Homeschool View - July 2009

On July 4, 1776, King George III wrote in his diary, "Nothing of importance this day."

Ironically, a few thousand miles across the ocean, America's colonies were in the very process of declaring their independence. According to the LIFEPAC® and Switched-On Schoolhouse® Civics homeschool electives from Alpha Omega Publications®, the ties to England were strong, making the founding fathers' choice for this declaration far from easy. In fact, the life-changing decision to sign America's most important document was only made after the early colonists had exhausted every effort to maintain or restore a relationship with the tax-controlling king of England. Pledging their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence....

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Diane Daily of Montevallo, Alabama, is the first to receive AOP's new Homeschool Parent of the Month award. In recognition of her homeschooling efforts, Diane will receive a $50 AOP gift certificate that's good toward the purchase of Switched-On Schoolhouse®, LIFEPAC®, Horizons, or The Weaver Curriculum®....

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Looking for an easy-to-make, Fourth of July dessert recipe? Have some star-spangled fun at your red, white, and blue party and celebrate the sweet life this Independence Day with this refreshing, mouth-watering cake your homeschool family will love to make!...

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"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance" (Galatians 5:22-23a).

Has your child learned the discipline of delayed gratification? As Christian homeschooling parents living in a "me first" society, our children need us to teach them more than just academics. Learning godly character qualities like self-control can set the stage for success later in life. In fact, according to a recent article in The New Yorker that followed up on a Stanford University study of 650 children in the 1960s, people who displayed self-control as children were more likely to be positive as adults and have successful marriages, higher test scores in college, better-paying jobs, better health, and more fulfilling lives....

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"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" (Proverbs 27:17).

When it comes to homeschooling, we all have questions, don't we? Even the most experienced of us come across situations where helpful advice on how to handle a particular homeschooling, parenting, or teaching issue is appreciated....

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Just when homeschooling parents think they've heard it all, another surge of anti-homeschooling comments appears in the news. Proving they don't understand the real reasons homeschoolers choose to teach their children at home, these recently published articles make uninformed, derogatory statements like the following:...

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Here are a few quick tips and helpful hints that will make your first days of homeschooling less stressful and more productive:...

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