Our inspiring Saturday keynote will be the author of “Connection Parenting,” the darling Mainer, Pam Leo. Pam has been guiding Maine parents for decades through workshops, consultations and classes including her writing. She believes that “when we strengthen our parent-child bond we meet the child’s need for connection and our need for influence.” Pam was the keynote speaker for the 2021 Wild+Free conference in Nashville and we are honored she agreed to speak in her home state! She is a big deal!

Pam homeschooled her two children, supported her grandchildren’s home education and is now involved in homeschooling her great-grandchildren. The focus of her keynote, “One Book Can Change a Life,” for the conference will be the emotional health of the family and how the choice to homeschool changes everything. Pam is just one of the many fantastic speakers at The Great State of Maine Homeschool Conference that you won’t want to miss!

Book list for Pam Leo’s Keynote:

1) Homeschooling: You’re Doing It Right Just by Doing It Hardcover – May 20, 2025 by Ginny Yurich MEd (Author), Joel Salatin (Foreword)

2) Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide to a Happier Family by Adele Faber  & Elaine Mazlish  

3) Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling Paperback – April 1, 2003 by John Holt (Author), Pat Farenga (Author)

4) Magical Child by  Joseph Chilton Pearce 

5) Parenting From Your Heart: Sharing the Gifts of Compassion, Connection, and Choice (Nonviolent Communication Guides) by Inbal Kashtan 

6) Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence by Lawrence J. Cohen  

7) The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t by Erin Loechner  

8) The Disconnected Generation by Josh McDowell  

9) Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear by Pam Leo  

10) The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by  Meghan Cox Gurdon