Warmth – An Essential Nutrient For Early Learning
A necessary, but often overlooked, component of learning is emotional arousal. In laymen’s terms, that means we learn more when feelings of pleasure and interest are associated with a learning experience. Our memory system encodes what we are experiencing more deeply, more lastingly and in greater detail when we are not just cognitively engaged but [...]
Think On These Things …Taking Control Of Your Thought Life
Guest Post By Elizabeth Smith Let’s face it; our thought life can get us into a lot of trouble. One of the challenges of the Christian life is to bring it under control. At first blush when reading Philippians 4:8– “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things [...]
Back to Home School—and College
This article was originally written for and published by Homeschool Mosaics. Our oldest son, Charles, flew to England on the first Sunday in September. That means that my heart will be stretched again, not just to New York City where he attends college, but this time across the pond. He will embark on a brand-new experience [...]
Homeschooling: The Adventure of a Lifetime
This article was originally written for and published by Homeschool Mosaics. Homeschooling is often referred to as a calling, a journey of faith, and a lifestyle. These are all accurate descriptions. We like to call it the adventure of a lifetime. Think about it. An adventure comes with its share of trials, challenges, and struggles [...]
Homeschool Moms . . . How Do You Recharge Your Spiritual Batteries?
In the typical day of a homeschooling mom, our thoughts can wander all over the map. Lesson plans, chores, e-mails, errands, doctor appointments, menus, and other everyday items on our to-do lists. Then there are the spiritual issues, doubts, condemnations, frustrations, bitterness, anger, discontentment, envy, pride, and selfishness that wrestle at the edge of consciousness, [...]
‘Tis the Season to Pause
Much has been written about the seasons of life. Childhood is often compared to spring, young adulthood to summer, middle age to fall, and old age to winter. Marriage and parenthood also have their seasons. In her book Seasons of a Mother’s Heart, Sally Clarkson refers to spring, summer, fall, and winter as the seasons [...]
Your Family’s Christmas Schedule—Flustered or Flexible?
By Davis Carman There are plenty of good reasons to educate your children at home, and I’ve put together a top ten list that’s intended for fun but is true nonetheless. Counting down from number ten: 10. Your kids will never miss the bus. 9. Praying and reading the Bible are allowed. 8. You don’t [...]
How Do We Know Jesus Was Born of a Virgin?
The virgin birth is one of the most attacked miracles regarding Jesus. These attacks generally fall into two categories: they either attack the idea of the virgin birth or the translation of the word “virgin.” To many people these days, being born of a virgin sounds a little too much like the origin of a [...]
6 Tips for Making the Holidays Christ-Centered and Educational
In spite of our disbelief, protestations, and general lack of preparation, we are officially entering the holiday season. With Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas just a month away, today is a good time to stop and plan how we will use this season for God’s glory and our families’ good. Holidays provide us, [...]
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