A Simple, Profound Truth: God Made Us All Homeschooling parents have daily opportunities to teach their children a crucial concept that the citizens of the world desperately need. Each person needs to know the simple—and profound—truth that “...
Helping Your Children See God's Hand in the World Homeschooling parents have the opportunity to use the created world around us to teach children about God. Romans 1:20 says that God’s creation reveals His eternal power and divine nature to us. For s...
Homeschooling Like Theodore & Mittie "I left college and entered the big world owing more than I can express to the training I had received, especially in my own home, but with much else also to learn if I were to become really fitted to...
Lord, Help Me Put First Things First 1. Help me stop worrying and trust Your promises. 2. Help me trust that You knew what You were doing when You made me my children's mama. 3. Help me homeschool with eternity in mind. 4. Help me let Yo...
Three Reasons to Homeschool 1. Faith Nurture your children's faith at home, bringing them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, instead of being challenged by public school policies or curriculum. 2. Excellence Indiv...
Should We Homeschool? Back in 1990, Ray and I struggled month after month. We had an important decision to make. We wondered: "Should we homeschool? Are the problems we are seeing in public school bad enough that we should...
An Honest View of History History has many beautiful stories. People have done many things right, but we have certainly not done everything right. In my history writing for children, I like to emphasize the wonderful things th...
History of Notgrass History Our family publishing company, Notgrass History, publishes history from a Christian worldview. However, we didn’t actually start our company to write history curriculum. We intended to produce Bible c...
The Heart, Soul, and Mind of a Child Our trademarked slogan for what defines our publishing is Teaching the heart, soul, and mind. At the root of the question of how children should be educated is an understanding of who children are. Th...
The Worldview of the Lord's Prayer I love the worldview of the prayer Jesus taught His disciples in the Lord’s Prayer. As recorded in Matthew 6:9-13 : Our Father who is in heaven, Holy is Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done...
Why Christian Curriculum? Explaining our company to people who do not homeschool . . . now that has been a challenge. Sometimes when we tell people what we do, they wonder why we only write Christian homeschool curriculum when...
But...What About Socialization? On a recent Saturday night Ray and I visited friends we have known for more than twenty years (I’ll call them Matt and Tina). Their younger daughter (I’ll call her Jenny) is active in a vibrant campus...