Things have changed a LOT since we began home educating in 1987. There were basically a small handful of “biggie” Christian curriculum suppliers who had just recently began allowing home educators to purchase their resources, if they requested to do so on school letterhead. Non-traditional (read that, non- textbook/workbook) type resources were just beginning to break forth on the scene, and a SMALL market was just beginning to develop specifically for home educators. Our challenge was finding any resources to match our philosophy of education.
Today you have a different challenge. Businesses and ministries targeted to home educators have EXPLODED. Your challenge today is to wade through the thousands of choices available to you. But, aside from trial and error, how are you really going to know which ones really line up with what you are looking for?
Another thing began to grow quickly in the home education community, when we were early on our journey, the homeschool convention. There you could listen to encouragement, training, and the hearts of those that were further on the journey and those producing the resources. You could also see and touch, look through and ask questions of those who were selling the resources – and many times those who had written them.
Me and My House was there. We began presenting non-traditional resources we’d found, at home education conventions in the early 90’s. Here in the midwest, things were still in the “biggie” traditional resources mode, and we wanted to bring the newer non-traditional resources in for people to get aquainted with. As the resource business grew, so did the conventions.
And then another thing changed the face of home education, the boom of the internet. Now there were literally thousands of resources available to home educators without even walking out their doors. This changed the face of Me and My House also. It was no longer feasible for us to continue presenting at the conventions, and carrying inventory in a small rural area was not cost effective. We too turned to the internet for the bulk of our “face” to the world.
Although the internet has made getting home educating resources more convenient in many ways. It sure hasn’t solved that problem of making the right choice amongst the plethora of resources there are out there.
This week you have a unique opportunity to hear the heart of MANY home education resource producers. You have the opportunity to listen to encouragement and training. You have the opportunity to see samples of many resources, recieve articles, catalogs, and audio workshops from many companies. You have the opportunity to ask questions of many “faces” in the home education community. This week you have the opportunity to do this without leaving your home – whatever time of night or day, or whatever day this week or in the future, is convenient for YOU.
This week – and on indefinately – you have the opportunity to join the Ultimate Homeschool Expo, a HUGE online homeschool convention. Registration for the UHSE costs no more than registration for a live convention, and there are no added costs for travel, motels, meals, child care and such. AND you will receive FAR MORE than you’d get at a live convention.
You get to hear ALL the speakers and vendors, not just choose which ones you can listen to live, because you get FREE recordings of EVERY SESSION! – that you can download at YOUR convenience. You don’t get that at live conventions! You also can spend as much time at each vendor’s booth as you choose. No rush to try to get it all in, because even after the Expo is over, it really isn’t OVER! You can revisit the vendor’s booths and download all their FREE gifts and samples and audios and articles, and all the sessions ANY TIME!
It starts RIGHT NOW – so go get your ticket – $40.
