by Anne Elliott | Sep 3, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
As I mentioned in an earlier post on homeschooling goals, many times we homeschoolers are guilty of being sluggish in our thinking, too quickly adopting goals as our own when we haven’t compared them against Scripture. Often we make goals by reading popular...
by Anne Elliott | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
If you’ve been thinking about homeschooling for any length of time, you’ve seen books and articles that recommend that you make goals for your children’s education. I remember when my oldest son was just a few years old. My husband and I heard this same advice, and we...
by Anne Elliott | Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Philosophy
The Bible contains many important instructions for parents who want to impart knowledge to their children. That’s homeschooling, right? In fact, the Bible tells us where all knowledge begins… “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools...
by Anne Elliott | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Philosophy
Today we’re going to continue our look at the two books, The Seven Laws of Teaching by John Milton Gregory, and The Seven Laws of the Teacher by Howard Hendricks. The second “law” we’re going to consider is “The Law of the Learner.”...
by Anne Elliott | Mar 12, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Philosophy
When I was in high school, I had the privilege of taking a “how to teach” class from one of our school’s elementary teachers. I took the class because I was considering majoring in elementary education in college, so I wanted to see if I would like...
by Anne Elliott | Jul 31, 2009 | Bible, Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
We know that the Bible says we are to impress God’s commands on our children by talking about them when we sit, walk, lie down and get up (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). That’s all the time! We homeschoolers have an advantage here, simply because we have more time in...