My friend Diane, from Gentle Shepherd Curriculum, is offering a very nice freebie right now on her website. It’s a 57-page ebook of Bible memory passages. Each passage of Scripture is written in a large, italic font. She has intended for children to copy the verses in their best penmanship into their notebooks each day, but I’m also thinking that I, the mother, could print these and place them in my notebook to review orally with my children each day.…
Archives for March 2011
Bible Curriculum That Is Anti-Bible?
March 22, 2011 by 73 Comments
Several weeks ago, I first heard about a Bible curriculum by Peter Enns, published by Peace Hill Press, the publishing arm of The Well-Trained Mind. Since so many homeschoolers are “classical” in style, this really made my ears perk up.…
Tidbits of Truth for Homeschooling
March 18, 2011 by 2 Comments
Just to encourage you today, here are some great quotes from God’s Word, to help you in your parenting and homeschooling.
God’s Word has all we need.
…“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3, NIV).
Bible Knowledge and Memorization
March 11, 2011 by 5 Comments
This post was originally written February 5, 2010…
Today I’d like to take a minute to answer some email questions I have received about Bible memorization.
…When your children memorize verses, do they memorize the reference as well? Do you require them to?
Hear, Learn, Keep, Do
March 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When God wants to teach mankind something, He follows a very specific method that I can copy in my homeschooling. For instance, let’s look at how God teaches all mankind about His “invisible qualities, his eternal power, and divine nature”:
…“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
