It Only Takes One Bad Apple

Encouragement, Field Trips

As homeschoolers, we are notorious for utilizing field trips to enhance our children’s learning. When we visit these venues, are we setting the example of stellar behavior, as both representatives of homeschooling families, and more importantly, of Christ? We are...
Wisdom for Homeschool Parents

Wisdom for Homeschool Parents

Encouragement

by Rebecca Kocsis Looking back on my homeschool journey, it’s impossible for me to separate sources where I gained wisdom for homeschooling from the Word of God. In retrospect, the Bible is where I gained my greatest inspiration. Neither Ed nor I were raised in...

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Encouragement

by Katie Julius    It doesn’t take much to see how divided our world is today. We can’t seem to agree on much of anything–from politics to parenting to personal values. And those disagreements can often result in the exchange of harsh words, name calling, hurt...

The Peace that Passes All Understanding

Encouragement

by Katie Julius Last fall when our team began brainstorming ideas for promoting our Annual Homeschool Convention and compiled a list of words for each letter of the alphabet, the word we settled on for this week was Peace. Originally, our intent was to highlight peace...

Just Read

Encouragement, Reading

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes The most unexpected advice I received as our family’s homeschool journey began, and the best was to read. Read to the children, read as a family, read for my...