Convention Tracks and Topics

43rd HEAV CONVENTION
June 4-6, 2026

Tracks, Speakers, and Relatable Topics

Preview a few of our convention speakers, tracks, and topics being offered!

Preschool

1 The Science-Backed Benefits of Play for Brain Development
2 Homeschool Hindsight: What NOT to Do When Homeschooling
3 I’m Homeschooling with a Toddler Strapped to My Leg!
4 Unharried Homeschooling: Scheduling 101
5 What Every Mother (and Father) of a Preschooler Needs to Know

Beginners

TH Intro to Homeschooling
TH What Kind of Homeschool is Right for Me?
TH Knowing The Law: Notifying and Testing Demystified

High School

TH Homeschooling Through High School
TH Preparing Teens for Launch
1 College and Career Panel
2 Dual Enrollment: A Smart Strategy for Homeschoolers
4 Why Our Children are Deconstructing Their Faith
5 No Longer Little

College

2 Build an Amazing Homeschool Transcript
4 Secrets to the Real Scholarship Search
5 What is Waiting at the Public University
5 Five Key Skills for the College-Bound Student
6 How To Ace the SAT
6 Finding Your Secret Ingredients to Attending College

Trades

3 The Power of Apprenticeship
4 Gen Z is Failing Post-High School: What’s the Answer?
FR-SAT | College & Career Fair

Dad Topics

TH A debt-free degree reality-Put that 200K Back in Your Pocket
1 Self-Sufficiency on Less Than an Acre
3 A United Front (Nick Freitas, Daniel Huerta, Renton Rathbun)
6 Calling All Men! We Need a Better Definition for Servant Leadership

Mom Topics

1 The After-Party of the Empty Nest: Because Mom is Not Your Only Name
2 Marriage, Parenting and Homeschooling Q&A
2 Beyond Textbooks: Nurturing the Whole Child in Your Homeschool
3 The Mom Connection (Kate & Francesca Battistelli)
3 Side Jobs for the Homeschool Mom
4 Mentoring and Becoming a Titus 2 Woman
5 When You’re Too Tired for Health: Real Strategies for Real Moms
5 How to Homeschool Many Without Losing Your Mind!

Faith

2 The Family: God’s Primary Mission Station
2 Raising Disciples in a Digital World
3 God’s Incredible Design for the Brain and the Power of Purpose
4 You shall love the LORD with your mind
5 The Gospel Through the Eyes of Animals
6 What is the Church’s Role in Education?
6 Recovering a Biblical Imagination for Our Children

Special Needs

1 Taming the Fire: Managing Big Emotions in ADHD
2 Ask Dr. Amy
3 Identifying & Correcting Blocked Learning Gates
5 Inside the Struggling Learner’s Mind: A Live Brain Training Experience

Homesteaders

A Homestead Tsunami (Keynote)
1 Self-Sufficiency on Less Than an Acre
6 Thrift Steading
6 Raising Self-Sufficient Kids Through Food Science and Physics Courses

Heritage

1 Wisdom from the Past and Hope for the Future
1 Raising Patriots: Building Constitutional Literacy
2 Christianity, Patriotism, and Liberty
5 Teaching Freedom: Adapting the Victims of Communism Curriculum for Every Learner
5 Defending Religious Freedom from Dangerous Worldviews in Public Education

History Track

1 Top Ten Reasons for Merging History and Literature together in a Classical and Charlotte-Mason Style
1 Raising Patriots: Building Constitutional Literacy

Math Track

1 Banishing Math Anxiety: A Guide to Generational Success
3 Unlock the Puzzle with RightStart™ Math
4 How the Kumon Math & Reading Programs Build Confident, Independent Thinkers
6 Revealing Algebra from a Biblical Worldview

Science Track

1 The Science Backed Benefits of Play for Brain Development
2 Pics or It Didn’t Happen: The Power of a Science Lab Journal
2 Astronomy Through a Christian Worldview
5 Science in the Kitchen, Science in the Bathroom, Science in the Car
6 Days of Creation: a Year-long Science Study

Art & Music Track

1 The Musical Heroes of Composer John Williams
1 Piano Masterclass
3 A Lesson in Seeing and Drawing Yourself
5 Discernment of the Times We Are in Through What We Do
6 Cultivating Creativity in Every Lesson
6 Recovering a Biblical Imagination for Our Children

Foreign Language Track

TH Educación en el hogar: Cómo iniciar con confianza y finalizar con éxito
TH Educación en el hogar: Guía para elegir, estructurar el currículo desde Kínder hasta la Secundaria
TH Mesa Redonda: Familias que Educan en Casa
1 Why Latin? The Core of a Classical Education
2 Learning Languages Through Ages and Stages
3 Teach a Foreign Language — Even If You Don’t Speak One
3 Bilingual Education for Homeschool Families: How to Start and Keep Your Family’s Bilingual Legacy
6 Preparando a Tu Bachiller para el Futuro: De la Educación en Casa a la Vida Adulta

Convention Sponsors

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