Ideas for Celebrating Erev Shabbat

Ideas for Celebrating Erev Shabbat

There are only a few commands given in the written Torah on how to observe the sabbath day. Of course, we are not to work. We are to rest. We are to assemble. We are not to cook. We are not to buy and sell. But how exactly do we set aside this day as special?...
Teaching Math to All Ages (VIDEO)

Teaching Math to All Ages (VIDEO)

Conference Schedule | Sponsor Page | Goodie Bag | FAQs Welcome to Session 7 (Tuesday, August 16, 1 pm Eastern). Simply click the video to start watching! We invite you to leave comments below, so that others who come along later can hear your ideas and insights!...
Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overview

We have been asked to provide an overview chart showing a way that a student could logically progress through all of the subjects available at Homeschooling Torah. Our goal is to provide you with a well-laid-out plan of schooling from preschool to high school. Click...
Can You Recommend a Good Printer?

Can You Recommend a Good Printer?

Because our curriculum is an online membership to a website, and because all the lesson plans are digital PDF downloads, you’ll want to think about how you can print inexpensively. For several years, we have been very happy with Canon printers. I have a...

Hebrew – Helpful Charts

The charts below the video are very helpful, to hang on your refrigerator or place inside your notebooks. This chart teaches the vowels in the same order taught in Word Power 1 and Word Power 2. Download Vowel Chart These charts have been provided courtesy of Lydia Lu...
The Biblical Feasts (Free E-Book)

The Biblical Feasts (Free E-Book)

Scripture tells us that everything in the Bible points to our Messiah, Yeshua. For Christ is the telos of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes (Romans 10:4). The Greek word telos means “the point aimed at” or “the goal.” Just as a telescope points us to...
Why We Started to Obey Torah

Why We Started to Obey Torah

We wanted to share with you our YouTube testimony that explains a little more when and how our family started to keep Old Testament laws, such as dietary laws, biblical holidays, and sabbath. The audio for this was originally recorded in 2009 as part of a series of...
Good Ways for Mom to Spend the Summer

Good Ways for Mom to Spend the Summer

Please note that this post contains links to books and resources that will pay me a small commission if you click on the links. I truly only recommend things that I use and love…  I am having a hard time believing how quickly this summer is going. We have had...
Common Core State Standards

Common Core State Standards

Many people contact us to ask about our stance on the Common Core State Standards (or CCS). Foundations Press, our publishing company, has therefore prepared an official statement: We believe that God’s Word, the Scriptures (all 66 books), are the only...
Should We Teach Mythology?

Should We Teach Mythology?

As we’re preparing to launch our new world history curriculum (Daniel’s Statue: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome), I’ve been really pondering what we homeschoolers should do about teaching pagan mythology to our children. Should we teach about Greek...
How to Teach Chemistry and Physics

How to Teach Chemistry and Physics

Why Teaching Chemistry and Physics Is So Hard It’s been 20 years since you had high school math or science. You weren’t paying attention 20 years ago. You didn’t even understand it if you had paid attention. You didn’t think you’d ever...

Feeling Like a Terrible Mother

Way last June (!), I received this note: Please, please could you help me out with something?  Sometimes I think I missed out on your “foundational fours” and need to spend time going back to that.  Our multi-grade classroom is not working, and I’m...