March/April 2009 Table of Contents
To Everything There is a Season – Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Features:
The Calling Out of a Son
Boyhood is a wonderful season; but the time soon comes to call your son to manhood.
By Norm Wakefield
The Appointed Time
There truly is a time and a season for everything. Knowing the appointed time for each calling takes wisdom.By Shonda Parker
How to Enjoy Your State Convention
It is easy to get overwhelmed at a homeschool convention. Here are some ideas to help you get the most from your convention.By Vicki Bentley
Your Child’s Writing: Garden or Weed Patch?
How to cultivate your child’s writing into a beautiful garden of words.By Kim Kautzer
Create a Butterfly Paradise
There’s nothing like a butterfly garden to help teach about God’s creation… and add beauty to your yard.By Felice Gerwitz
Departments and Columns:
FirstYear: Getting a Head Start
By Ruth Beechick
A Timely Word
Hearth and Homeschool: A Mother's Seasons
What can a mother expect as her children grow and change? Learn lessons from a mom who has "been there, done that" as is still doing it!By Cindy Rollins
What My Lettuce Taught Me
You can have your lettuce and eat it, too—if you harvest in due season.By Pam Forster
A Time to Let Go
When our children begin to leave the nest, we will not enter into mourning but into a new kind of joy.By R.C. Sproul Jr.
Family Matters
The Seasons of Business
Business doesn’t just happen; everything must be done in its season.By Wade Myers
Faces of Homeschooling
God has created each family to uniquely reflect His glory. Here’s a glimpse into a day in the life of two homeschooling familiesBy Mark Robinette
Organization in Seasons of Life
Seasons of life are not interruptions; they are the stuff that makes up life and refocuses us on reality.By Marilyn Rockett
Thrifty Homeschooling Ideas
By Elece Hollis
Tell the Story
Lessons for Little Ones: Signs of the Seasons – Ages 4-8
A series of books on the seasons helps families explore the changes God brings to all of His creationBy Kara Murphy
Exploring Art: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
A picture study featuring First Leaves, Near MantesBy Emily Cottrill
Living Literature:Learning with the Derwood Family, No Greater Love, & A Changing World
Explore seasons of life literature with your children using Derwood. Inc., Number the Stars, and Across Five Aprils
By Emily Adams
Building Blocks
Hiding Place
A trip to the pet store becomes a lesson is God’s provision.By Renae Brumbaugh
Bookshelf and Beyond
Bedtime and Beyond
At Home at Horn Creek
Love Like No Other
Magical Melons
In Every Issue
First Things: From the Publisher
Let’s Talk: Readers Letters