Service is featured this week on the HomeSchool Channel. Three different articles give unique perspectives: Deb Bell’s article Make Room for Volunteering, Mike Farris’ article Humility: An Attitude Worth Seeking, and my article Tutor—And Make Community Service a Family Affair.
Back to academics … As you prepare for standardized testing, I think you will be amazed and encouraged by the article, A Bright Idea for Learning. This one suggestion for raising test scores is very easy for home-schooling families to implement, but is costing millions for school districts around the country. Mike Farris also has a great article on teaching current events and media savvy, Why Christians Should Be Knowledgeable of Current Events.
May God bless our homes richly as we endeavor to follow His example in teaching and training our children.
Zan Tyler is co-author of the book Anyone Can Homeschool and senior education editor for Crosswalk.com . She and her husband have three children and have been home schooling since 1984.
