Homeschool Tips & Resources

  So you already know in your heart that you should be getting started homeschooling. And you know that with God you can do all things, including climbing this mountain called homeschooling (Matthew 19:26; Philippians 4:13). Yes, the journey will require courage, strength, and perseverance, but you have made the decision and you’re ready to...

The process of choosing a college can be daunting for anyone. However, as homeschool parents who fill the multiple roles of instructor, principal, and guidance counselor, we feel added responsibility and pressure when it comes to advising our students. Indeed, if you have a teen who is planning to attend college, you need to be...

In Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day, Jeannie Fulbright outlines an experiment to help demonstrate the effectiveness of God’s design for animal camouflage. Our family completed this fun animal camouflage activity, and the procedure and results are pictured below. We followed the core experiment, then added a little twist after...

Plan your homeschool … if that thought just sent you into a panic, take a deep breath and relax. You don’t need to immediately start hammering out weekly lesson plans quite yet. The best way to start preparing a plan for your homeschool is by taking time to reflect on the past school year. Here’s what you...

We can glimpse God’s signature by using science to understand his Creation. It’s spring, and flowers are blooming in a rainbow of colors. What appeared to be cold, dead earth is coming to life, and landscapers are planting seeds and seedlings. Likewise, this is a good time to grab your kids and plant the seeds...

Davis Carman provides an action item for years one through four of your homeschooling to help you make it through the graduation of your last homeschool student. A man plans his way, but the LORD determines his steps. — Proverbs 16:9 The great castles of old are . . . well, old. Most have been...

In the fateful year of 1963, prayer was no longer welcome in public schools. With its decision in the case of Abington Township School District v. Schempp, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively banned school officials from organizing or leading prayers and devotional Bible reading in public schools. Many people point to this as a major...

Deb Bell was the first homeschooler I heard use the phrase, independent learner. For me, an exhausted mother of four at the time, that sounded like heaven. The very idea that my kids might possibly at some point in the distant future be able to learn without my direct supervision sounded wonderful. But I could...

Twentieth-century illustrator Norman Rockwell was famous for his iconic depictions of everyday life in America. His distinctive style and subject matter captured the optimism and can-do spirit of his time, most notably in the 322 original covers he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine. For the March 6, 1954 issue, Rockwell painted “Girl at Mirror,” one...