Helicopters and Locusts

I was watching an army show with my army infatuated 9 year-old when we saw military helicopters  I instantly thought of these verses in Revelation.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold, and their fac of these verese in Revelation. s looked like [...]

If I Have Diplomas and Not Love, I am Nothing

If I have the language ever so perfectly and speak like a pundit and have not love that grips the heart, I am nothing.
If I have decorations and diplomas and am proficient in up-to-date methods and have not the touch of understanding love, I am nothing.
If I am able to worst my opponents in argument [...]

Free Audio Resources for Ancient History Lessons

I found a terrific Podcast series. Each audio teaching is an excellent Bible study of the book of Acts covering the period of the early church with a wealth of information on the Greek, Roman, and Hebrew cultures of the time with a focus on regeneration–how our lives are regenerated through the death of Christ.
These [...]

Homeschool Wordview Quiz

Everyone has a worldview, whether or not they know it or not. A worldview is made of assumptions rarely acknowledged openly, questioned or challenged by people who hold them.
Most Westerners that attended public school in America hold a Greek worldview. The Bible warns us about Greek philosophies:

Beware lest any man spoil you through [...]

Assumptions That Affect Our Lives

An old story illustrates how easy it is to be conditioned into a wrong thinking pattern. A husband asked his wife why she always cut off the end of the rump roast before roasting it. She replied, “I’m not sure why. I’ve never thought about it. My mother always cut off the end of the rump roast, so there must be a reason.” A few weeks later Mother visited the family.

Homeschool Organization: Morning Routine

Heart of the Matter Online is asking for  blog posts for their 8 Ways to a More Organized Homeschool Carnival. This week’s post are about morning routines.
Our morning routine varies quite a bit since I’ve had health problems. We have to work around doctor appointments, weekly infusions, and my energy levels. When my energy level [...]

Digital Scrapbook a Charlotte Mason Nature Sketchbook

The purpose of this post is to show you examples and explain the exciting and creative option of digital scrapbooking a Nature Sketchbook. Using this methods students not only learn science they also learn computer layout and design.

Best Homeschool Advice & Blog Contest

I made a 27 minute audio of what I feel is the most important advice I could share with Christian homeschoolers. To get this advice to as many homeschoolers as possible I’m having a blog contest. Three Will Win The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach Ebook!

Our Number One Job as Parents

Imagine a fish swimming in a river. The swimming fish is content in its environment. It is where it belongs; doing what it is made to do. Now imagine someone scooped the fish up in a net and placed in on the riverbank. What happens? The fish flip flops and struggles on the ground.

When we are walking in that purpose we are where we are meant to be – swimming in the river of living water. When we are not fulfilling that purpose we are frustrated..

What’s Your Foundation?

Is your faith is based on church attendance, homeschooling, Scripture memorization, reading a certain Bible, Calvinism, or other “good” works or denomination?
Pride in “we don’t smoke, drink, cuss, chew or go to movies” is a house built on sand with a crashing waves approaching.
Take a minute to examine your foundation. Do you depend on God [...]

A Wisdom Parable

Once upon a time there was a village far away in a remote location, which had experienced a hard year of severe weather. A group of missionaries worried that the villagers’ crude huts would not be able to withstand the strong weather any longer. The missionaries wanted to help by taking supplies to the village, [...]

21 Signs You Are a Homeschool Resource Junkie

Hi, I’m Robin and I’m a Homeschool Resource Junkie. I am a bibliophile. The practice of loving or collecting books is dubbed bibliophilism, and the adjective form of the term is bibliophilic. I have a the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire and consume books in excess.

Podcast: Homeschool Fears

This is Robin’s first podcast. There will be more if there is interest. Robin discusses the number 1 homeschool danger! Don’t miss it. Listen online or download to an audio player.

What Homeschoolers Should Know About Learning Styles

Studies show that seventy percent of children do NOT learn well in the way the schools teach-lecture/ textbook/ test–most students need more.
Learning styles researchers state there are 4 identifiable learners. The four-step lesson cycle is a way to teach to all four learning styles. It does not isolate one type of learning but, instead, teaches [...]

Heart of Wisdom Fall Newsletter

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Keeping Up With Several Blogs

Keeping Up With Several Blogs
Do you try to keep up with more than one blog? I browse over 300. I enjoy several blogs, but I don’t have the time to jump around to all of them. Almost every blog I read is listed in Homeschool Blog Awards. With a reader I browse the titles (like [...]