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When I use the special cookie scoop, my chocolate chip cookies come out much better. Their uniformity insures they cook evenly and don’t burn. I...

This unit study introduces ideas for indoor gardening projects that are suitable for students of all ages. Here are some ideas for interesting...

The struggle with home schooling comes with trying to balance character training with academics, or perhaps with the thought that these are two...

Along the northern coast of Africa there were four countries—Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli (Libya)—that made up what was known as the...

This year, Gregorian Easter is on April 20, Passover is on April 17, and Orthodox Easter falls on April 27. Almost 1700 years after the Council of...

There are times when we need to bend a little, to allow ourselves to be inconvenienced for the sake of another, but we need to exercise wisdom,...

With today’s technology we can send messages across the world in three seconds. In this fast-paced world, who needs to write a letter? Whether it...

I realize I’ll probably never be seen as the prudent man who sees evil and hides himself. It will always be a simple decision for us to jump in and...

MySpace.com - it's one of the most popular teen web hang-outs in the world, and there are countless other websites set up for similar purposes of...

By the time the child reaches fourth or fifth grade, the early stage of rote-memory learning begins to pass. Now that the student has been given...

How much room is there in my life for other people? I always have a convenient excuse for not having time for others. I homeschool two teenagers...

What can we learn from the classical educators of times past? Most modern classical educators divide learning into three distinct phases, following...

Most homeschool moms have been there. We keep going on sheer will when we’ve had little sleep, too many demands, and are pulled from every...

Albert Einstein said, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” Mystery and...

Wouldn’t history make more sense with a point of reference to tie it all together, seeing God’s hand rather than just learning a list of facts? On...