Parents Resources

The month of December can get hectic very quickly, making homeschooling a real challenge some days. Attempting to homeschool on top of all the extra cooking, cleaning, baking, crafting, and celebrating puts a lot of pressure on homeschool families. Many mothers (and kids) are burned out and ready for a break. After nine years of homeschooling, I have discovered that ...

Go on.  Ask yourself, are you rich?  How do you answer that question? My first guess is your natural inclination is to immediately think of what’s in your bank account.  And depending on what’s in it, whether it’s growing or depleting, will depend on the way you answer the question. Maybe your second inclination is to think of your home ...

A couple times a year, usually in the Spring and in the Fall, we all get motivated to clean, clean, clean.   I’m not talking about a light dusting or shoving the stuff scattered on the floor or piled high on coffee tables, dressers or even the kitchen counters into a “I’ll get to that someday.”  I’m talking about a deep ...

Audio dramas and stories are a wonderful way to expose your children to adventures and heroes in a different way. They are full of soaring music, vivid sound effects, and powerful dialog that stirs the imagination. Like most learning opportunities, your children will get the most out of the experience if you give them the support they need. Let’s look ...

One of my favorite books is The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.  Corrie and her sister, Betsie,   spent time in the notorious Ravensbrück Concentration Camp north of Berlin for hiding Jews in their home during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Corrie ten Boom’s story is amazing.  (If you haven’t read the book, do so immediately!)  Time and time again, throughout my ...

Ned and Gerald are about to begin an adventure together as they set sea in 1572. Hold tight as we learn about their discoveries along the way. Vocabulary Aft, baselard dagger, boom, bow, cricket, constellations, hieroglyphics, jibbing, leeward, plunder, port, rudder, starboard, tacking, ton, and windward. Bible Memorization “And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of ...

The following is an excerpt from an interview between Bill Heid and John Eidsmoe.  Eidsmoe is a professor of law at the Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and holder of five degrees in law, theology and political science. He has authored over a dozen books, including Christianity & the Constitution, Columbus ...

What do you think is the biggest mistake or “killer” in parenting?  Where do parents mess up the most?  What is ruining the next generation more than anything else? Is it letting kids watch too much television?  Letting them “game” their life away?  Not disciplining enough or the right way?  Disciplining too much?  Letting kids go to the local public ...

There are a variety of definitions of freedom. Most often people confuse freedom with license, or more particularly licentiousness. They assume that their personal wants and desires can be pursued without boundary or at least as long as they are not infringing on someone else’s freedom to do whatever they desire. The biblical concept of freedom, however, and the one ...

When I was a young kid, my dad used to repeat Proverbs 26:11 to my siblings and I.   The verse says, “As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.” With a dog or two always around the house, there were many chances to remind us of this valuable lesson as we watched one of ...