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I am all for Christians entering and engaging the culture. That’s the end goal. But I’m convinced adolescence is not the time to make this a priority for our homeschool teens. It’s like trying to launch a rocket with a rubber band. So why homeschool for the long term? Here are the reasons that convinced...

What is Sound? Sound starts as a vibration of the molecules in the air, called sound waves. If the sound wave makes it into a person’s ear, it will vibrate the structures of the inner ear, which will be interpreted by the brain as sound! If sound is caused by a sound wave, why are...

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.” (Matthew 23:27) An expert sailor with many years of experience prepared to navigate a solo trip across the Atlantic. He commissioned a boat made to his...

Writing is hard. At least, that’s what students tell me. Writing makes their hands hurt. They don’t know where to begin. They don’t know how to construct paragraphs. If they’re not interested in the topic, they can’t think of anything to write anyway. The list goes on and on and is pretty much the same...

Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:22–23) The book of Lamentations is traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. Sometimes called the weeping prophet, Jeremiah’s writings mourn the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. He had warned...

Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink! The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” (John 7:37–38) How do you spend the first hour of each morning? Do you pray in...

Here is a list of six tips to encourage and inspire your homeschool science plans. 1. Stay positive and focus on having fun. Science is about the wonder, discovery, and exploration of God’s Creation. Don’t get bogged down in paperwork. Science is about doing. Make every day happenings a science lesson. During the winter, something...

The roiling waters of the teen years catch many parents by surprise. It did me. Fortunately, our heavenly Father promises to give us the wisdom we need when parenting teens and to shoot these rapids with skill and faith. But first we need to understand what is fueling the uproar—as if you don’t remember. Your...

Maybe you are now convinced that you should be homeschooling your children and yet you’re still asking if you can homeschool and not mess up your kids. You Can Homeschool It’s very easy for moms to believe they don’t have what it takes to homeschool. Is this true for you? The temptation is to think you...

When it comes to educating your children, homeschooling is an incredible option, and it has the numbers to prove it. College students who graduated from a  homeschool have a higher graduation rate and GPA than their peers, enter college with better standardized test scores, and make better, more well-adjusted citizens. Hooray for homeschooling! But seriously,...