I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 (NIV) Scripture Memory Work Of all that we memorize in our family, scripture is the most important. And although we memorize scripture in our home, we often fall short in this area. After all, it’s easy to focus […]
Toddler – Educational Toys Gift Guide
Over the past few years, we’ve compiled lists of our family favorites for books, studies, toys, and games we’ve used. There’s no doubt we’ve purchased, reviewed, and tested out a TON of various books and resources over the past decade+, some of which were fantastic finds, some of which turned out to be… total flops. Through […]
Building Work Ethic in Boys (and Girls)
This year we’ve been reading and discussing the book Created for Work as an extra devotional in our home — and I only wish we had found it sooner! Although this resource is recommended for boys in middle school and up, we’ve found that it applies to our whole family — from our 5th grader […]
High School Chemistry Simplified
For years, our family has used Jay Wile’s Discovering Design with Chemistry, which has prepared our sons well for college-level science. However, we’ve been searching for another option to help families in tackling this often challenging subject with confidence. We’re excited to share that we’ve finally found a high school chemistry course that not only […]
Christmas Wrap 2024
As we look back upon the year Twenty Twenty-Four, Now it’s time to wrap up all this year had in store… We started the year with subzero temps While half of us escaped on a Honduras mission trip Crowder and Cain made the Winterjam scene On Valentine’s Day, David aged to eighteen. At Congress Levi […]
New Years Printable: Goals & Reflections
This week is a time of reflection and renewal for us. As we head into each new year, our family enjoys reminiscing and sharing favorite memories while looking ahead to what may be in store for us in the coming year. To capture this moment in time, we’ve created a printable as a sort of “memory […]
Instead of Worksheets & Tests
A friend recently lamented about her daughter’s struggle with passing history tests. “She’s doing the work, but she’s doing poorly on the exams.” What kind of exams were they? Multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. While test-taking in itself is a skill to learn simply because of the modern education movement, a more natural mode of assessment has always existed (although it […]
Devotional Biology: A Different Approach
Although we recently reviewed Experience Biology, we wanted to also share with you another self-paced, video-based course for biology because it is just so unique. In fact, it is so different that it’s been in our queue to review for a couple of years now. Why? Well, even though our second son (who was originally […]
University-Ready Writing
If you’re looking for a resource that teaches note-taking skills, formal writing models, the Five Canons of Rhetoric, and/or the Five Common Topics, we highly recommend IEW’s new course, University-Ready Writing. University-Ready Writing is a 12-week video-based course which teaches high school students advanced note-taking skills and writing techniques in preparation for college-level writing. It […]