Happy the Home #1 of 26 – “What We Need to Succeed” from Restoration International on Vimeo.
Program 1 in the 3ABN “Happy the Home” series with the Rayne family. Corresponds to Chapter 1 in the book “The Connected Family” by Paul & Carolyn Rayne.
“A practical twenty-six step program designed to help parents make their children a priority, lead them to make a commitment to God, and teach them the tools for Christian living. “
Between middle school and high school, many homeschoolers cover US history twice and US Government once. That means a need for wide variety of Civil War resources. Fortunately, the Civil War Trust website has it all. Click on the Education link and you will discover primary source documents, animated maps, photographs, videos, quizzes- more than enough material for either a survey of the Civil War period or an in-depth study. The teacher lesson plans are categorized by grade level from elementary to high school. There are even gifted and talented level lesson plans for the student that needs a challenge. The printable and downloadable lesson plans are organized by themes and include links to worksheets and media supplements.
If you prefer to use only non-fiction materials in your history studies, you will find everything you need on this site. Your Civil War study can focus on reading and analyzing primary sources with a wealth of newspaper opinion pieces, letters, speeches and other historic documents available. If you happen to own a pair of 3-D glasses, you will find the stereoview photographs- the 19th century version of 3-D photography to be especially intriguing.
The Civil War Trust is more than just an amazing history resource. The Trust also has a goal of reclaiming and preserving important Civil War sites throughout America. So far, they have saved more than 40,000 acres. Impressive. This is a must-bookmark website.
In a presentation from the 2015 Adventist Agriculture Assn. conference,
homeschooling mother Pamela Dysinger shares what she has learned about ‘The Very Best School”.
https://www.audioverse.org/english/embed/media/13718
The Pilgrim’s Progress written in 1687 by John Bunyan is listed as one of the most widely-read books in the world. Several audio versions of this story are online for listening. AudioVerse has Jim Pappas’ The Dramatized Pilgrim’s Progress available to listeners for free. This unabridged, amplified, and richly narrated version of Bunyan’s beloved allegory will bring the timeless story to life. Both Part 1- Christian, and Part 2 – Christiana are featured on the site.
There is another audiobook version is available as well. The unabridged, non-dramatized reading of The Pilgrim’s Progress can also be found on AudioVerse.
The benefits of memorizing scripture are immeasurable. One way to learn new verses is to sing scripture songs. Wayne Hooper’s Sing A Bible Verse is great resource for learning new scripture songs. Sing A Bible Verse is free printable sheet music for more than 300 original scripture songs.
If you don’t have a musician in your home, you can find the CDs for these songs at Children’s Ministry Place. The CDs are also available at AdventSource.
If you have young children that would like to see the Bible come alive, you will definitely like to visit www.biblestoryhour.com They have started publishing Bible readings with slightly animated pictures to go with the readings.
There is a new website published by the same people that do childrensministryplace.com
The Adventist Home Educator 