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Consider Homeschooling

Curious about homeschooling? Despite its popularity, social pressures and misconceptions about homeschooling can still make it a difficult decision. If you are trying to decide between homeschool, Christian school, or public school, start here.

Articles

Feeble Mountain Folk
by Rachel Starr Thomson
Christ the Solid Rock
by Marilyn Rockett
In Memoriam - Chris Clicka [More]
The Lord Bless You
by Steve Murphy
Thy Children's Children
by Doug Phillips
No School Forever
by Jeff Bollingar

Alex, the brave homeschooled child, defeats a "dragon" in a battle of words.

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Creative Ways to Occupy Preschoolers
by Cheryl A. Bastian
Five simple ideas to help your days run more smoothly
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Curriculum Advice for Every Need
by Kara Murphy
A Review of Curriculum Advice from Victoria Botkin Volumes 1 & 2
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WMDs for Education
by Scott Cottrill
A Review of Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto [More]
Organization in the Seasons of Life
The Ways of Her Household
by Marilyn Rockett
Sowing Seeds of Character
Through Family Chores
by Marilyn Rockett

Get Started Homeschooling

What curriculum is best for your preschooler? If you are new to homeschooling, this is the place to start. Our FirstYear™ column and weekly newsletters are uniquely designed to help you succeed during the critical beginning stages.

Articles

Get Started Homeschooling Today
by Steve and Kara Murphy
Reading
The Academic Foundation
by Ruth Beechick
Grandma’s Tales
Based on In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson
by Emily Adams
The Beautiful Sound of Music
Based on My Favorite Songs by Maria von Trapp
by Laurie Detweiler
Features Maria von Trapp’s childhood folk songs, collected in the book My Favorite Songs with suggested activities. [More]
Getting Started Homeschooling Today
by Kara Murphy
Help for the New Homeschooler [More]
Create a Picture-Book Unit Study
by Kara Murphy
Based on The Ant and the Grasshopper by Amy Lowry Poole [More]
Simplify the Curriculum
by Ruth Beechick
Public schools have multiplied subjects over the years. They continually move subjects to lower and lower grades. They break apart a subject into bits and name each bit as a separate subject. Language is the worst victim of this treatment. They spread writing, for instance, through classes on penmanship, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, creative writing, and more. Reading, likewise.
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Rainy Day Reading
Based on The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow
by Kara Murphy
Read The Storm Book together, and it may calm some of your child’s dread of storms. [More]
Thrifty Homeschooling Ideas
by Elece Hollis
Bedtime and Beyond
by Julie Lavender

Continue Homeschooling

Discipleship is a big job requiring a long-term commitment fueled by love and perseverance. Whether you are looking for new ideas on teaching math concepts, or encouragement to continue in the journey, you will find it here.

Articles

Bringing Up Teenage Boys
Straight Talk to Moms and Dads
by Geoffrey Botkin
Rigor and Rest
by Steve Murphy
Stimulus packages! Bailouts! Inflation! Recession! [More]
The Ants Go Marching One by One
Learning to Feed the Soul
by Jane Claire Lambert
Get outside to explore and learn! [More]
Create a Butterfly Paradise
by Felice Gerwitz
Threre's nothing like a butterfly garden to help teach about God's creation and add beauty to your yard.
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The Appointed Time
by Shonda Parker
There truly is a time and season for everything. Knowing the apionted time for each calling takes wisdom. [More]
Conquering Mt. Never Rest
by Marilyn Rockett
Who Can This Be?
by Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr.
Jesus calmed the storm, which made the diciples even more afraid. [More]
A Review of Conversations With C.S. Lewis
Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity, and God
by Robert Velarde
A Review of Conversations With C.S. Lewis: Imaginative Discussions
About Life, Christianity, and God
By Rachel Starr Thompson
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Oh, Anna—Is Your Handbook Dusty?
by Jane Claire Lambert

Learn how a 1911 tome makes today's study of nature a breeze.

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Finding “Normal” Again
by Vicki Bentley

When you have 8 children and are foster parents to over fifty more, you're bound to hit rough spots. Vicki Bentley helps focus on the essentials when you're on the frontlines.

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Beyond Homeschooling

Thinking about post-secondary education? Homesteading? Entrepreneurship? As the homeschooling movement has grown, so has the interest in quiver-full families, family-integrated churches, modest dress, and homegrown foods. Find these and more homeschool-inspired topics here.

Articles

Wisdom: The Biblical Pattern
by Wade Myers
A Mother... A Mentor
by Sally Clarkson
A Hope and a Future
by R.C. Sproul, Jr.
I will not know how well I have done not just as a father, but as a man, until I see my children’s children being taught to love and serve the Lord. [More]
The Beatrice Brigade
by John Mark Reynolds
Homeschooling mothers are pioneers of a new era. [More]
Preparing Daughters for Entrepreneurship
by Wade Myers
Why should we teach our daughters to be entrepeneurs? Mr. Myers tells us in this article. [More]
A Family Mission
by Maren Stowman
Maren Stowman tells us about the life-changing experiences that she and her family shared on a missions trip to Russia. [More]
Missionaries to the Western Civilization
by Ruth Beechick
When we think of missions, we think of going to far-away places like Africa. But work also needs to be done in our own back-yard, America. [More]
Gifts For The Journey
by Rachel Starr Thompson
Think of every salvation allegory you’ve ever read. Do you notice a common thread? They all begin with leaving. [More]
Getting To Work
by Rachel Starr Thompson
Rachel Thompson shows us that some of the best family traditions involve working together. [More]
Family Traditions
by Voddie Baucham

Dr. Voddie Baucham gives you some ways to establish traditions inside your family.

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