A Frame of Reference When we were homeschooling, our family enjoyed black and white movies from the 1940s. One favorite was Mrs. Miniver, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1942.The movie is based on the book...
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...
Don't Forget Who You Are Long ago the descendants of Abraham were slaves in Egypt. The pagan Egyptian culture surrounded them. God sent Moses to lead them out of Egypt to a new home in the Promised Land. Moses followed God’s ...
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...
Homeschooling for Eternity I am confident that many, probably most, secular homeschoolers worry about covering all that their children need. They don’t know or don’t realize that they can’t cover that “all” that their children ...
Is There a Neutral Worldview? The world would have us believe that some aspects of life are religious and some are secular. It would have us believe that we can be neutral. Secular is not neutral. In truth, there is not one atom i...
Let History Nourish Your Child's Heart God believed that the Israelites needed to know the past. Human beings still need to know the past. Christian writer C.S. Lewis wrote during the mid 20th century. In his book, The Weight of Glory, he ...
Not All Knowledge is Created Equal When we share knowledge with children, we have the wonderful opportunity to make sure it is knowledge worth sharing. We learn in Philippians 4:8 : Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is hono...
Our Children Are Counting on Us Our children are counting on us to do what Ephesians 6:4 teaches us ” . . . bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ” Our children are counting on us to provide a childhood they 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 True Origin of Character I have often passed school marquees that show what character trait teachers and students are working on at a given time. It is good for children to be honest, to be responsible, to have integrity, but...
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...