by Debi Ketron | Feb 26, 2012 | General
Information via Micah Clark: Senate Bill 374, (which had language of concern to us requiring parents of high school students leaving a public school in order to home school), was blocked in the Senate in January through a lack of action by the Senate Education...
by Tess Worrell | Feb 24, 2012 | General
People remember: 10% of what they hear 15% of what they see 20% of what they see and hear 40% of what they discuss with others 80% of what they experience 90% of what they attempt to teach What does this say about home schooling? A whole lot! I don’t know about...
by Carol Carpenter | Feb 21, 2012 | General
I’ve noticed something. Sometimes we look at each other’s families and think everybody but us has it all together. Everybody else’s families get along better than ours. Their garden is more productive. Their children are smarter. We think other...
by Tess Worrell | Feb 18, 2012 | General
“When someone loves you the way they say your name is different. You know your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy, age 4. I use my children’s names countless times each day—to call, to scold, to direct. Do their names sound safe in my mouth? I know for sure they...
by Debi Ketron | Feb 16, 2012 | General
This comes to us from the AFA of Indiana Weekly Email written by Micah Clark. AFA-IN web site article link Education in Indiana consumes roughly half of our state budget. The issue itself is an enormous one that can feel like trying to wrap your arms fully around a...
by Carol Carpenter | Feb 11, 2012 | General
I confess; I’m too often task-driven. I find myself frustrated around those who are so wrapped up in their “to do” lists that they can’t entangle themselves long enough to stop for a bit of conversation beyond the surface, yet I fear I subject...
by Tess Worrell | Feb 4, 2012 | General
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37. What is your prime goal for your schooling efforts? Is it to protect your children from the influences of the world? Is it to offer prime education...
by Carol Carpenter | Jan 28, 2012 | General
O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8 “Daddy, what is it?” That’s what the Israelites’ children must have been asking when they first saw manna—the tiny flake-like bread that appeared with the dew. They...
