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What Homeschooling with the Bible Might Look Like
This post was written in 2012, before we started writing curriculum for all sorts of subjects here at HomeschoolingTorah and over at Foundations Press. You know what would be awesome? Awesome would be a camera crew going into a variety of homes on an average Tuesday...
Don’t Allow Evil in Your Home
Poor Eli. He was a victim of grace-based parenting. Maybe it was because he was a priest of YHVH, serving daily in the Tabernacle. Maybe when he would place his hand on the head of an animal to be sacrificed, the sins of his childhood would flash before his eyes. His...
Celebrating the 100th Day of School
I am sure you are excited when you get near the 100th day of school! In our curriculum, the 100th day is the last day of Week 20. You might want to take a day off school and have a special 100th-Day Party! If so, here are some ideas to help you celebrate. Note that...
VIDEO: Reading Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22r4yTeQPyc Links mentioned in video: Readiness for reading Book -Â Disconnected Kids Audio - Using the Bible to teach reading (60 minutes) Noah Webster - pp. 15-38Â (for reading and dictation between Levels 2 and 3)...
When You Encounter Reading Problems
It's every homeschooling mother's worst nightmare to find that her child is struggling to learn to read. She begins to feel like a failure. She wonders if the public schools would have better resources. She wonders if she taught something wrong. She fears that her...
The Bible: Our Best Textbook
For several years now, our family has been trying to use the Bible as our primary textbook. We were first inspired to do so when we noticed that the book of Deuteronomy has a multitude of references to children and how to teach them, especially when we read how God...
When Mom Struggles with Math
Math is a topic that frightens the best of mothers. If you didn't especially love math yourself, you might be thoroughly intimidated at the thought of teaching math to your own children. If you were raised in a public or private school setting, it's easy to see why...
Sacred Names for School Children
In our curriculum, we teach that idolatry is the worship of any created thing in place of YHVH. In its purest sense, idolatry includes any deviation from worship commanded in Scripture. Therefore, we do not practice or promote overtly Satanic, Wiccan, or pagan...
Planning Your School Year Calendar
How long is the typical school year? For how many weeks should a homeschooling family plan to do school? In the United States, the majority of states require their public schools to do 180 days per year. (You can see your state's public-school requirements here.)...
