Whether you are new to homeschooling, a veteran homeschooler, considering taking the plunge, or just looking for practical ideas for your student conventions and virtual events are great places to gain information to help you get the most out of your experience.
Throughout the year we host a variety of free virtual events and attend a number of conventions. Check back frequently as we add events often.
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Free Virtual Event
If you are a Math-U-See parent, you may wonder "what does mastery look like?" at some point in your journey. Join us as we discuss how you know you are on the right track and share observations to parents who might be interested in a mastery approach.
Free Virtual Event
Charlene Notgrass—homeschool pioneer, historian, blogger, and consummate encourager—says her joy in the journey of homeschooling came when she learned "how to make homeschooling who you were instead of something to be carried around like a big, heavy burden." Along with her husband, Ray, they have given the homeschooling world Notgrass History, one of Cathy Duffy's Top Picks for homeschool curriculum. Join us as we have a conversation full of history, encouragement, and joy as we discuss how history studies can positively impact both you and your students.
Free Virtual Event
It's difficult for our students to envision what comes after high school. In our increasingly complex world, there are more and more paths for a post–high school journey. Join us for a lively discussion with Jonathan Brush, president and CEO of Unbound, to talk about having conversations with your high schooler now to prepare them for the future. We will explore attitudes to develop in your student and essentials you need to know as your prepare your students to leave the nest.
Free Virtual Event
If you’re a parent who doesn't see yourself as mathematically adept, it can feel difficult to create a successful mathematical environment for your student. What if you could "flip the script" and learn alongside your student? Join us for a discussion about fostering your own mathematical success so you can model it for your students.
Free Virtual Event
Before a student begins their high school math experiences, they need to have a set a skills in place. As a parent, how do you recognize what skills are necessary and how to foster them? This discussion will center on what skill sets students need as they step into the world of pre-algebra and beyond.
Free Virtual Event
How can the Math-U-See methodologies and materials set your student with Attention Deficit Disorder up for success? Join us as we review how to implement strategies that will make your student more mathematically successful.
Free Virtual Event
Homeschooling parents whose children learn differently often find themselves wondering what resources are available to them and how to take advantage of those resources. Join Gretchen Roe and Meredith Taylor, Director for Special Needs for the South Carolina Association of Independent Schools, for a discussion on where to begin and how to flourish. Parents will learn practical advice and also how SCAIHS could support them in their journey.
Convention
Demme Learning is proud to be an exhibitor at the Great Homeschool Convention in Missouri. Conventions are a great way to ask questions, browse, and experience our curriculum.
Free Virtual Event
Parental rights are integral to homeschooling and are important for many other issues. Join us for a discussion with Ethan Demme, CEO of Demme Learning and a board member of the Parental Rights Foundation, and Will Estrada, President of the Parental Rights foundation, as they discuss their homeschool experiences growing up and their continued commitment to supporting and defending parental rights.
Free Virtual Event
Parents often ask us how they are going to teach their children creative writing—especially when they don't feel successful with that process themselves. Join us for a practical conversation about how to foster a love of writing in your children and how to teach them the skill sets to help them thrive.
Convention
Demme Learning is proud to be an exhibitor at the CHEW Conference.
Free Virtual Event
Handwriting struggles take many forms, and parents often have a difficult time sorting concern from frustration. Join us for a conversation with Katie Webster Roe, OT, about ways to improve your child's handwriting, how to evaluate struggles, and how to create a game plan for success.
Free Virtual Event
Sometimes we forget that good journeys have endings. Homeschool moms often feel adrift when their journeys end. Join us for this important discussion about how to plan for your future now so that you can move from one phase of life to another with grace and joy.
Free Virtual Event
Grammar is a subject many parents feel is boring and outdated, but we would like to change the conversation. You engage with your student grammatically every time you talk to them. Instead of considering grammar as something to dislike, what if you considered it a tool to help your student become a better writer? Join us for a lively conversation about using grammar effectively in your learning endeavors. We promise to take the sting out of the conversation.
Free Virtual Event
Empathy. It is so often lacking in our exchanges in society today. But how do you teach it to your children? The ability to understand and share in others’ feelings is something unique to the human experience. As parents, how do we foster the conversations that create a safe space to explore emotional intelligence and grow it within ourselves and our children? Join us for an insightful conversation with Heather Frommack, MS, RDN, CPTD. Heather is a veteran homeschooling mom of five awesome kids—by birth and international adoption. Her mission is to help normalize unity amidst diversity through the portals of empathy, Cultural Intelligence (CQ), and relationships. In her previous role as HSLDA’s Director of Outreach and Educational Consulting, she collaboratively built their first multicultural outreach program, which continues the work of cross-cultural bridge-building today. She shares from a biblical perspective, scholarly support, and humbled humor about how empathy and compassion can be created, nurtured, and fostered within your family and the greater community.
Convention
Demme Learning is proud to be an exhibitor at the MassHope Homeschool Convention.
Convention
Demme Learning is proud to be an exhibitor at the Christian Heritage Family Discipleship and Homeschooling Conference.
Free Virtual Event
We have countless conversations with parents about how they struggle with perfectionism, both in their students and in themselves. We're not experts, but we have been intentional in compiling thoughtful commentary and strategies to provide insight and action plans as you continue your journey. Use this as the framework for an essential discussion with your family.
Free Virtual Event
Experiences—that is how the brain is wired to learn. To engage, from birth, with the world, learning through interactions with objects, spaces, and living elements. Yet somewhere along the way, the element of experience and fun has escaped the world of education. It's time to bring it back. It's time to engage kids with their curiosities, promote exploration, understand concepts, support social-emotional learning skills, and travel to faraway places without ever leaving home. With VictoryXR's Virtual Learning Platform, students can experience a wide variety of virtual learning environments without exceptional costs involved. Come learn how to explore a virtual world.
