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Here a some free articles concerning the importance of homeschooling, the benefits of home education, why families teach at home, what can happen in a "good" private school, and how to answer family objections. Also included are some good articles from off-site authors as well.

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ABKEA Science Text Promotes False Information - I think Nathan's favorite subject right now is Science. He always has been fascinated with how things work and what makes things happen. And I like Science because it provides such a perfect opportunity to incorporate Biblical truth. And, in my endeavor to have every subject surrounded and encompassed with God and Scripture, I use many of ABEKA's textbooks. And, as you may have already guessed, one of them is Science. More

How Homeschooling Gives Siblings An Education Without Them Even Knowing It--true story of how a 2 year old is learning things her Mom never imagined just from hanging around her homeschooled brothers.

54 Reasons To Homeschool--quick list of common reasons why families choose to keep their kids home for school. Intended to stimulate thinking for your situation to see if homeschooling is right for you and worth the difficulties and stresses it will create

How a Teacher Can Scar the Self-Confidence of Your Child In Less Than 30 Seconds--true personal story how a few moments caused an emotional scar that lasted for years; and why it is so vital for parents to take their God-given responsibility to educate their children

Facing the HomeSchool Super-Mom--how to avoid the trap of comparing yourself to another home school mom and feeling inadequate. Common sense reminders of why you are unique and special and why the "other mom" isn't super-human either.

7 Steps to Get Your Child to Read and LOVE it! Some children just don't like reading. It's a bummer; but 7 simple steps can transform your child into a reader who's having fun.

Is Age An Influencing Factor in Deciding to Homeschool? Some families decide to homeschool until 8th grade or later with plans to put their kids back into the public school system. Do these families know why they homeschool? Should age determine if you continue or not?

The Power of Journal Writing Have you ever kept a diary or journal? I have through different phases of my life. When I was a teenager, I kept a diary of dreams. Every time I woke up and remembered what I was dreaming - even in the middle of the night - I wrote a detailed account of it. To this day, 20 years later, I can still read those dreams and they develop just as clearly in my head as if it were a fresh new dream. More

From the Horses Mouth Some of you may know - and some of you may not - that my husband and I own a professional carpet cleaning business. Well, we do :-). And today, being Saturday, our eldest son Nathan got to go work with Dad. He is such a hard worker, pulling hoses, and running to the truck to get things for Dad. It's a good opportunity to learn good work ethics from his hard working Dad. Well, when they got back, my husband Wade told me a very interesting story. One of the clients that he cleaned for today is a public school teacher. More

The Importance of Communication We all consider communication to be of great importance in all areas of life. Especially marriage. But, how many of us are really great communicators? Not that many. So, why can people have good marriages, etc. if there aren't very many people good at communicating? Well, I'll tell you in just a minute. Reagan was called "The Great Communicator". But why was he called that? Was it because of his speaking skills? Was it because of his grammar? No. More

You're Too Old to Be President I was watching one of the documentaries on Ronald Reagan that covered his first presidential term and his run for re-election. It came time for his debate against Walter Mondale. Reagan was attacked for his age - he was too old to be President, and here's the question asked by Henry Trewhitt: More

Homeschool Weekly Q&A 062304 Today's Q&A covers questions & comments regarding the Southern Baptist resolution for homeschool, marble cutting boards and care, and the why starting a business by "asking to pay me a fair price" is wrong. More

Cooking Helps Develop Motor Skills for Preschoolers Did you know that cooking with your kids is a natural way for them to develop motor skills? If you've never looked at cooking that way before, think again. There's a reason why kids have a universal love for cooking - just like for stacking blocks and banging! More

Choose Your Chopping Block I can remember when I was a teenager that we had this wood cutting board. It last forever, it cleaned easily. Then, when I grew up there was all this talk about why you shouldn't have a wooden cutting board, but a plastic one because wooden ones held bacteria inside that you couldn't clean out. More

Pass it On Down The Line This last weekend I watched many interesting specials and biographies and interviews on the life of Ronald Reagan. As I listened, I took notes of several principles of successful people. Yesterday we talked about Ronald Regan's purpose of mind in Knowing Where he wanted to go. If you missed it, you can click the link in the articles from this week. I was surprised by another quality. More

Knowing Where You Want to Go This last weekend I watched many interesting specials and biographies and interviews on the life of Ronald Reagan. As I listened, I took notes of several principles of successful people. If you watched any of the programming, I'm sure you saw that Ronald Reagan did not have the perfect life. It wasn't even an easy life. More

God Gives Wings as Eagles This morning, on the way to church, I got to see one of my absolute favorite things: two bald eagles soaring up over the streets. Alaska is full of bald eagles, and we even get to see them in the city every once in a while. They're hard to spot. They fly so high. More

What if You Could Choose Your Dad? It may seem like an odd question; but it's one that goes through my head about this time every year. What if God had let me choose my dad? No limitations. Any man, from any time since the world first started. More

Going to Sleep With Your Shoes On My kids love jokes - don't yours? They are still in the phase where they try to make them up themselves....However, today they heard a new one and had to try it on me immediately! More

The Fastest Way to Count Sticks Maybe your child is good at math- maybe he or she isn't. Doesn't really matter. What matters is being able to do math and have fun! I remember when I first started on multiplication tables with Nathan. It was like pulling teeth. It was hard for me to explain, and it wasn't something I had ever enjoyed myself. Fortunately, Nathan's Papa helped it all sink in. More

Would Someone Wait 7 Hours to See You? Today at the Reagan Library in California, people are spending 7 hours in a car, three hours in line, just to file past the casket of President Ronald Reagan to pay respect to his political service, his character, and his life. As of 6 a.m., over 40,000 have made this journey. More

How Quickly Glory Fades - Saturday I spent most of the day working, the television off. Which in and of itself was I suppose in synch with Friday's article, "The Ultimate Love Test Is Anything But" and the reader comments in Sunday's articles. But I wish I would have had the television on. The T.V.'s on today and I still haven't heard anything about it... More

The Ultimate Love Test Is Anything But - I said I wouldn't watch it. In fact, I spouted off words of anger and disgust every time the commercial aired for the disgrace of a show that is an 'Ultimate Love Test'. ABC should be ashamed of themselves. More

Homeschool Q&A #060304-Now, right on to some Q&A:Laura, I want to home school my 12 year old daughter. what to I need to do step by step do start this process? I can't get answers from anyone. Do I just buy books and pull her out of school do I go to the school board or what? I really need advice. More

Atkins Puts and End to Sugar Shoveling - I learned some very interesting statistics this week. I was sitting here at the computer, reading some articles; and I came across one that said that kids get more cavities from drinking pop than from anything else. That thought stuck in my head – I wish that I had kept that page in my favorites so that I could go back and reference it now. More

How to Get More Out of Tomorrow Than You Did Today - A few weeks ago, I shared with you my early morning time management strategy that lets me get more done. It seems that there's always more to be done than there are hours in the day. Am I right, or what? More

Encouraging Words-Aren't encouraging words wonderful? I got some this week with a few testimonials from some people who just received their product. That sure makes me feel good. To see them, click here. They sure do make my day better, and I appreciate it. Thanks so much! So, this week, my goal is going to be to encourage someone everyday - guess who's today? he, he - YOU! More

Memorial Day Weekend Family Plans? Hi. Memorial Day is quickly approaching; and the kids are excited! Wade is going to take all three of them fishing and we have to recount how many days are left about every 3 hours! More

Today's Tip From 8 Year Old Nathan Bankston-My oldest son Nathan is still excited about making the cookbook. He keeps saying that on the next one, we need to do this and that. In fact, I already have 4 ideas from him that will go out in the next recipe club package of 4. More

Lessons from Scrambled Eggs-This morning I made scrambled eggs for breakfast. I'm not particularly fond of them; but I married a man who can eat a dozen at a time, 3 meals a day, 7 days a week because he loves them so much. And my kids love them too. So, I made the eggs and took and bite and said, 'mmm. These actually taste good today.' More

When a door closes-Ever hear the phrase, 'when a door closes, a window opens'? Well, such has been the case here. We had some major printer hassles; but that gave us a new idea. So, you now have the opportunity to get your Homeschool Cookbook on CD. You'll be able More

What Children Really Need-Did you hear the appalling news? Some public school students were exposed to some visual and auditory graphic violence. Obviously, they don't know what children really need: More

Homeschool News:

Should employers be able to question your homeschool compliance? Shocking e-mail from an employer reveals how easily bounds can be overstepped and your rights as a homeschooler violated

"No Child Left Behind" - Just Another Cry for Money? - how much money has to do with the quality of education and who is ultimately responsible for someone being "left behind"

"Compulsory Attendance: Do We Need Laws or Just Caring Parents?" Nebraska LB 868 could have spelled disaster for the parental rights of families homeschooling teens in Nebraska in this increase in compulsory attendance from age 16 to age 18. Learn the results and provoking questions of how this type of legislation affects homeschoolers in general.

National Prayer Day Discriminatory? In today's news, it clearly apparent that people who believe something different often claim discrimination to get what they want. Learn the principles that are important to teach your children in light of National Prayer Day.

Southern Baptist Campaigns for Homeschool Good intentions to promote something great, but this Southern Baptist has a subtle philosophical flaw.

Offsite Articles by Other Authors:

Bible Games by Joy MacKay--why games are an aid to learning and how to get Bible games

Homeschoolers Shine at National Competitions--success of homeschooled children in national competitions

Unschooling Fact List--this article answers many questions about unschooling and deschooling

Sanity Tips for Eating out with your kids--if you avoid eating out because of the family scene you create, these simple tips will make like fun fast.

Answers to Objections to Homeschooling--helpful info to answer common objections that are raised about keeping your child home

Science Text Evaluations:

CA Pubic School Text Evaluation by Physicist Richard Feynman--a 17 foot bookshelf full of texts was

evaluated and proclaimed to be "utterly lousy"

The Gateway to Educational Materials--enter your subject, your grade level, or both to find

high quality curriculum

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