Schedule

FRIDAY, July 10
5:30- 6:30 SET-UP for Used Book Sale and Curriculum Show & Tell
6:30- 9:00 Used Book Sale and Curriculum Show & Tell

SATURDAY, July11
8:00- 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:15- 10:10 "A Homeschooling Mom's Prayer Life: It Can Happen" by Karen Edmisten
10:25- 11:20 "Increase Your Joy Right Where You Are" by Suzie Andres

11:20- 12:20 LUNCH (purchase when you register, or feel free to bring your own!)

12:30- 1:25 "Homeschooling Dads" by Tony Andres
1:40- 2:25 "Read-Aloud Legacy: Reading Aloud for All Ages" by Karen Edmisten
2:4-3:30 "Homeschooling With Gentleness" by Suzie and Tony Andres

VENDORS OPEN ALL DAY 9:00- 4:00

Speakers: Suzie Andres

Suzie Andres is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College.  She has a Master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.  She and her husband Tony are the proud parents of two “only” children; the family has been homeschooling since 1996.  Suzie is the author of Homeschooling with Gentleness and the author/editor of A Little Way of Homeschooling.

Speakers: Karen Edmisten

Karen Edmisten, a former atheist who converted to Catholicism at the age of 35, is a freelance writer and frequent guest on Catholic radio. She is the author of Deathbed Conversions, After Miscarriage, The Rosary, and Through the Year With Mary, and has contributed to several other books, including A Little Way of Homeschooling, and Atheist to Catholic. A homeschooling mom for fourteen years, Karen blogs about family, home education, books, and coffee at Karen Edmisten: The Blog With the Shockingly Clever Title.

Speakers: Tony Andres

Anthony Andres is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College with a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.  Tony taught at Christendom College for fourteen years before heading back to TAC.  He currently teaches in the integrated Great Books program of Thomas Aquinas College.

Vendors

!!!Find cool Stuff for homeschooling in our vendor hall!!!

Pre-shop with our CHAO Conference vendors- click to be taken to these vendors websites.  Don't forget to look for coupons from different vendors to be used during the conference!

Ascent Tutoring

Books 4 Your Kids

Catholic Homeschool Association of Omaha

Catholic Schoolhouse

Jamberry Nails

Homeschool Foundation

HSLDA

Lakeshore Learning

Lilla Rose

Metropolitan Community College

Morning Star Ballet & Performing Arts

Movement Solutions

Omaha Homeschool Learning Center

Personal Touch Rosaries

Queen of Heaven Academy

Sanctus Clothing

Trail Life

Well-Read Moms

Friday Night Used Book Sale

Friday, July 10, 2015
6:30-9 pm

The annual CHAO used book sale will take place in the parish center of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church.  There is no cost to sell or shop, and all CHAO members are invited to attend even if you are not registered for the conference.  Non-CHAO members registered for the conference are welcome to come and shop the sale.

To sell your items, you must email your reservation to Magda Flynn by June 15 in order to save your spot and receive instructions for preparing your goods for sale.  Please consult your directory for Magda's email.

Sellers may arrive at 5:30 pm to set up their books and other items.  

However, NO SHOPPING till 6:30 pm!

Remember, we will be having a curriculum "Show & Tell" next door to the used book sale.  After or before you shop, please join us to peruse and discuss books, programs, and other resources fellow homeschoolers find helpful for their families!

Coupons and Door Prizes

The list keeps growing! 
Here are some of the coupons and door prizes you can look forward to at this year's conference:

Morningstar Dance- $10 discount

HSLDA- $30 total discount for memberships purchased at the conference

Lakeshore Learning- has donated an exciting door prize AND don't forget that they always have coupons available to print on their website!!!

Jamberry Nails- door prize!

Lilla Rose Hair Clips- door prize!

St. Francis & Co.- door prize!

Personal Touch Rosaries- door prize!

Gloria Deo- door prize!Metropolitan Community College- door prize!Omaha Homeschool Learning Center- door prize of $85 gift certificate!

 

DON'T FORGET!  Earlybird registration and the ability to purchase lunch ends June 20th!!!

Register!

To register, please mail a registration form with payment to:
CHAO Conference
10302 N. 51st. Ct.
Omaha NE 68152

Registration is $25 per COUPLE before June 19, and $35 per couple at the door.  Lunch is $8 per person, if you wish to purchase, or bring your own!

(You may also hand your form and payment off in person to Kris Jarecki, Regina Heywood, or Maureen Armendariz.)

To obtain a registration form, email Regina at heywoods4life@gmail.com.

***We are sorry for any inconvenience, but online registration and payment are not available.***

Friday Night Show & Tell

Please join us Friday night for a homeschool Show & Tell extravaganza!!!

What on earth will it be like, you ask?  Imagine a fat catalog of interesting and helpful books, curricula, toys, tools, kits, and other sundry.  But instead of looking at pictures and reading descriptions, you get to TOUCH every item, LOOK through every book, and ASK questions of real-life homeschooling moms and dads who use and love (or hate!) each and every item! 

There will be a table from numerous different curricula and approaches (including Seton, Mother of Divine Grace, Thomas Aquinas, CHC, unschooling), manned (or womanned) by moms and dads with experience using them.  Touch their books!  Ask about their strengths!  We will have a science table overflowing with books, texts, supplies, and kits different families love to use.  We will have a math table with all those books and programs you wondered about but didn't want to commit to without seeing first!  We also hope to have a miscellaneous table with art books and materials, religion resources, and other cool "stuff."

Feel free to wander around and ask questions.  There are no scheduled talks during the Show & Tell.  You get to use the whole evening asking your own specific questions and discussing options one-on-one with other parents.

In other words, it's going to be every homeschooling mom or dad's dream come true!  Please join us!

Meals

Your registration includes a light continental breakfast with coffee. 

Lunch is available.  The cost is $8.  Please mark your registration form to let us know if you will be purchasing a lunch.  NO lunches will be available for purchase the day of the conference. 

Lunch will be catered by HyVee and includes:
Full sandwich (choice of roast beef or turkey)
Chips
Cookie
Fruit
Bottle of water

Unfortunately there is no gluten-free lunch option available for purchase. 

If you prefer to bring your own lunch, you are very welcome to do so!

EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION

DON'T FORGET:

 

EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 19! 

 

REGISTER NOW!