Amber O’Neal Johnston
2025 IAHE Parenting and Homeschool Conference Speaker
Amber O’Neal Johnston
Heritage Mom
Amber O’Neal Johnston is an author, speaker, and homeschooling mother of four who speaks and writes about including diverse voices in traditional curricula and infusing ethnic and family culture into the home environment. She is the author of A Place to Belong: Raising Kids to Celebrate Their Heritage, Community, and the World and passionately shares diverse books, art, music, poetry, people, ideas, and things at HeritageMom.com. She regularly speaks at education and parenting conferences around the country and lives in Georgia, nestled among pine trees, hammocks, and zip lines with her family.
Workshops
Sparking Curiosity and Delight in Childhood
When children show strong abilities in one area or another, the adults in their lives often encourage them to pursue hobbies and careers that play off those strengths. That may certainly be an advantage, but sometimes the strategy can leave children feeling incomplete. In this session, we’ll explore a path that supports academic growth while sparking curiosity in childhood. Learn how to spread an inspiring feast of ideas and come alongside your kids as they dive deeply into the passions and interests that make them come alive!
Teaching Hard History in a Beautiful Way
Home educators are more motivated now than ever to have meaningful conversations with their children about our country’s complicated past and the forces that shaped the society we live in today. But most of us never learned about the tough topics in school, and the books traditionally read in homeschool circles rarely provide much assistance. During our time together, we’ll discuss how to approach hard history in our homes with honesty and compassion in an age-appropriate way.
A Living Education: Charlotte Mason and Your Family
A living education is teeming with ideas that breathe life into our lessons and spill over into our daily rhythms. Amber O’Neal Johnston will discuss some of the unique aspects of a Charlotte Mason education and how you can begin to incorporate them into your home. She’ll also share how freedom and flexibility are inherent aspects of this educational philosophy, making it possible for families everywhere to embrace the principles while curating a home atmosphere filled with truth, goodness, and beauty.
The Inheritance of Homemaking
For some people, homemaking feels like a thing of the past – something pursued by grandmothers and women who lack opportunities.Full-time mothering and slow childhood are often misunderstood and undervalued in today’s hurried world, but the idea of homemaking has been etched into the hearts of many women (and their husbands). In this session, we’ll discuss the power of keeping a home and how approaching homemaking as an intergenerational gift and beloved profession can open hearts, minds, and many doors.