Category: Homeschool
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A Lamp Unto My Feet
This post originally appeared at the Author’s Personal Blog Finding yourself in a sea of crazy that leaves you feeling lost and groping for light switch hoping you do stub your toe on misplaced furniture and step on a forgotten toy. There is not a cup of coffee large enough to clear the fog from…
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What does See You At the Pole Look Like if you Homeschool?
See you at the pole is a basic staple in youth ministry, with its roots dating back to 1990. I was involved at our school’s events as early as 1993 as a freshman in high school. I have seen some great things happen in unified prayer at the local school. The mission of SYATP can…
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An Open Letter about College…
Dear Parents of Teenagers, It’s just your friendly, neighborhood thirty-something youth worker here. I know that some of you are already planning and saving for college for your teenager. I applaud you in that. I know that for some of you, getting your student into the “right school” is a huge stress. I get that.…
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Rural Homeschooling…
Editor’s Note: This Guest Post is from Lisa Nehring. She lives rurally in the Dakota Territories. She has 1 husband, 2 graduate degrees, 5 kids and a black-belt in homeschooling. I’m delighted to be sharing on Rural Ministry about Rural Homeschooling. I wanted to start our journey together by sharing a bit about me. Our family…
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My 5 P’s of Grocery Savings…
Editors Note: This was originally published by Vicki Williams at her Personal Blog here…. When I was growing up saving on groceries meant cheap, dented, tasteless food that my mother would gather from grocery store for pennies. And while she was able to “feed” the three of us for $15 a week at one…
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Creating a Rhythm to Your Homeschool…
Editors Note: This was originally published by Vicki Williams at her Personal Blog here…. Its been such a wonderful blessing to have our years planned out for us with such a strong biblical foundation with My Fathers World curriculum. When we first began this curriculum I scoured the internet for other M.O.M.Y.S.(Mothers of Many…
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Why a School Room?
In the beginning of our homeschool journey I wanted my house to be a home and our school to be at the kitchen table. I kept a small shelf or cabnet with our supplies and we just cleaned up each day. Over the years the bins of books for each student, teachers manuels, supplies, maps,…
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Why a School Room?
In the beginning of our homeschool journey I wanted my house to be a home and our school to be at the kitchen table. I kept a small shelf or cabnet with our supplies and we just cleaned up each day. Over the years the bins of books for each student, teachers manuels, supplies, maps,…
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Have a Plan and Stick to the Plan
When we first began homeschooling 8 years ago I had only 3 children and used a traditional textbook/workbook style where planning was very simple. My curriculum company sent me homeschool lesson plans and nice little work books that were simply do the next page. I just did a number of pages in each workbook and…
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Seven Days of Homeschooling Seven: Creating a Rhythm to Your Homeschool
Its been such a wonderful blessing to have our years planned out for us with such a strong biblical foundation with My Fathers World curriculum. When we first began this curriculum I scoured the internet for other M.O.M.Y.S.(Mothers of Many Young Siblings aka Moms with Kids close in age) using My Fathers World. And while…
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My 5 P’s of Grocery Savings..
When I was growing up saving on groceries meant cheap, dented, tasteless food that my mother would gather from grocery store for pennies. And while she was able to “feed” the three of us for $15 a week at one point, often times our food was throw…
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Christmas Shopping Guide: Vinci Tablets
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One of our new Advertisers, Vinci Genius has sent MinistryPlace.Net an early Christmas present! It’s called the Vinci Tab M II. Vinci is manufactured by a company in Canada named Rullingnet targeted toward children and parents of young children (under 9). The goal of the tablet is to provide a solid e-learning platform for the children.…