Conference Speakers
Shari McMinn
Shari Communicates
For the past decade, Shari Howard McMinn has worked part-time for CHEC since she was widowed. For 28 years, she homeschooled nine of her 11 children through high school, the last five years as a single mom. Her children, now all adults, run the gamut of career capabilities. While homeschooling, she had to adapt curriculum and teaching methodologies for both highly gifted and special needs students, while managing a busy home and family businesses. A published author of six Christian living books, she is a witty and inspirational speaker who recently became a Colson Fellow.
Speaker Sessions
Frugal Homeschooling: Affording Home Education Without Government Help
(You Can Do It! Track)
Former homeschooler of 28 years, Shari Howard McMinn, and her beloved husband, Cary, home educated five of their birth children in an urban neighborhood, then added five younger children through adoption after moving to a remote farm. With all of her adult children now enjoying a variety of careers, and several married with children of their own, she is a vault of wisdom from first-hand experience on all things homeschooling and parenting. In this workshop, she will share her “Frugal 40” tips and tricks to maximize family size on a minimal budget, while successfully homeschooling, as the optimal lifestyle choice in either an urban or rural setting.
Single-Parent Homeschooling: Prioritizing Life for a Season
(Family Discipleship)
Single parents can successfully home educate their children if they keep “the main things” as the main things. Join veteran homeschooling parent Shari Howard McMinn to glean wisdom for strategies that work to home educate as a solo parent. This practical workshop will encourage you to make financial and personal time sacrifices during your single parenting season to profoundly impact your family and world through home education of the next generation. Whether you support yourself and your children through an outside job or work from home, homeschooling can happen!
Join thousands of homeschoolers this June 11-13th at the Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference in Denver, Colorado!
Expect to have a lot of fun and fellowship, find great deals on curriculum, and get practical encouragement for your homeschooling journey!
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