster skills such as mindset, grit and resilience.
During this workshop we will run through the research and discuss some practical ways to intentionally foster mindset, grit and resilience in everyday life.
How to Afford Homeschooling
Kelly Kotanidis
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Let’s face it – homeschooling can destroy family finances. You lose an entire income, or you end up patching together weekends and night shifts, which is nearly guaranteed to lead to burn out. And many people feel they can’t even start homeschooling because they think they can’t afford it. But we’ve used many creative ways to afford our 16 years of homeschooling, and in this workshop I’ll go through our two-pronged approach that has enabled us to always have a parent home. Spending less without feeling like you’re missing out. Creating income that fits with your lifestyle. I’ll drill down into each side with lots of ideas that you can begin implementing today so you can afford to homeschool.
Daily Journaling & Coaching Sessions
Heidi Conway
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Need a little guidance to get your Journalling Journey on its way? Take the first steps in introducing this transformative practice!
Join Heidi at 8 am daily during the summit, to implement and practice meaningful and intentional journaling.
Homeschooling Teens? The What, Why and How.
Amanda Bartle
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Everything you ever wondered about home schooling teens in one session. I’ll do my best! We will discover how to balance your role as parent and teacher and overcome those teen challenges. Learn what and how to teach with confidence. Learn how to walk the path to further education and careers. Know how to meet those increasing social needs. Learn skills to thrive as a family, keep your relationships strong and graduate a teen you actually like!
Homeschooling, unschooling, or deschooling? What is the difference?
Beverley Paine
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When you first heard about home education you may have heard it called homeschooling. Or you may have come across the word unschooling and thought, wow, what’s that? Is that possible? And if you’ve been hanging out in an online home ed support group you would have seen deschooling mentioned more than a few times.
Confused? I’ll walk you through what each of these terms mean to the majority of home educating families and hopefully dispel some of that confusion and help to set you on the path that you need right now.
Little Bang Science Session
Tamara Kelly
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This Little Bang Science Workshop is a crash course in science fundamentals for the lower primary years. Child participation welcome! Please bring a load of clothes washing and your smart phone or tablet with you.
Unschooling and Personal Empowerment
Rachael Clark
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Unschooling can make you feel pretty uncomfortable at different stages, and I want to delve into that discomfort to help you feel more confident. I will engage in candid discussions, and share my own experiences with my 4 unique children to learn about unschooling and personal empowerment. We will cover the principles of unschooling and how it fosters self-directed learning, autonomy, and lifelong curiosity. I want you to gain the confidence to navigate the uncertain elements in unschooling. I aim to empower you and your children to thrive beyond the normal and gain a lifelong learning mindset.
How to Spark Curiosity in Maths
Richard Wilson
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Love it or hate it, maths is everywhere. It’s in nature’s patterns, our favourite recipe and the rate at which our children grow (way too fast!). If you take the time to look at it, maths is actually quite magical. With maths anxiety increasing, there’s never been a more important time to bring back to the magic of maths. When our lessons are focused on sparking curiosity, asking questions and pondering problems, kids can develop their mathematical thinking, often beyond levels achieved through traditional lessons. In this workshop we’ll cover: -Strategies to reduce maths anxiety -Tips on how to focus on the magic of maths -Activities designed to spark curiosity -Questions that encourage mathematical thinking Ready to make maths magic with your kids? ✨
Tips on how to be ‘flexible’ by a very ‘inflexible’ homeschooler
Aimée Engler
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When life unexpectedly gives you lemons, sell them and buy some chocolate! When I began homeschooling, I did so with a vision of academic excellence and perfection in all areas of life. Six years later I’m just happy that they’re learning something, that our relationships are strong, the house is ‘mostly’ tidy (don’t look too closely), and I’m no longer in the black hole of burn out (just). I’m finally learning that it pays to be ‘flexible’: to make plans and be prepared to throw them out when it all goes sour. Or, at the very least, to be prepared to re-envisage the situation. My brain’s natural immunity against change makes this VERY HARD and I’m hoping that my story and tips will help ease the path for others who are similarly ‘flexibility-resistant’, as well as encourage the ‘cognitively-supple’ to remember to utilise their natural ability.
Inspiring Teen Innovators
Cam & Jaiden Dubin
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Home educated children possess a unique opportunity to delve into the business world far earlier than their mainstream peers. In this workshop, Jaiden (15) and his Dad Cam delve into why this is, and share the story and processes they followed to launch Jaiden’s first business at 13. As a bonus, Jaiden will be sharing his top tips for budding young entrepreneurs to get them started on their own journey, today!
‘Help! My Kid Has No Interests!’ – Discovering Your Children’s Passions
Sara Macdonald
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Like the idea of interest-led learning but aren’t sure where to start? Kids unable to give an answer when you ask them what they want to learn about? This workshop is for you! We’ll be chatting about how to find your children’s interests and passions, how to support those interests when you find them, creating a family culture that supports pursuing your passions, what unschooling and interest-led learning looks like, and some helpful resources you can use. By the end, you’ll feel more confident in facilitating interest-led learning in your home!
Inviting Art: How to encourage art and rediscover it yourself
Melinda Miles
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It is common for people to struggle in their connection with art, unsure how to provide it to their children. Luckily we are all born with artistic flare that never truly leaves us. I will guide you through how to help foster your children’s artistic spark whilst simultaneously rediscovering your own. We will go through different ways to set up invitations to engage your children across different age groups, while exploring a variety of mediums. By the end of the workshop, you will feel confident in reconnecting with art and facilitating it to your children.
Common barriers to learning: how to remove obstacles so your child is free to learn.
Tamara Kidd
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Home ed blocks have no quick fixes. It seems complicated when you begin, but the process of home ed creates freedom to learn and to be.
As one graduate recently said to me, “I loved home ed dearly, however, it wasn’t until i was forced to transition back into public high school that I truly understood what it had done for me. Home ed taught me the power of self expression and individuality… these qualities have enabled me to graduate high school… and now transition into my dream degree as the best version of myself who isn’t afraid to stand up for my beliefs or what is right… Home ed allowed me to be unapologetically myself.”
How to be alone, when you never are. Tips for coping with 24/7 nature of homeschooling
Michelle Morrow
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How do you find time for yourself? What if you need a break? Who can you turn to when you want some empathy?
When I was homeschooling I felt like I needed a break but couldn’t get one. I had all the kids all the time. If I needed my partner to fill in it was always for a purpose. I couldn’t leave them alone, childcare wasn’t an option, parents didn’t live nearby. I never had my own space. Over my 18 years homeschooling, I discovered strategies to help me be home alone in a house full of people. Let me share some with you!
Raising the Whole Child
Ashleigh Warner
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In this workshop we will explore what it means to raise the whole child, looking more broadly at resilience, emotional regulation and connection and what we can focus on to create an environment in the early years that sets the stage for true maturity and development.
The Joy of Family Learning
Penny Graham
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Can you imagine bringing children of different ages together to learn deeply about the world? It is not only possible, but beautiful. Discover the joy of family learning together.
In this workshop, you will develop confidence to include children of all ages in learning across all areas including science & nature study, geography, history, language arts and even math. Come along for ideas and inspiration to embrace the joy of family learning.
Unschooling with your child's innate gifts
Heidi Hosking
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What if we could shift our children’s struggles behaviourally, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, just by recognising their innate gifts.
We are surrounded by curriculums that tell us what to study, learn and be good at. But what about our invisible magic – our innate gifts? For example, your child has a quick wit, can easily make money or is about other worlds… Let’s play with this concept!
By the end of the playshop, you will :
- See even more of your children’s gifts
- Know why your children give resistance or struggle with life when these aren’t recognised
- Be confident to embrace your child’s gifts, practically
STEM Education - No teaching or tech background needed
Jillina Whittaker
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A big block many home educators face is not knowing a subject well enough, and not knowing where to find help. We can feel intimidated by topics outside our expertise. We are confident in our decision to homeschool, but at times we are uncertain how to tackle it. STEM is a 21st century buzz word. We know the future needs STEM skills and many kids are curious about it. So how can we help them discover STEM, without all the stress. Discover how you, as a parent, can become the guiding hand in your child’s STEM journey. In this workshop, Jillina will share ideas and practical approaches, real-life experiences, and resources for primary and secondary education.
Boxed vs Build Your Own Curriculum
Kylie Ryan
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Don’t let choosing curriculum overwhelm you. Understand the basics of choosing an all in one package vs creating your own homeschool curriculum.
Life Lessons of a Proud Mutti Mutti Woman
Karyn Ross
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Join Karyn as she shares her own and ancestral story as a proud Mutti Mutti woman. With 25 years experience in the Aboriginal Arts and tourism industry; Karyn’s deep passion, commitment and knowledge has led to her work as a collaborative leader with extensive expertise in community development. While sharing her story Karyn will weave ways in which we, Australian homeschooling families, can look to connect with our local indigenous communities. Allowing us to create rich learning experiences for ourselves and our children.
Making Homeschool Sustainable Long Term.
Tanya Maudsley
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Choosing to home educate and do life alongside our children opens up a world of fun, adventure and possibility. Living and learning together while navigating the ever-changing seasons of life, through all the ages and stages (newborn to young adult, joy to grief, excitement to boredom) also brings unique challenges and opportunities.
In this workshop we will use a holistic approach to identify natural individual and family rhythms, capacities and energy levels, make family values and culture the core of your days, discuss democratic family decision-making, examine where external support will be most effective and I’ll share some practical systems our family has used over the years. You can curate a sustainable home-ed life unique to your family, full of confidence and delight!
Road Schooling: Tips from our van life experience
Felicity Harber
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I will chat:
- registration while travelling
- continuing a homeschooling experience for one child, while supporting the other through a year away from school
- the highs, lows and the tips I learn’t along the way
Writing Club- Facilitating a club, not a class and watch your children blossom
Erin Hassett & Emma Sage
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Erin & Emma will chat about how they have been supporting and encouraging dozens of children in their writing endeavours for many years. Nurturing talented writers and encouraging reluctant writers to become passionate ones. They will share their secrets on what works and what doesn’t. Why the children declare that “Writing Club” is their favourite part of Home Education.
Neurodiversity Panel
April, Patricia, Rebecca & Aimée
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Let’s talk all things neurodivergence… Chat with a panel of parents, experienced in a homeschooling journey inclusive of neurodivergence.
You will be part of an informative, interactive workshop. Its sole purpose; for you to get real-time, direct help!
Submit your questions before or during the workshop, and turn up live to hear them discussed and answered.
The Tech Perspective: Differing family approaches to technology
Kelly, Cam & Rachael
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Three different families with three very different technology perspectives all in the one place! Find out how they approach technology in their homes and ask WHY!
Submit your questions before or during the workshop, and turn up live to hear them discussed and answered by Kelly, Cam and Rachael.
This panel will be interactive, and enable you to get real-time, direct help!
Teens & Graduate Chat
Amanda Bartle, Teens & Graduates
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Ever let those questions of doubt jump in to your head? Am I doing the right by my kids? Will they flourish at home?
Join Amanda as she chats with a panel of homeschooled teens and graduates? And finds out just how they feel about their homeschool journey!
Have a question you would like Amanda to ask? Submit your questions before or during the workshop, and turn up live to hear them discussed.
These teen panel sessions are always fun and informative. A must add to your calendar.
Ask Us Anything
Amanda, Patricia & Micarlé
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Do you have some final questions you want answered, after an attending some amazing workshops?
Join Amanda, Patricia and Micarlé for the last workshop of the summit and get those last minute questions answered! Lots of laughs included.
Submit your questions before or during the workshop, and turn up live to hear them discussed and answered by experienced parents.
I have purchased a ticket to the summit for the last 4 years. Each year it gets better and better and is by far my most valuable parent homeschooling tool. I love that I can go back and rewatch sessions – such a valuable resource and a wonderful way to make homeschooling connections.
The Australian Homeschooling Summit has now ended. ACCESS these workshops PLUS over 250 workshops from the previous 7 summits, via our new FEARLESS MEMBERSHIP.
FAQs
Do I need to go anywhere?
No! It’s all online, you don’t even need to leave your couch.
Do I need to go anywhere?
No! It’s all online, you don’t even need to leave your couch.
Do I have to attend live?
Nope.
You’ll get access to all recordings soon after the workshops.
But we recommend you come live to be part of the live chat during the workshops and to ask your questions to the expert speakers.
When is the summit?
The summit will be held online from March 4 to March 15, 2024.
Workshops will be held Monday to Friday over the 2 weeks of the summit.
Each day of the summit will begin with a journalling session at 8 am.
Then workshops will be held daily at 10am, 2pm and 7pm.
All summit times are in Australian Standard Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Is the summit only for new homeschoolers?
Nope.
Whilst the summit will be the perfect head start if you’re new to homeschooling, our workshops will cover an extensive range of topics aimed at all different types of homeschoolers.
Been homeschooling for while? Got teens? Have a neurodiverse child? Transitioning your kids out of school?
All good… we’ve got you covered.
Is the summit just for Australians?
Nope… all are welcome here!
Whilst some of the topics covered are more relevant to Australian homeschoolers (ie registration and state specific items), the vast majority of our workshops will be applicable worldwide.
We have lots of previous attendees from New Zealand, the US and many other countries.
So if you’re coming along from oversees… just remember to check your timezone as we will be in Australian Standard Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
The Australian Homeschooling Summit has now ended. ACCESS these workshops PLUS over 250 workshops from the previous 7 summits, via our new FEARLESS MEMBERSHIP.