Robin’s Blog

Free Printable Workbox Tags

We use the Workbox System by designed Sue Patrick to structure our school day. Homeschooling is so much easier I almost feel guilty.
Our homeschool day flows without complaints.  If you are not familiar with the workbox system see the links at the bottom of this post.

Our children absolutely love moving their workbox cards from  workbox to the [...]

Time to Vote for 2009 Blog Awards

The polls are ready for voting. Read the rules here.
Heart of Wisdom has been nominated for the Best Homeschool Methods Blog Award.
Would you please take a moment to vote for Heart of Wisdom?
You can cast your vote from now until November 21st!!

Click each link below to vote for a nominee in that [...]

Free Lapbook: Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego

This is actually a File Folder Game or a mini lapbook. Everything you need to make this lapbook is available to download below.
A coloring page goes on the front of the folder. Inside is a game board and two pockets. One pocket is for game pieces, the other is for Bible memory verses.

I found this game board [...]

Breaking the Jewish Code

Stone unlocks the amazing secrets to the success of the Jewish people. Their time-honored principles help create wealth, maintain health, raise successful children, and pass on generational blessings.

Homeschooling Develops Perseverance

I have homeschooled for over 20 years. There are days I wake up and groan at the thought of another school day, more laundry, more dishes, more floors to sweep, more noses to wipe, phonics and math problems to drill, etc

Producing Spritual Fruit in Our Children

Here lies the secret of parenting that will produce good spiritual fruit in our children:
The Parable of the Sower begins with the preaching of the Word, or the planting of the seed in the hearts of people. The seed is God’s Word; the different soils symbolize different types of hearts; and the varied results show [...]

Flu Shots Break Bible Dietary Laws

If you  stay clear of pork and shellfish, as the Bible instructs, you need to know flu vaccines include: animal tissues and fluids forbidden in the Bible Lev. 11:3-8, 27, Deut. 14:4-8
Vaccines include horse blood, rabbit brain, dog kidney, monkey kidney, pig blood, and porcine (pig) protein/tissue among other things (see list below).
Not only unclean [...]

8 Ways to Sabotage Your Homeschool

The power of a successful homeschool journey cannot be over emphasized. Every parent who home schools wants to enjoy the adventure, grow close to their children and have well rounded children at the end of it. But moms hold the power to sabotage their own homeschools and often they do not even know they are [...]

Andy Should Have Homeschooled Opie

History is taught best through stories! Indians, Red Coats, cannons, muskets, and guns, and stuff.
In this Andy Griffith Show classic, Andy Taylor mischievously gets Opie’s curiosity up with the Gun Shot Heard Around the World. Opie and his freinds learn to like history becasue of stories.
If you don’t have time fore all three videos [...]

Rosh Hashana Apple Honey Cake

Rosh Hashana or the Feast of Trumpets begins sundown today. It is the Bible New Year celebration.
The Spring Bible holidays tell of Jesus first coming and the fall festivals are prophetic of His second coming.
Rosh Hashana Information for Christians

Fall Feasts Overview
Rosh Hashana Overview
Feast of Trumpets in Biblical Times
Jewish Customs
Messiah in the Feast of [...]

A Better Heart

Beloved friends, I am home again after a five day hospital stay. God is doing something very special in me.

God Has a Plan for Your Homeschool

I love teaching my children. I like reading to them, talking to them, asking questions, seeing things from their viewpoint, watching them discover.
There was I time I didn’t love homeschooling–because I was swimming in fear and worry. But the years have passed and God has proven to me that He is sufficient and [...]

Blogging & Twitter Addictions?

Are you worried you spend too much time Twittering or blogging? Its a good thing to analyze how you spend your time.
We can turn anything into sin if it’s out of balance or if we have the wrong motivation. Shoes, make-up, food, TV, sports, pets, etc. can become addictions or idols.
Volunteer work at church [...]

Prayer Request for Robin

Hi all,
This is Robin’s friend, Kathleen, writing to let you all know that Robin was admitted to the Critical Care Unit of the hospital Monday, August 24 and needs our prayers.  She lost quite a bit of blood due which then led to serious heart problems.
She lost almost five units of blood and has been [...]

The Letter Writer: Paul’s Background and Torah Perspective

The vast majority of the modern day studies, teachings, and theologies developed concerning the Apostle Paul all disseminate a similar perspective: That Paul underwent a typical conversion from one religion to another, from the Law-based religion of Judaism to the Grace-based religion of Christianity.

Signs of Spiritual Abuse & Legalism

How do you tell if your church is slipping legalism or spiritual abuse? Pray for God to open your eyes and examine what you see. Do you see faith in God or dependency on church? Do you see goodness or strict compliance to church mandated convictions?

Intimacy with God

God created each of us with a longing for intimacy — intimacy with Him. Once we come to the realization that we were created to fellowship with our Creator we are on the right path.

Hidden Romance in the Bible

Deep within God’s Word lies a wondrous story like no other. A drama that originated before time began. An epic saga that resonates with the heartbeat of God. A story that reveals nothing less than the meaning of life and God’s great mission in the earth. From Eternity to Here presents three remarkable stories spanning Genesis to Revelation. Each story traces a divine theme that is woven throughout Scripture.

What We Are in the Dark

“We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation. What God looks at is what we are in the dark- the imaginations of our minds, the thoughts of our heart, the habits of our bodies; these are the things that mark us in God’s sight. Character is what you are [...]