Take a breathtaking look at the universe. This is a comprehensive guide to the heavens! Sit back and explore the world at your fingertips in this book which: explains the scale and size of the universe, which is hard for our minds to imagine—yet can only indicate the Master’s hand at work contains more than [...]

Count your blessings while charting your family’s homeschool journey with this gorgeous day planner from best-selling author Debra Bell! The Ultimate Homeschool Planner will help you prayerfully prioritize your family’s lessons, assignments, and activities, as well as your academic and personal growth goals for each of your children. Includes teaching helps, record-keeping, and pages to [...]

Revealing Arithmetic: Math Concepts from a Biblical Worldview Do you want to present math from a biblical perspective, but need ideas and a framework from which to start? Are you looking for fresh inspiration for your math class? In Revealing Arithmetic, you’ll get ideas and inspiration to help you Reinforce a biblical worldview and worship [...]

This package gives you four Bible-based charts to  help with character building, discipline, and sibling relationships in your  home, our bestselling topical Bible for parents, and a quick-reference “checklist for parents” booklet. If you’re new to Doorposts, and you want try our parenting materials, the books and charts in this package are the best ones to [...]

Shepherding a Child’s Heart tells you how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flow from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way: “…out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives [...]

Custom-made for use with Amanda Bennett’s one-year Download N Go package, this 63-page Download N Go Teacher’s Guide includes everything you’ll need to have a stress-free year using Download N Go unit studies. Full of great information and powerful tools, it includes Answers to frequently asked questions about using unit studies. An extensive topical index [...]

Win an ENTIRE Download N Go Spring Semester on CD! Includes 21 one-week studies for grades K–4! This colorful, fun-filled unit study and lapbook make learning an adventure with these exciting studies: • Autumn Treasures • Amelia Earhart • Ben Franklin • Birthday Bonanza • Davy Crockett • Dolphin Days • Expedition Australia • Expedition [...]

Leave your comment below for a chance to win Crystal Creek Media’s giveaway: One FREE Crystal Creek Media Official Team T-Shirt! (Be sure to leave a valid e-mail so the company can notify you if you win! Winners will be chosen Friday, February 3, 2012.) Don’t miss Crystal Creek Media at this year’s convention! (This [...]

Home Education: Touching the Heart. Win a chance to come to the 29th Annual HEAV Homeschool Convention—for FREE! More than 130 information-packed workshops, with great speakers—Tedd Tripp, Jason Lisle, Crystal Paine, Reb Bradley, Debra Bell, Hal and Melanie Young, to name a few—PLUS Crystal Creek Media’s two-day Film Camp, a Transcript Boot Camp, a HUGE [...]

Make writing easier with Get A Word Write Now: A Thematic Thesaurus for Stylized Writing, by The Institute for Excellence in Writing! This resource is a brilliantly organized reference that •  contains word lists organized by character qualities and behavior traits •  is divided by parts of speech to assist younger students •  contains quotations from [...]

Here’s a press release we just received about Crystal Creek Media’s Film Camp—which is coming to the 2012 Virginia Homeschool Convention! Watch for registration details soon. ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSEMENTS FOR FILM CAMP BY DR. JAY WILE & DR. JEFF MYERS In March of 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri, dozens of teenagers sat spellbound while listening to [...]

Thanks to Seth Fisher (Through My Lens Photography) and Philippe Monk (HEAV/Living Story Photography), we have some wonderful pictures of the 2011 Virginia Homeschool Convention to share with you! We hope they bring back lots of memories, and that the inspiration and encouragement you received at the convention is carrying on into your new school [...]

THANK YOU for your patience and participation in HEAV’s first Facebook Party & Blog Giveaway! We all had a wonderful time. Therefore, without further ado…we have WINNERS!!! (We have listed the first names of our winners for privacy. You will be notified from the sponsor of your giveaway with further details and instructions on claiming [...]

Here it is folks: the GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY!!! ~ 1 FREE three-day couple’s convention registration! ~ Go ahead–leave your comment for a chance to WIN! (Be sure to leave a valid e-mail so we can notify if you win! Winners will be chosen Friday, June 3, 2011.) (This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed [...]

Are you looking for fun “kid-tested” locations to visit with your children this summer? This is the e-book for you! “Family Travel Mom” and best-selling author of KIDS LOVE TRAVEL books, Michele Zavatsky, has visited over 5,000 kid-friendly places. Leave your comment below for a chance to win KIDS LOVE TRAVEL‘s giveaway: One FREE KIDS [...]

The Institute for Excellence in Writing is offering an e-audio talk titled “Humor & Other Motivators in Teaching.” Comment below for your chance to WIN! (Be sure to leave a valid e-mail so the company can notify if you win! Winners will be chosen Friday, June 3, 2011.) Don’t miss Institute for Excellence in Writing [...]

A big thank to The Five Finger Paragraph for giving away a HOMESCHOOL/HOMESTUDY KIT, Grades K-12, e-book! The HomeSchool/HomeStudy Kit of The Five Finger Paragraph© are applicable to all grades — K-12. This e-book kit is 100+ pages in length and is 4.3 MB in size. The HomeSchool/HomeStudy Kit contains: 1 Parent Edition 1 Student [...]

Classical Conversations (CC) is offering two books to be given away. Here’s you chance! Enter your comment below. We’ll be selecting two winners from those who comment! The Core by Leigh A. Bortins Product Description In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals, and the American presidents were basics [...]

O.K., here’s your chance to win something from Doorposts that every family could use–a Set of 4 Small Charts!!! Product Description: Set of four laminated, color, page-size charts. Includes the If-Then Chart, the Blessing Chart, the Brother Offended Checklist (with book), and the Go-to-the-Ant Chart. These 8.5″ x 11″ versions are offered in response to [...]

Thank You to Apologia for this giveaway! Product Info – How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids by Rachael Carman Rachael Carman is a homeschooling mom of seven children. Davis and Rachael Carman are the owners of Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. How well do you really know your kids? What has God shown you [...]

Up next… Home School Astronomy Presentation’s “Tour of the Solar System.” Product Description: Do you need the light-speed tour of the entire solar system all in one lesson? Home School Astronomy Tour Company is able to accommodate you! Only half our solar system is filled with planets. Find out what the other half is full [...]

We would like to thank The Old Schoolhouse Magazine for contributing 3 Schoolhouse Planners on CD (Each winner will be allowed to choose the planner she would like), as well as 5 one-year subscriptions to the magazine! You don’t want to miss this! There will be a total of EIGHT winners. Leave your comment below! [...]

YAY! YAY! YAY! Three of our wonderful exhibitors are giving out PARTY FAVORS to YOU! These are special discounts you receive for being a part of HEAV’s first Blog Giveaway! Character Tales is offering a coupon for 25% off of all of their Character Tales products! Click here for the coupon. The Five Finger Paragraph [...]

Two separate winners will receive one $15 gift certificate from Sign with Me VA ! Two additional separate winners will also win a 3-week class each (does not include books and materials) in their location choice of Williamsburg, Newport News, or Virginia Beach, to be used within 90 days of winning. Sign with Me VA [...]

Character Tales is sponsoring TWO prize giveaways! That means we’ll be selecting TWO winners from those who comment! One winner will get… …his choice of one activity book (2-6 or 6-12)! Character Tales activity book ages-2-6 or Character Tales activity book ages-6-12 The other winner will get… to choose from two posters from the ten [...]

Rick Green of WallBuilders is giving away several wonderful products. There will be one winner chosen for each product. Please comment below for your chance to WIN! Rick’s “Leader’s Edge” Communication Package Product Description: The Leader’s Edge: The Power of Purposeful Communication; Master the Art of Purposeful Communication, Rapport Skills, and Public Speaking. Practical and [...]

Now we have a t-shirt giveaway from Liberty University! Liberty University is a Christ-centered and VERY homeschool friendly establishment. Their motto is “Training Champions for Christ!” Leave a comment below for your chance to win! (Be sure to leave a valid e-mail so the company can notify if you win! Winners will be chosen Friday, [...]

HEAV would like to offer a special thanks to Hal and Melanie Young, authors of Raising Real Men, for inspiring HEAV’s first Facebook Party and Blog Giveaway! They’ve also contributed TWO fabulous giveaways we’re sure you will love. One winner will receive the “Mom and Dad Special” (a hard-copy book for mom and an audio [...]

What happens now? We will be talking to other homeschool moms, speakers, exhibitors, and HEAV staff and board on our Facebook wall. You may ask your homeschooling and convention questions LIVE! Simultaneously, we’ll be offering FREE product giveaways right here on our blog. For your chance to win, you simply leave a comment with a [...]

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Media Contact: Yvonne Bunn, Director of Homeschool Support, Home Educators Association of Virginia, 252-673-2855, www.heav.org/media Physician-Futurist, Best-Selling Author, and Award-Winning Educator Richard Swenson, M.D., to Speak on Building Sanity Margins in Lives An increasingly fast-paced world with time, financial, and educational challenges — and a desire to do what’s best [...]