What makes a home school different from a public school? Well, if you’re a follower of God, then your curriculum is radically different. It starts with radically different goals. For instance, our goal is to “be conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). Public school, on the other hand, doesn’t even want to[Read More]
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Common Core State Standards
We are often contacted about our stance on the Common Core State Standards (or CCS). The following is our official statement: We believe that God’s Word, the Scriptures (all 66 books), are the only “Common Core” that matters. If the states pass a standard that happens to match up with Scripture, we’re in agreement with[Read More]
Should We Teach Mythology?
As we’re preparing to launch our new world history curriculum (Daniel’s Statue: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome), I’ve been really pondering what we homeschoolers should do about teaching pagan mythology to our children. Should we teach about Greek gods and goddesses? Should we include myths and stories of giants, fairies, ogres, and more? The homeschooling[Read More]
8 Things to Do Before Starting Homeschool
How many more weeks until school starts at your house? We’re planning to start back up again the first week of August — and it just recently dawned on me how soon that will be! So I thought I’d make a list of the things I need to get done in the four weeks of[Read More]
10 Ways to Grow as a Homeschooling Teacher
Sometimes we mothers spend all our time figuring out which curriculum we should purchase for our children, or how to make lesson plans for the coming year, and we completely forget that we as teachers also need to grow and learn. Here are 10 ways that you can continually grow, ever becoming a better teacher[Read More]
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