Want to increase the likelihood that your homeschooling efforts will be successful this year? Be accountable. Being accountable means making your plans and goals known to someone you trust and who is supportive of you as a homeschooler. Think about it. When you want to reach financial goals, you see a financial planner who will…
Below is some helpful advice from one of my favorite authors, Chad Bird. I think it’s timely as we begin a new year of home schooling. He writes, One of the best gifts we can give our children is to stop trying to be perfect parents. Don’t set out to be a hero to your…
. . .exclusively. Just because the word Christian appears in the title of a textbook, you have no guarantee that the content is educationally sound or developmentally appropriate. It’s not a guarantee that the textbook follows a proven teaching method, or that the lessons are sequenced correctly. I’ve evaluated text books from “Christian” publishers in…
For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. — First Corinthians 4:15 Last week, Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, passed away. The Stage IV cancer he had overcame him Thursday morning, but not before…