Sunday Heppner has been giving homeschooling parents, parents, and teacher workshops in California, Washington, and Arizona. Sunday’s audiences are empowered, energized, and entertained. They walk away revitalized in their approach to teaching. In 2008, she appeared on The Audrey Franklyn Interview Show and The Women’s Network TV Show.  FREE Motivator Pen per family that attends Sunday’s workshop!  Read more about Sunday here.

Children’s Bookshop, booths 300 to 403, will be featuring author Peg Kerhet Friday, June 18th from 9:30 to 11:00 at the WHO Convention.  Peg Kerhet has won awards from the National Christian Schools Association.

John Taylor Gatto’s new book, “Weapons of Mass Instruction” will be available for purchase at his booth, Booth #106. WHO will receive a percentage of each book sold thanks to his generosity!  You can also get it signed!!

We are pleased to have Rain speaking at the convention.  Check out the workshop schedule to see when she is speaking.

Author and Speaker Rain Perry Fordyce loves learning with her two boys and husband in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She is a writer and editor for an online magazine and Inspired Almost-Daily newsletter, as well as editing books and websites for others. She changes lives through her inspirational life coaching, speaking and with her powerful tool called The Peace Treaty to help adults end the resistance in their lives.

I Am Learning All the Time is Rain’s first children’s book, and was inspired by her passion to create confidence in her homeschooled children through positive words and stories. Rain and her husband made the decision to homeschool after their oldest was in the middle of second grade and their youngest was in his second year of preschool. She and her family are amazed at how much they are “learning all the time!”

Patrick Nurre has been an enthusiastic rockhound since grade school.  He grew up in the beautiful state of Montana where he spent many of his Saturdays rockhounding near the Big Horn River.  His field experience has included extensive digging in the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Kansas and Indiana.

In 2005 Patrick started Northwest Treasures, a business devoted to producing a wide variety of fine geology specimen kits and high quality polished thunder eggs to promote rockhounding.  Patrick’s geology specimen kits and polished thunder eggs have been featured in the new Creation Museum gift shop in Petersburg, Kentucky.

Patrick will be speaking twice on Friday and twice on Saturday.  Find the times by checking the workshop schedule.

Jim Weiss of Greathall Productions will not only be presenting workshops on both Friday and Saturday but will also be storytelling in the family area on both days.  Be sure to check out the complete schedule so you don’t miss it!

More about Jim Weiss here.

The family area schedule can be found here.

The workshop schedule can be found here.

We are pleased to have Diana Waring as one of our speakers at the WHO Convention.  She will be speaking both Friday and Saturday.  Her presentations on world history and on learning issues have delighted families in many nations and settings. Diana is well-known for her encouraging, fast-paced and humorous books and CD’s on homeschooling as well as her world history curriculum published by Answers in Genesis.  For more information click here.

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Here is a YouTube of “The Human Calculator” in action with students. You (and your “students”) can see Scott in action at this year’s Washington Homeschool Convention!!!

The Human Calculator has been teaching math and entertaining people with his astonishing math skills for more than 20 years. People challenge him almost every day to calculate large math problems in his head-and he loves each challenge!

Best selling author Scott Flansburg is “The Human Calculator” – a nickname given to him by television star Regis Philbin. Scott earned this nickname because of his remarkable math skills that allow him to add, subtract, multiply, and divide (even do square and cube roots) all in his head with amazing speed and calculator accuracy.

Catherine Levison, mother of five, began homeschooling in the 1980′s at a time when this option had only recently been legalized in her state. She recognized the need for both materials and a philosophy in a relatively new field. Catherine thoroughly researched various educational methods looking for the best possible choice for her family. Concerned for the quality of education for her children she also needed a method that could keep her interest as she anticipated over twenty years of home schooling before her. English educationalist Charlotte Mason proved to be the answer—her family flourished due to creative and effective techniques such as using poetry, masterpiece artwork, nature sketching combined with consistent attention to the academics.

Catherine’s titles are, A Charlotte Mason Education—A Home Schooling How-To Manual and More Charlotte Mason Education—A Home Schooling How To Manual. Her latest book is, A Literary Education—An Annotated Book List. She is also a contributing author to Homeschooling Methods; Seasoned Advice on Learning Styles published by Broadman & Holman, 2006. In addition Catherine has a regular column in the Link Homeschooling Newspaper.

Catherine will be speaking both Friday and Saturday.  Be sure to check the workshop schedule to check the times.

Also check out Catherine’s website.

Camp Woodworth is back this year with their remote control boats that you can try out in the giant pond during convention in the family area.  Everyone enjoys taking a turn at the helm!