Schoolhouse Expo Scavenger Hunt

Doesn't that sound like fun?  A scavenger hunt?!  Oh how I wish I could join!  But instead, I'll pass the word along to you and let you join in!

Remember the Schoolhouse Expo that I've been writing about?  They are giving more people a chance to win prizes!  Even if you are not attending the Schoolhouse Expo, you can play along and have a chance to win something!

Here's the details, go there and sign up and follow all of the rules.  There are 3 hunts to join.  Scavenger A and B is a hunt through all of the vendors in the vendor hall.  College Fair Scavenger Hunt is a hunt through the college vendor booths.  Have fun and let me know if you win anything!  You have all week long to get this done too!

Schoolhouse Expo Starts TODAY!

I am so excited!!  Wait, let's make that

I AM SO EXCITED!

This morning, in 2 hours and 37 minutes, I will be sitting here attending the Schoolhouse Expo that is hosted by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.  Jealous?  I know you are!  I would be.

Coming up on the schedule today that I am excited about is a session hosted by Janice Campbell called Multi-Level Teaching and Molly Green Economizers talking about Super Storage and Organizing.

And besides all of the fun of each session and the freebies that are given out.  There is also chances to win door prizes!  You can check them out here and see which ones appeal the most to you! 

I hope to win the getaway at Great Wolf Lodge.  We have one right here near us that we have been talking about taking a family vacation to.  How awesome would it be to be able to do it for free!? I could also stand it if I won the 2 night stay at Sierra Lodge. ;-)

A couple other prizes that caught my eyes were the comprehensive lesson plans from Veritas Press and the home edition of "The Five Father" by Five Fathers Music.  There is so many prizes available!  The list seriously astounds me!  


Even though the Schoolhouse Expo is sold out, you can still buy the Expo2Go tickets for $19.99 and get all of the audio recordings to listen to at your own leisure.  If you want to make sure that you can buy tickets for next year, please "like" Schoolhouse Expo on Facebook to be kept up to date with reminders and what is going on.  


And if you already "like" Schoolhouse Expo on Facebook, make sure to stay tuned to them all week for scavenger hunts!  There will be three of them.  I can't wait to get more information on those!

Schoolhouse Expo is Nearing!

I am so excited for next week!  It starts on the 16th! Only 3 more days!  

I have made sure that everyone close to me knows that I will be busy next week, all week.  Please don’t disturb me during the Expo!  I even made sure that I went to meet my lawyer this week instead of next week so I don’t have to miss anything!

The closer it gets, the more excited I become!  Today I downloaded the whole schedule and the other items that were ready for download.  Now I just need to find a way to print them all out.  I don’t have any ink.  Maybe I’ll head down to the library with a pocketful of change.

If you haven’t already bought your tickets and you’d like to hear all of the recordings then you can check out this link and give The Old Schoolhouse Magazine all of your precious info to buy the Expo2Go package!  You won’t be sorry!  I bought those tickets last year and was still glad that I had.  The neat thing about buying all of the sessions this way is that you can listen to them at your convenience.  It is $19.99 that is well spent!

How many days until it’s here again?

Month of May

My calendar is already filling up for the month of May!  I can't believe it.  I have 5 doctor appointments, 2 meetings, 3 nights of AWANA, a fire station open house, appointment to get cats fixed, a dinner at church and court (if I get to actually go this time).

Then of course, what I've been waiting for for quite a while.  The Schoolhouse Expo!  It's a homeschool convention that is online during the week of May 16-20.  I am so excited!!

Last year, I didn't get to attend the Expo.  But I did purchase the Expo to Go tickets!  And as a nice little give away, they allowed everyone who had bought Expo to Go tickets to attend the Expo live on Friday.  I was ecstatic about that because that was the day that my favorite Christian fiction author, Tricia Goyer, was speaking that day!  I learned so much that day and thoroughly enjoyed myself!  Greg even took off for the afternoon with the kids for me I believe!


The nice thing about the Expo to Go was that when I received the mp3 files to download, I could listen to them at my own leisure.  And I could keep them too after I downloaded them to my computer.  I also received the devotions that were done each morning which was a nice bonus!

I hear that the Schoolhouse Expo is already sold out this year!  Wow!!  But you can still buy the Expo to Go!  It's $19.99 and you get access to 40+ sessions, including  Devotions with Deb and A Minute with Molly!  Believe me, if you are a homeschooling Mom, you don't want to miss this homeschool convention!


If you still need further proof that it is the best online convention and you don't want to miss it, check out the Vendor Hall.  From here you can see all of the vendors and click on their links.  You may even find some cool freebies!

Avoiding Homeschool Burnout

Have you ever just hit a wall with homeschooling?  Do your kids whine or complain when it's time to do some school work?  I think that we've probably all ran into this at some time or another.

I have some simple ideas that you may want to use for avoiding homeschool burnout.

One thing that I have done before was change up our routine.  We always start with our Bible reading, and I think that is too important to do first so we can't switch that around.  But after that, we can change it up!  Instead of doing history next, why not do art?  Or instead of just changing the routine you can try something different in your routine.  Have your kids jump on one foot while memorizing math problems.  Or maybe they can parade around the room while memorizing dates or Bible verses.

Giving the kids a different direction besides just sit at your desk and do your work makes it more fun!

Why not try a picnic outside in the sun and do some school work there?

One of my favorite things to do is to recharge myself.  The best way that I have found for that is to attend a homeschool conference of some type.  They are so informative!  You can not only learn about how to teach your children, but they have lots of fun ways to do it!  The guest speaker may have some awesome ideas that will encourage you and your children to do school work.  Or even the panel of attendees that chat have great ideas and they share them joyfully with each other.  I am of course, talking about an online conference.  But there are also great local conferences in many areas!

I am aware of a online homeschool conference that is coming up this year and tickets are even on sale now!  The Homeschool Expo is a wonderful conference with many great speakers.  I attended a day last year and also bought the Expo2Go that contained the mp3 files so I didn't have to miss when I couldn't attend.  If you'd like to join up check this out here http://bit.ly/ExpoGo. 

Along with the informative guest speakers that will be attending, there are great freebies that are given out with the purchase of a ticket.  For $19.95 you can order the Expo2Go if you can't make it and have access to the freebies and the mp3 recordings.  If you are interested in buying a ticket to join for the whole week of conference in May 2011, you can purchase a ticket for $29.  But you better hurry because pretty soon it goes up to the regular price of $39!