Looking for Answers? On a recent Sunday afternoon while on the way to a funeral, Ray and I decided to take an extra 15 minutes and drive through the country. The green Tennessee countryside was beautiful. The Sunday after...
Nourishing Creativity in Your Children I had a realization one time when I walked into Hobby Lobby. On that particular visit, as my Mother used to say, you couldn’t “stir ’em with a stick” (is that a Southernism or does everyone say that?)...
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...
Practical Advice for Teaching Reluctant Writers Our Mary Evelyn is an excellent writer, but that wasn't always the case. The process of Mary Evelyn going from brand new homeschool student to writer was not a smooth one, at least not in the eyes of ...
Reasons Kids Should Read Books "I conceive the knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built." - George Washington The Good Things Books fire the imagination. Books give children a wider world and an opp...
The Math They Need to Know When I was in fourth grade, my math skills were good enough to place me in a top group of fourth grade mathematicians. When I was in college, I was placed in advanced English — and remedial Algebra! W...
To Compete or Not? Mothers start comparing (and worrying) when their children are still babies. Tina is four months old and already has two teeth; Janie is seven months old and doesn’t have any. James was walking at eig...
What Should I Teach? "Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6 NASB Spiritual Life: Bible Study, Worship, and Christian Fellowship Work Ethic: Chores, Serv...
What if My Child Is Not So Academic? Ray and I were recently doing the same thing that we have done so many mornings since we moved into this wonderful, drafty old house. We were standing on the porch talking to our latest contractor. Th...
Why Study History? Do you want to face today and tomorrow with hope? Then study the past. The way to where we are hasn’t come without a price, and there has certainly been loss, but much has happened that is right and g...
15 Tips for Choosing Your Child's Books 1. Encourage your children to read different kinds of literature including biographies, fiction, and nonfiction books from many different sections of the library. 2. Judge classics carefully. Not ever...