The 2008 Exhibitor, Vendor Catalog and Sponsors Lists
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More exhibitors will be added as we get closer to the convention date.
Exhibitors from all over the U.S will continue to come year after year with purchases made at this regional convention. Parents, this is your convention, have fun!
WANT FREE SHIPPING? Place orders with vendors before the convention and pick it up at the convention. A.C.C.E.S., Inc. A.C.C.E.S., Inc / Academic Christ Centered Educational Services’ is a provider of homeschool curriculums such as, ACE, Alpha Omega, Bob Jones and more. They also provide a non-traditional private school for home educators-Central Christian Academy. ( Holy Family Catholic Home School Association The Holy Family Homeschool Group is a group of Catholic home schooling families who belong to parishes from all over the Faithful Bookshop
(K-12) Math-U-See’s goal is to help produce confident problem solvers who enjoy the study of math. Witness our method for teaching math by requesting the FREE demonstration DVD, which provides an overview of math from place value to Algebra, and demonstrates our unique philosophy. Sit back and watch math finally make sense. (
Sonlight Curriculum success from the start – guaranteed! Speak with Kelly Lutman, Sonlight Representative at the convention on their full curriculum and literature-based learning. Please contact Kelly before or after the convention at KLutman@sonlight.com or 985.649.2283 with any questions regarding Sonlight materials. (
HSLDA/ Homeschool Legal Defense Association protect the rights of home educators nationally and internationally. This association fights for your rights as a home educator in any U.S. State, keeps up with your states homeschool laws, offers legal help and advice for members. (
Bright Minds for Kids (Critical Thinking Company) Better Grades and Higher Test Scores! The workbooks and software help develop critical thinking with in-depth analysis in every lesson. We offer
Lifetime Books and Gifts offers a very extensive collection of real books and popular curriculum items, covering every topic from Language Arts, Mathematics, Geography, history of the various periods, Bible study, character training, parent helps, homeschool planning and much more. (
Landmark’s Freedom Baptist Curriculum is used in 600 schools and 4000 homeschools. This full bible based curriculum is self-instructional, biblically sound, academically challenging and basics oriented. This curriculum is the best in student biblical teaching.
Coastal Wonders Environmental Education Program of Alabama’s mission is to promote the study and enjoyment of nature within a dynamic Gulf Coast Ecosystem in order to enhance academic learning, character education, and earth stewardship through hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences. (
Teaching Textbooks is an Oklahoma City-based company that has an extraordinary, self explanatory textbooks and CD-ROMs that begin from Math 5 to Pre-Calculus. (
Usborne Books Usborne Books presents exceptionally high quality, beautifully illustrated, awardwinning children’s books. Usborne offers Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Natural History, Accelerated Readers, Make Reading Fun CD’s and more. (
The Lamplighter Rare Collectors Series is a beautifully bound collection of inspiring, captivating, character-building literature, carefully selected and handsomely crafted. Each work reflects the skill and highly polished imagination of its writer. ONE BOOK and YOU’RE HOOKED! This is a must for all families. Mark Hamby is a nationally known Keynote and Guest Speaker. He is the founder of Lamplighter.(Waverly, PA based)
Razzle Dazzle Learning Co. materials make teaching language arts and writing as productive, interesting, and stress free as possible. All of the materials are student directed which enables students to be responsible learners and takes much of the burden of teaching language arts off of the parents' shoulders and puts it on the students. Students feel empowered which makes them much more successful.(Spicewood, Texas based)
Baker Trittin Press specializes in books for tweeners, ages 8-12 years old. The niche is publishing books that boys want to read. Girls like them too! The goal is to not teach boys to read, but to teach boys to voluntarily read on their own. The Tweener Adventure Books and 2007 Tweener Time Championship Series are just a few of the many other books available for those boys who do not want to read. (Winonalake, Indiana based)
At the FUN in Learning!, we believe that children learn best when they enjoy what they are doing. We offer many supplemental materials such as Art, Bible, Foreign Language, History, Language Arts, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education studies, Science, Social Studies and Writing. We enjoy FUN books and children will too! (
Total Language Plus is an innovative curriculum focused on teaching thinking and communication skills using literature as a base. TLP believes an integrated system is more efficient than a fragmented approach, discovery style learning is the most effective and learning should be enjoyable. The “discover, do and drill” method is employed throughout the TLP program with activities focused on thinking skills. (Geneva, Florida based)
Moving Beyond the Page is a comprehensive researched-based curriculum designed to challenge gifted and creative homeschoolers from Preschool through ages 8-10. Not only is this curriculum for gifted and creative students, but for any student on grade level. Right Start Math has been added to complete their curriculum. (
Barnes & Noble, Jr. is the ideal destination for anyone looking for the best in children's books, videos, and music. With age-based recommendations, as well as specialty stores that cater to Shel Silverstein and other big authors, it's the ultimate one-stop shop for kids.
D.I.V.E., which stands for Digital Interactive Video Education, is a revolutionary product which utilizes recently developed software and hardware technology to create math and science lectures on a computer whiteboard that looks and sounds as though you are doing a lecture in a real classroom. (Magnolia, Texas based)
Solomon's Secrets is a wide-ranging curriculum and supplemental materials bookstore featuring Focus on the Family’s Odyssey, Radio Theater CDs, Jim Weiss Storytelling CDs and popular curricula such as Apologia, Beautiful Feet, and Common Sense Press. (Weaverville, North Carolina based.)
Classical Conversations offer Christian curriculum and weekly tutorials that have academic and classical skills in recitation, logical thinking and persuasive rhetoric. (Pinehurst, North Carolina based)
Every SAT is made up of reoccurring patterns throughout the test. College Prep Genius material breaks down these methods and teaches students to unveil the secrets of the SAT. Through clever ACRONYMS students can not only grasp these novel concepts but also can readily recall them to memory while taking the actual test. It's like walking in with an answer key stored in your head. On average, students have raised theirs scores from 300-500 points by using this material. (Hurst, Texas based)
Mt. Zion Chapel library has free literature. These copies have been Sending Christ-centered messages from prior centuries worldwide to humble the pride of man, to exalt the grace of God in salvation, and to promote real holiness in heart and life. (Pensacola, Florida based)
Bible StorySongs is a formula that works. These songs become Bible lessons that the kids sing! Kids can be found singing these songs throughout their day and they remember what they sang more than a lecture. Singing is one of the best ways to learn. It uses many of the senses—seeing, hearing, voice, and hand motions. The more senses used while learning, the more information is retained. (Irving, Texas based).
Selecting a university tailored to your education needs and requirements is a challenging and very personal choice. Troy University can make that choice easier, as we serve a broad range of students on four campuses in Alabama and on more than 60 campuses outside of our home state in 17 U.S. states and 11 nations. We also serve thousands of students who choose to study through distance-learning methods, primarily the Internet. (Troy, Alabama based).
Are You Interested in Biology or Chemistry or Physical Science? This is the curriculum that can take your student from HAVING to do science to ENGAGING in the science experience! Click on the Science for High School logo to view the curriculum!
Nonna Maria's Cucina Italiana will be located at the same booth with Holy Family Homeschool Group at the convention. Sponsored by St. Florian's Gift Shop.
Fat Brain Coffee is a children's business curriculum that encourages students to take on the responsbility of setting goals and making their own money.
Cheri Hedden offers LD/HS Consultation Services. She will be located near the Vendor Catalogues.
Serving Him... Serving you! The Faithful Bookshop specializes in conventional and classical curricula that present unique and beautiful academic studies that you and your children will love.
Corps of Re-Discovery specializes in high quality project kits and books for American Indian, Frontiersmen and Pioneer American studies for children of all ages. Learn the discovery of the west, Lewis and Clark's journey, life as a frontiersman, the struggles and triumphs of the pioneers, the great gold rush and the first Americans. "Re" Discover America with your children.
Our mission is to engage the curious minds of children with meaningful science activities. These kid-tested and kid-approved kits allow ANYONE to become the science teacher! Each kit contains high quality materials and activities, which have been selected to sustain thought processes necessary for in-depth reasoning. Big concepts are taught while allowing a child the freest range of expression and investigation – no narrow, preset instructions to stifle creativity and lead to frustration. Brains will grow, and confidence will, too.
Pensacola LIFE Homeschool Support Group is an inclusive homeschool support group dedicated to providing support for all homeschoolers in Pensacola and the surrounding areas whatever your homeschooling style, reasons or religious beliefs are.
Emerald Eclectic Learners is an all-inclusive homeschool group in Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Destin and surrounding areas. They have many styles of "schooling," and embrace the search for what is best for your family.
Treehouse Books and More specialize in providing quality books for children and teens, including many fine classics and award winners, popular series fiction, board books and picture books.
The Florida Parent-Educators Association is an organization of thousands of families in the State of Florida who educate their own children. The FPEA executes that mission through support for the legal right to homeschool, local school board education and interaction, support group networking, a state convention, local conferences and events, informative communications, and most importantly, by giving individual encouragement, all in accordance with Judeo-Christian principles.
2008 Free Vendor Catalogs:
Alpha Omega
Great Hall Productions
Office Max Discount Cards
Writing Strands
EPS- Educational Publishing Service K-8
Apologia Ministries
Memoria Press
How Great Thou Art
Konos
BJU Press (Bob Jones University Press)
Pioneer Drama
Veritas Press
Emmanual Books
Ignatius Press
Children's Health Insurance Program (Alabama)
Sing 'N Learn
Everyday Education
Homeschool Ed. Magazine