2025 Adult Conference
Come HomeDate: Jan 17 – 18, 2025
Join us for another wonderful conference celebrating the simplicity of Coming Home, this years theme. Wherever you are in your parenting journey, there can be healing and growth in remembering to “Come Home.”
Our conference strives to focus on bringing unity to homeschoolers throughout East Idaho and provide a hub for gaining new insight and friends. Come learn, connect, and enjoy two full days of inspiration right here close to home.
Idaho State University Student Union Building, Pocatello Idaho
Adult Conference Price:
$65
This year we are offering complimentary conference tickets to parents of preschoolers who are considering or new to home-schooling and grandparents of home-schooled children. To qualify for complimentary tickets:
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A grandparent of home-schooled children
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A parent of preschool children (eldest child not over 5 years old) and a first time attendee at one of our conferences.
Speakers
This years speaker line up will not disappoint! We are very excited about those who are coming to share their experience and knowledge with us.
Keri Tibbets
Mentor
Keri is a mother of six, a homeschooler of 20 years, and a private math tutor. She loves learning and helping students to fall in love with learning.
Nephi Zufelt
entrepreneur
Nephi is a servant of Christ; Elizabeth’s devoted husband; Zoe, Ainsley, Keller, Melina, and Stratton’s homeschooling father; world traveler; and a wannabe church basketball star.
Kami Harris
Mentor
For nearly two decades, I’ve joyfully embraced my roles as a homeschooling mother to four wonderful children. I’ve mentored hundreds of youth over the years and in 2022 became a certified coach. I help homeschool mamas find CONFIDENCE, JOY, and PEACE in homeschooling!
ROsie Christman
Mentor
A homeschool mother of 8 with a degree in social work, Rosie worked with infants, toddlers, and adult mental health until she received a promotion and became a full time stay-at-home-mom,…
Jennifer Holyoak
Math Teacher
William and Ranae Mckee
Mentor
William McKee is a licensed professional counselor and has been in private practice for over 30years. He began his career as an entrepreneur at 21 years old when he created what is now…
Tatianna Fallon
Mentor
Tatiana Fallon was homeschooled her whole life, well almost. She told her mom at age five after four months of kindergarten she would not go back to school.
Mark Taylor
Attorney
Janel Andersen
Homeschooler
Janel Andersen enjoys Idaho country living on three acres in Shelley with her husband McKay. They’ve been married 29 years and have six children, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
Aby Rinella
Podcaster
Aby Rinella lives in the mountains of the west with her college sweetheart, where they homeschool their 3 kids.
Dan Hunter
Author
Dan and his wife have home schooled since 1993. Dan is the author of nine history books which are used across the nation…
Breann Duffin
Homeschooler
Does her family always eat their daily veggies? Nope. Is her house a pristine canvas able to welcome guests at any moment? Also a negative. Sometimes as her six children…
Julie lopez
home educator
Julie Lopez is a homeschooling veteran of 23 years. She has loved every minute and is fighting being placed into forced retirement,…
Leah Stoddard
Leah M. Stoddard is a citation editor, lead animator, graphic designer, and sound designer for the Joseph Smith Foundation.
Daniel Nielson OD, FOVDR
Optometrist
Dr. Nielson is one of two doctors in Idaho who are board certified in vision development, vision therapy and vision rehabilitation.
Stephanie Harris
home educator
Stephanie Harris teaches at C7 Ranch Academy in Southeastern Idaho- student enrollment: 8, with five having moved on to various post-graduate experiences.
Steve Dewey
Teacher
Steve Dewey is a Blackfoot, Idaho native. He got his education degree from Brigham Young University in 1988. He has been a special education teacher for the past 35 years,…
Schedule
Idaho State University Student Union Building, Pocatello Idaho
Friday – January 17th
Time | Main Auditorium | Classroom A | Classroom B |
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8:00am - 8:45am | Registration | ||
8:45am - 9:00am | Welcome and Conference theme | ||
9:00am - 10:00am | Keynote - Nephi Zufelt | ||
10:15 - 11:15 am | Tatiana Fallon - Homeschooling in the Age of AI: Preparing Your Children for the Future | Julie Lopez - Shadowing Mentoring in the Teen years | Janelle Andersen - Whats your why |
11:30 - 12:30pm | Breann Duffin - Curriculum | Stephany Harris - Shared Books Shared Souls | Jennifer Holyoak - How to be a Good Math Teacher |
12:30 - 2:00pm | Break for Lunch | ||
2:00 - 3:00 pm | Aby Rinella - Free to Homeschool | ||
3:15 - 4:15 pm | Aby Rinella -The Health Benefits of Homeschool | Dan Hunter - Making History Come Alive | Rosie Christman - The Power of Words |
4:30 - 5:30 pm | McKee's - Self-esteem | Leah Stoddard - Constitution | Dr. Daniel Nelson |
5:30 - 6:00 pm | Co-op Mingle (What is it?) | ||
7:00 - 8:30 pm | Home School Musical Extravaganza |
Saturday – January 18th
Time | Main Auditorium | Classroom A | Classroom B |
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8:30 - 9:00 am | Visit Vendors and Find Seating | ||
9:00 - 10:00 am | Keynote - Leah Stoddard | ||
10:15 - 11:15 am | Nephi Zufelt - Being Creators in a Consumption World | Kami Harris - Becoming Antifragile | McKee’s - Communication in Marriage |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Keri Tibbets - Home Environments | Nephi Zufelt - Dads, We Need You | Tatiana Fallon - Start out homeschooling on the right foot by failing fast |
12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch and Visit Vendors | ||
2:00 - 3:00pm | Mark Taylor | Steve Dewey - Parenting | Keri Tibbets - Require and Inspire |
3:15 - 4:15 pm | Steve Dewey - Learning disabilities | Kami Harris - The Motivated Mind: Encouraging Intrinsic Drive | Jennifer Holyoak - Fractions, Seeing is Believing |
4:30 - 5:30 pm | Closing Keynote - Tatiana Fallon - SuffEDcated: How American's Education system in destroying our Democracy and your role in fixing it |