Some of my family hanging out at the MPE Conference in Kansas City last year.
Last year, our family attended the Midwest Parent Educator’s Homeschool Conference in Kansas City. This year, we’ll be going back and I’ll also be speaking on a panel with two other bloggers on the topic of using technology in your homeschool. I’m excited about this particular panel because we won’t be talking about the typical technology you might think of when it comes to homeschooling…online curriculum and such. We’ll be addressing unique ways to use technology, limitations to “screen time” for children, as well as taking questions from the audience.
I’m also anxious to meet Eric and Leslie Ludy.
A couple of years ago, I read The Bravehearted Gospel as part of a Christian homeschool mom’s book club. It was wonderful, and I cannot wait to have him sign my book! I’m also becoming familiar with Leslie’s ministry Set Apart Girl. I believe this will prove to be an invaluable resource as my girls get older.
Also speaking at the conference is Brian and Betsy Ray.
Brian is the founder of the National Home Education Research Institute. I’m sure he will be able to share with us many encouraging things about homeschooling that will help us hone our vision for our children.
The MPE Homeschool Conference starts Thursday, April 4 at 7 pm with a free and open to the public session presented by the Ludys at Emmanuel Baptist Church. On Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, the main event will be held at the KCI Expo Center.
There is a children’s program for 5-12 year olds and a Youth Entrepreneurial Program for homeschoolers 13 and older.
This conference also has some awesome vendors. It’s always nice to have a good selection of vendors to choose from and be able to purchase most of your products right where you can thumb through pages and get answers and help from the publishers. (You can see a list of vendors here.)
And here’s the exciting news…
This year, Midwest Parent Educators is graciously giving away
ONE FREE ADMISSION
to one of my readers!
Enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below for your chance to win!
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I’ve been wanting to go to the MPE Conference for years. Unfortunately it was always the same weekend as a special meeting I was involved in at our church. There’s no conflict, and I’m looking forward to going this year!
I would LOVE to win this! I’ve only been once and would love to be able to go again!
Our family has never been to a Homeschool Conference. We’d love the opportunity to go! =)
I would love to win the extra ticket to share with a friend who is interested in homeschooling. I am a member of MPE already.
I’ve been dreaming of attending the Teach Them Diligently Conference in NE that you write about, but the cost of travel and hotel accommodations are making that a big challenge. Kansas City would be much easier! I may have to go just to hear the Ludy’s on Thursday! Thanks for letting us know about it!
I started attending the MPE conference in 2006, when my oldest son was only 3 years old, in order to start browsing the vendor hall and learning what was what in the homeschooling world! Last year, I attended the “full” conference for the first time, listening to the speakers available, and was truly blessed and revitalized by what I gained! I’d love to be able to do experience that again!
I’ve been thinking about homeschooling. I think God wants me to. I would like to go to a conference and see the choices in curricula before I commit anything. My oldest is the most rebellious. I can barely get him to do homework.
I’d love to go! I have never actually been to a conference, just the vendor hall on time years ago.
I would love to go to this – especially now that I live here!
I would love to win and attend the conference! I have wanted to go for the past two years but haven’t been able to afford it. I homeschool my 8 kiddos and am expecting again due in May.
Would love to attend, especially in KC!! Thank you for your ministry!
It’d give me an excuse to go see my friend Lynnette;)
Free admission would be a huge blessing to our family as my husband is losing his job at the end of this week and money is about to get REALLY tight with no job prospects on the horizon at the moment. I wanted to go last year but was unable to do so. With our economic challenges, we need all the encouragement and support for homeschooling that we can get. Thank you for the opportunity!
I would love to attend!
Thanks for the chance to go back to a great conference. Haven’t been in a couple of years!
I’m hoping to win this for a dear friend who is having EXTREME family difficulties and EXTREME financial difficulties!
I would really love to go to this conference…so much to learn!
Yay! Would love to go again!
Looks like fun. I wanted to go last year but it was my weekend to work
MPE always puts on a FIRST Class event!
Hope I can make it there this year!
I would love it if I won. I haven’t been able to go to this one for quite a few years, but I always found it so encouraging when I was able to go!
We’ve never been to a homeschool conference and would love to go….especially in KC-we have good friends to visit there!!
As a first time home school mom, I would love to go to this!!!!
I saw the Ludy’s speak a few years ago and loved them. Enjoy!
Awesome opportunity! Thanks for the contest!
I want to win, I want to win!!
We attend every year and it would be great to be able to win an admission
Would love to win this giveaway! We homeschool our three boys and I love to learn from other mommas who’ve “been there”!
I would love to win this!
I attended last year for the first time in years and had a great time. I’d love to attend again this year.