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Training My Child in the Spirit
As a Christian, one who fervently believes in the sovereignty of the power and omniscience of God in Heaven, how could I do anything but teach my son spiritual things? To do otherwise would be hypocritical and deny the power of God. “Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 But how can one know which way to train up that child?” “And you, fathers, do now provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4 There it is. The only resource…
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Bible School Curriculum for the Homeschool
A Guide for Teaching Bible Study Bible Study Guide for All Ages has become a wonderful resource in our homeschool. That is why I am sharing my unsolicited review with you, and why I’m sharing affiliate links to places where you can purchase them in addition to links to the publishers website. While it is true that product can be used in the Bible School class, it is very easy to adapt this material for use in the homeschool. We began using it last year. You can read my initial review of that here: We Use Bible Study Guide for All Ages The benefit of Bible Study Guide for all Ages…
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This Week…Riddles & Giant Fish
Making the Most of Science Bible: Little Man moved into learning about Samuel in his study of Judges this week. He was fascinated with these two riddles that Samson told to the Philistines. Judges 15:14&18 “Out of the eater, something to eat;out of the strong, something sweet.” “What is sweeter than honey?What is stronger than a lion?” Literature: Tirzah. It seems that the story is turning toward romance. Tirzah has an admirer, her brother Ram seems to have a liking for the Egyptian girl Merrie. There is a lot of talk about the arrival of Moses’ wife Zipporah. Seems that many in the camp are not thrilled that she…
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This Week… Discovery Directed Learning Begins
Setting a Course for Video Games I love homeschooling, and when I find a product that works great in my homeschool I want to share it with you. To help with my homeschooling expenses, I use affiliate marketing on my blog. So you may see some affiliate links within this post which will direct you to external sites where if you choose you can purchase the items that I recommend. Doing so does not cost you any extra, it simply earns me a small commission. I assure you that I only recommend products that I feel are beneficial to me in my homeschooling family and that I think you may…
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This Week… Homeschool Week Complete
Finally Settling into the 2013/14 Homeschool Year Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. For more information see my disclosure policy. This week was the first week we were able to settle in and complete an entire week of homeschool. It’s only October. We worked during September but those weeks were scattered. Our landing into the new school year was rough to say the least. But we have settled in now to a routine which I am pretty thankful for. Along with the iHomeschool Network team we did a short study of copyright. I explained to Jonathan that it’s copying and/or sharing printed or…
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Not Back to School Curriculum Hop
iHN Not Back to School Blog Hop It’s that time of year again. The time for the biggest homeschool blog link up of each year. It’s the Not Back to School Blog Hop at iHomeschool Network. Starting today and then each week for the month of August the iHomeschool Team is hosting the link up. The first week is the Curriculum Hop. My philosophy is changing slightly this year but it’s mostly a moralistic decision rather than an actual change in function within the school. We are going to be a Bible based academy. This philosophy will mean that Bible comes first in all areas of learning. Instead of incorporating Bible…
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Staying Encouraged
Finding Encouragement for Homeschool Moms This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. There have been times in the last 5 years that I have felt overwhelmingly alone in my efforts to home-educate my son. There are many reasons why this happens. Sometimes, I forget to get out of the house, especially in the winter. Often, as a homeschool mom to ONE child, we get left out of the calls from friends who are gathering for play dates, or field trips. I wonder too, if this happens because of my son’s asynchronous and emotional intensity tendencies. Then, there is the downright heart issue on my…
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Training Up In Worship… by Example
We have gone from training up from infancy to training up using discipline. My prayer is that through this series you are encouraged to walk worthy of your calling, that you find that teaching your children is both important for their future as well as a part of God’s calling for you as their parent, and that you find some examples and suggestions which will help you on your path of training up. The most important way that a parent can teach their children any lesson is by example. When I was a little girl we had a poem hanging on our wall. It was called: “Children Learn what They…
