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Homeschooling Summit

2024

March 4-15

The Workshops

Lessons for Life: Fostering Mindset Grit & Resilience

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

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

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.

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?

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

Little Bang Science Session

Tamara Kelly

Workshop details

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

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

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

Tips on how to be ‘flexible’ by a very ‘inflexible’ homeschooler

Aimée Engler

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Inspiring Teen Innovators

Inspiring Teen Innovators

Cam & Jaiden Dubin

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‘Help! My Kid Has No Interests!’ – Discovering Your Children’s Passions

‘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

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.

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

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

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

The Joy of Family Learning

Penny Graham

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Unschooling with your child's innate gifts

Unschooling with your child's innate gifts

Heidi Hosking

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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.

STEM Education - No teaching or tech background needed

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

Boxed vs Build Your Own Curriculum

Kylie Rayner

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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

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.

Making Homeschool Sustainable Long Term.

Allira Caddies

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Joyfully homeschooling has been my motto since the very first time I stepped out of my university job with 6 kids in tow and decided to do a complete overhaul of my life. Since the moment that I made the decision that life would be joyful and adventurous WITH our kids at home, I have helped hundreds of families to do the same. It makes life so much more fun when you understand that homeschooling gives you more control and freedom in your life than you have ever experienced before – and that is what will make it sustainable long term. Learning to live life in a way that systematically eliminates the tedious parts and highlights the very best parts, can become the very foundation of how you start and continue on your journey of homeschool, right to the end. I look forward to helping you to inject some serious joy in to your homeschooling!

Road Schooling: Tips from our van life experience

Road Schooling: Tips from our van life experience

Felicity Harber

Workshop details
Are you thinking about jumping in a van and exploring this beautiful country? Not sure where to start or what to expect? Worried about taking your homeschooling or schooling kids out of their routine for a long period of time? Join me, as I discuss the learnings from our time on the road.

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

Writing Club- Facilitating a club, not a class and watch your children blossom

Emma Hasset & 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

Neurodiversity Panel

April, Patricia, Rebecca & Aimée

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Let’s talk all things neurodiversity… Chat with a panel of parents, experienced in a homeschooling journey inclusive of neurodiversity.

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

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

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

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.

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