Hey Mama Monday: Do Christian Kids Belong in Public School?
Monday, 23 December 2019
It may seem tempting some days. Why not send the kids on the public school bus and have the whole day (and the house!) to yourself? Or head off to a job where you can earn some respect and increase the family budget. Wouldn’t that be nice? But . . . wait a minute.
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How Exposure to the Arts Can Enrich Your Homeschool
Friday, 20 December 2019
This month, my daughter will be dancing in our town’s annual Christmas Festival presentation of The Nutcracker Suite. This is her fifth time participating in this ballet. Last spring, she also acted in a play based on the novels Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea. Both of those experiences opened the door
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Christmas Traditions from England
Thursday, 19 December 2019
Our mother country England has given us a rich heritage of British Common Law, the Magna Charta, and the best literature in the world. In addition, many of our American Christmas traditions come from our distant relatives across the pond. Christmas caroling, mincemeat pies, ivy, holly, and mistletoe all are adapted from English traditions.
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Homeschooling: Are You Qualified to Do It?
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
From the TeachingtheWord Bible Knowledgebase Part six (final) of a series. Read part five. Christian parents across the United States and in other countries who have successfully homeschooled come from all sorts of cultural and educational backgrounds. Some of them, the world (and even many in the church) would say, could never homeschool successfully. But by God’s