Christine Field
Author, Attorney, and Home-School Mother
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Evaluating the Elective Options
Art, speech, health--oh my! A well rounded high school program for our children involves the selection and planning of electives. What are the options? In the beautiful diversity of homeschooling,...Friday, December 22, 2006
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Teaching High School Literature
Teaching high school literature can be intimidating. How do I know which type of program to choose? What best fits my child's learning style? What are the options for teaching this subject area?...Friday, November 19, 2004
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Joyful Mothering, Joyful Home Schooling -- Part 2
Look at mothering the way God looks at mothering - it's a joy, a privilege, a blessing. There is no job you can do that won't at some point become dreary or mundane. Being a lawyer was exciting,...Wednesday, September 17, 2003
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Joyful Mothering, Joyful Home Schooling
Sometimes you're going along in life doing your PLAN A and God comes along and says, "Now I want you to do plan B." We've all had those experiences. Maybe for you it was coming home from the...Monday, September 8, 2003
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Dr. Jay Wile: Real Science in the Homeschool
Dr. Jay Wile's Apologia Educational Ministries, a company dedicated to giving people scientific reasons to believe in Christ, is taking the homeschool community by storm. Dr. Wile explains his...Thursday, June 5, 2003
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Filling Our Wells
You can't nurture from an empty well. You can't home school running on fumes. Sometimes I am running on empty so much that when one of my precious children or my precious husband comes to me for...Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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Equipping Your Children for the Real World
I believe there are a baker's dozen areas of life in which we must intentionally equip our children. They range from the mundane, like balancing a checkbook and managing money, to the sublime, like...Monday, April 7, 2003
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Vision, Plus Values, Plus Vigilance Equals Victory
With a home-schooling vision and commitment to the task, we are saying that we value our children and we value our work as parents. We value it so much that we do not want to delegate their...Tuesday, April 1, 2003
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Balancing Children, Schedules, and Housework
In the scope of things, the relationships we build with our God with our families here on earth are the things which matter most. If we can keep that perspective while managing the little details...Friday, January 3, 2003
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Mom Multiplied: Part 1
As dedicated home schoolers, on any given day, we're Mom Multiplied: mother, teacher, disciplinarian, wife, hostess, cook, maid, laundress, prayer warrior, recreational director, contributing...Friday, May 24, 2002
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Mom Multiplied Part X--The Big Picture
The self-discipline required to home school is unique. True, you have many hats to wear and many tasks to juggle. But your "boss" is conviction from the Holy Spirit. We are accountable, not to...Saturday, April 6, 2002
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Mom Multiplied Part IX--What Does it Take?
Home schooling is the logical extension of wanting to be a good parent. It takes being emotionally present and a high degree of commitment to the task. Our society is reaping the consequence of a...Saturday, April 6, 2002
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Mom Multiplied: PartVIII--Who's On First?
The roles we play everyday as wives, mothers and teachers are complex. But over all these daily concerns, we must work out the lines of authority with our God but also with our husbands and our...Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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Mom Multiplied: Part VII--Have You Counted the Cost?
Many of the sacrifices of home schooling come in the form of limitations. We are limited in what we can do, where we can go, when we can go. Because our children are with us all the time, our...Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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Mom Multiplied: Part VI--Managing Our Multiplication
Whether you are a new home schooler or are beginning a fresh season of home schooling, taking the time now to clarify and focus your home schooling vision will keep you encouraged and will help you...Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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Mom Multiplied: Part V--Job Status
Home schooling is a time of giving up and of gaining. By simply living this lifestyle, we model for our children that relationships come before work, that work comes before play, that people come...Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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Mom Multiplied: Part IV--Availability of Free or Alone Time
Christine Field points out the pros and cons of home schooling and shows how it affects your family, your lifestyle, and your free time. While it is a sacrifice of time, it has an enormously...Saturday, March 30, 2002
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Mom Multiplied Part III--Other Roles
The roles of the home schooler are varied and demanding. Christine Field explores the role of homemaker, the role of health enhancer, and the role of finance manager. Christine reminds us that...Monday, March 25, 2002