Mark your calendars June 12, 2010 for the 2010 Utah Home Education Association's Convention and Curriculum Fair to be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Pre-register by May 8, 2010 and save $10 per adult or couple ($35 per adult, $45 per couple, and $10 per teen).

The adult keynote speaker for 2010 will be Linda Dobson.

Linda Dobson began homeschooling her three children in New York in 1985. She is a nationally respected conference speaker and article and book author. Many of us gained courage and insight by reading Linda Dobson's books as we began our homeschooling adventures. Her books include The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas, Homeschooling Book of Answers, What the Rest of Us Can Learn from Homeschooling, and Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child.

The teen keynote speaker for 2010 will be Blake Boles.

Blake Boles has worked extensively with teens outside of traditional high school. Blake designs and leads innovative trips for self-directed teens through his companies Unschool Adventures and Homeschool Leadership Retreats, and he is the author of College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College. He is the former assistant director and acting director of Deer Crossing Wilderness Summer Camp, through which he co-instructed a teen leadership program. Since 2006 he has served as an advisor to unschooling teens at Grace Llewellyn's Not Back to School Camp.