“A heavy responsibility rests upon you. In view of this, how careful should you be in all your words and acts. What kind of seed are you sowing in the hearts of your children? The reaping time—oh! remember, the reaping time is not far distant. Sow no foul seed. Satan is ready to do that work. Sow only clean, pure seed.”
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2 pg 79
“With us as parents and as Christians it rests to give our children right direction. They are to be carefully, wisely, tenderly guided into paths of Christlike ministry. We are under sacred covenant with God to rear our children for His service. To surround them with such influences as shall lead them to choose a life of service, and to give them the training needed, is our first duty.”
Ministry of Healing, 396
Printable outline maps are always valuable to homeschool families. Here is a selection of maps to meet a variety of geographical and historical needs.
Online Map Bank – A huge selection of maps categorized by country, region empire and event. Middle to high school level.
NASA Outline Maps- A downloadable .pdf file of continents and regions. Upper elementary to high school level.
Eduplace Outline Maps – Historical and geographical maps. Primary to upper elementary level.
US Dept. of the Interior printable maps- A variety of US maps, including some with climate or other science information. Upper elementary to high school level.
National Geographic Education – A beta (test) site from National Geographic featuring customizable, printable maps. Upper elementary to high school level.
“Children are sometimes tempted to chafe under restraint; but in afterlife they will bless their parents for the faithful care and strict watchfulness that guarded and guided them in their years of inexperience.”
Ministry of Healing, 394
“True education is missionary training. Every son and daughter of God is called to be a missionary; we are called to the service of God and our fellow men; and to fit us for this service should be the object of our education.
This object should ever be kept in view by Christian parents and teachers. We know not in what line our children may serve. They may spend their lives within the circle of the home; they may engage in life’s common vocations, or go as teachers of the gospel to heathen lands; but all are alike called to be missionaries for God, ministers of mercy to the world.”
Ministry of Healing, 395
Looking for a Bible reading plan appropriate for younger children? Here is a link to the Adventist Junior Youth Bible Reading Plan. This reading plan takes four years and uses 12 different themes to organize the readings. Download the two-page .pdf file HERE.
“God requires parents to bring up their children to know Him and to respect His claims; they are to train their little ones, as the younger members of the Lord’s family, to have beautiful characters and lovely tempers, that they may be fitted to shine in the heavenly courts. By neglecting their duty and indulging their children in wrong, parents close to them the gates of the city of God.”
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5 , 326
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