http://www.heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/category/free/ Heart of Wisdom offers many resources and even e-newsletters with homeschool support.  This particular part of their website offers links to FREE resources for Bible studies as well as samples to their curriculum offerings, w

http://jennyfunderburke.com/advent/ You really must check out this online family Advent calendar!  I wish I had known it about it earlier, but you won’t be too far behind if you start soon!  We completed the 1st day activities together tonight which included an online reading of

We have completed the confessions and verses from Barbara Arbo’s True Confessions for Children.  I encourage you to review these verses with your children while you are running errands, while you are sitting around the dinner table, or as you tuck them in bed at night.  Take thi

How do you encourage your child to deal with bad dreams or scary thoughts?  The verse this week is a great one for us to repeat when our minds are filled with fear, especially at nighttime. Confession: I am God’s beloved and my sleep is sweet. Proverbs 3:24, NIV When you lie dow

Happy Easter!  I hope you are enjoying the celebration of God’s love today!  John 15:13 states, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” As we continue with our confession from last week that is centered around the purpose of di

Probably the toughest part of being a parent is having to discipline and correct our children.  You don’t fully understand this until you are a parent.  There are times when we must tell our children “no” simply for safety and because we have wisdom/knowledge of the

So encouraged as I read over this verse for this week.  This is a covenant God has made with His people:  His Spirit AND His word will not depart from us!  And, it is a promise for not only us as parents, but for our children, and for our children’s children.  The choice we have

We are completing our memorization of Psalm 112 this week.  Beautiful promises for us to stand on, especially during tough times! Confession: My heart is fixed and steady trusting in the Lord. Psalm 112: 6-10, NIV Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered fore

For the next two weeks, we are going to focus on a full chapter, rather than just one verse.  Psalms 112 is full of beautiful promises for us!  If a chapter is too much, pick a couple of verses (like verse 1 and 7).  We will focus on the first half of the chapter this week, and the se

This week we are focusing on a promise that makes all our time and effort as parents seem worth it.  We must have faith that the things we are teaching are somehow being absorbed and will be retrieved by our children on their life’s journey.  It is also a reminder that homeschoo