2018 Annual Conference Schedule & Sessions
4th Annual Hawai`i Homeschool Network Conference
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Saturday, July 28, 2018 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Kahilu Town Hall in Waimea Big Island of Hawaii 67-1182 Lindsey Rd, Waimea, HI 96743 |
Lunch included with all registration
Schedule of Events
8:30 am - Sign-in / Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - Welcome and Introductions
9:30 am - Session 1
10: 30 am - 12:30 pm - Featured Keynote Speaker Session
12:30 pm - Lunch/ Networking / Curriculum Swap
1:30 pm - Session 2
2:30 pm - Session 3/ Resource Fair
9:00 am - Welcome and Introductions
9:30 am - Session 1
10: 30 am - 12:30 pm - Featured Keynote Speaker Session
12:30 pm - Lunch/ Networking / Curriculum Swap
1:30 pm - Session 2
2:30 pm - Session 3/ Resource Fair
Keynote Speaker
Merrilee Boyack
Keynote Topic: "Training Your Children to Be Independent"
About this Session: We’ll discuss how to have a plan for training our children to be independent by age 18. This will focus on life skills and we’ll discuss ways to get our children to work (beyond chore charts) and how to modify these as the kids get older. Also, children need to learn to manage their money and we'll explore everything from allowances to jobs to saving for college. We'll be discussing the practical how-to's involved in the process. You'll learn everything you need to know to raise incredible, capable, independent kids!
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration #finance
About Merrilee: Merrilee is a Renaissance woman: Author, Speaker, Life Coach, Lawyer, Community Leader, Wife, Mom, Grandmother.
Merrilee Boyack loves life and loves every season of life--especially this one! She enjoys hanging out with her hubby, four sons, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren and discussing politics. She is an estate-planning attorney preparing trust, wills and powers of attorney and her law practice covers Utah and California. Merrilee is also a professional lecturer and speaks all over the country, featured for many years at BYU Education Week and Time Out for Women, and a published author. She loves to travel and meet people all over the world. Her perfect day is camping in a tent, reading a good book, taking a perfect hike, and eating FREE food.
She is the author of several books and talks, including "The Parenting Breakthrough," "Strangling Your Husband Is Not an Option"; "In Trying Times, Just Keep Trying," and her most recent, “The Mismatched Nativity."
For more info about Merrilee, visit her website: http://www.merrileeboyack.com/
Keynote Topic: "Training Your Children to Be Independent"
About this Session: We’ll discuss how to have a plan for training our children to be independent by age 18. This will focus on life skills and we’ll discuss ways to get our children to work (beyond chore charts) and how to modify these as the kids get older. Also, children need to learn to manage their money and we'll explore everything from allowances to jobs to saving for college. We'll be discussing the practical how-to's involved in the process. You'll learn everything you need to know to raise incredible, capable, independent kids!
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration #finance
About Merrilee: Merrilee is a Renaissance woman: Author, Speaker, Life Coach, Lawyer, Community Leader, Wife, Mom, Grandmother.
Merrilee Boyack loves life and loves every season of life--especially this one! She enjoys hanging out with her hubby, four sons, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren and discussing politics. She is an estate-planning attorney preparing trust, wills and powers of attorney and her law practice covers Utah and California. Merrilee is also a professional lecturer and speaks all over the country, featured for many years at BYU Education Week and Time Out for Women, and a published author. She loves to travel and meet people all over the world. Her perfect day is camping in a tent, reading a good book, taking a perfect hike, and eating FREE food.
She is the author of several books and talks, including "The Parenting Breakthrough," "Strangling Your Husband Is Not an Option"; "In Trying Times, Just Keep Trying," and her most recent, “The Mismatched Nativity."
For more info about Merrilee, visit her website: http://www.merrileeboyack.com/
Organized Sessions
My Kids Are SO Different! Encouraging their Uniqueness by Merrilee Boyack
We will discuss the uniqueness of each child and how to raise them to appreciate their gifts and strengths. We will focus on the positive aspects of their uniqueness and how to deemphasize comparisons in the home.
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration
Teaching Our Children to Serve and Change the World!
We will talk about the importance of teaching children to serve. We'll also explore many ideas for family service and how this can teach children charity and love. Kids can change the world! Let's give them the tools to do it!
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration
Creative Storytelling by Dan Powell
Learn how to participate in, narrate, and write creative and active storytelling exercises to share or deepen learning about any content. Participants (and observers) will enlist the help of a “Join In” story to be introduced to or deepen their knowledge in various topics...including math. Join-In stories can be written by kids or parents and rely on kids’ natural desires to improvise and create! And if you just want to watch, that’s okay too!
Hands On Science/Inquiry Learning by Randi Wold-Brennon
This session provides useful guidelines to bring engaged learning into the hands of our keiki. Explore many ways to incorporate inquiry learning into existing curriculum, and network with others to create your own Hands On Science adventures. Walk away with an understanding of the principles of inquiry learning and resources to support your own inquiry projects.
How to Teach Kids to be Hard Workers and Still Have FUN!! by Jenni Bryson
Get your kids to be hard workers; in the family, with school work, and in life!? And don't forget to have FUN while youre doing this!!
#intent_to_homeschool #how_to #homeschool101 #homeschool_options #elementary #middle #highschool #co_op #unschooling #tjed_leadership_education #recharge #rememberyourwhy #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration #finance #Q&A #teens
We will discuss the uniqueness of each child and how to raise them to appreciate their gifts and strengths. We will focus on the positive aspects of their uniqueness and how to deemphasize comparisons in the home.
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration
Teaching Our Children to Serve and Change the World!
We will talk about the importance of teaching children to serve. We'll also explore many ideas for family service and how this can teach children charity and love. Kids can change the world! Let's give them the tools to do it!
#how_to #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration
Creative Storytelling by Dan Powell
Learn how to participate in, narrate, and write creative and active storytelling exercises to share or deepen learning about any content. Participants (and observers) will enlist the help of a “Join In” story to be introduced to or deepen their knowledge in various topics...including math. Join-In stories can be written by kids or parents and rely on kids’ natural desires to improvise and create! And if you just want to watch, that’s okay too!
Hands On Science/Inquiry Learning by Randi Wold-Brennon
This session provides useful guidelines to bring engaged learning into the hands of our keiki. Explore many ways to incorporate inquiry learning into existing curriculum, and network with others to create your own Hands On Science adventures. Walk away with an understanding of the principles of inquiry learning and resources to support your own inquiry projects.
How to Teach Kids to be Hard Workers and Still Have FUN!! by Jenni Bryson
Get your kids to be hard workers; in the family, with school work, and in life!? And don't forget to have FUN while youre doing this!!
#intent_to_homeschool #how_to #homeschool101 #homeschool_options #elementary #middle #highschool #co_op #unschooling #tjed_leadership_education #recharge #rememberyourwhy #motivate #parent_inspiration #student_inspiration #finance #Q&A #teens
Mahalo to Our Sponsors & Donors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
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Bronze Sponsors
Door Prize Donors
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Resource & Vendor Fair
- Usborne Books
- Koa Kids Creations
- Dolphin Quest
- Rainbow Resource (info only)
- Civil Air Patrol: Kona Squadron & Hilo Squadron
- Keiki Therapy & Handwriting Camps
- Harmony Educational Services
- Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union
- Big Island Sailing Foundation
- Girl Scouts of Hawai`i (info only)
- Lion Heart & Alessio: The Victory Ride
- Ka Oha
- East Hawai`i 4-H (info only)
- FL-WR Newbery Quiz Bowl Team
- Convention of States Action Hawaii
- BYU Independent Study (info only)
- BJU Press/HomeWorks (info only)
Childcare
We did not have enough interest to justify childcare this year. Teens and children that parents feel are behaved for a conference setting are welcome to attend with a ticket.