I have never home-schooled any of my four children but I've personally known many parents who do and I give loads of credit to all of them. It is not an easy task, and some parents do it very well which sets a helpful example for others wishing to do so.
One of these people is "jimmie" who has written many articles full of amazing ideas that she uses to homeschool her own children. I'll admit that I've only read a few of her pages, but if I was a homeschooling parent, I'd be reading them all and you can bet that my kids would be benefiting greatly from it.
Much of the time people choose to keep their kids out of the public school system for religious reasons. Because teachers are not allowed to have God in the classroom, Christian parents want to be different and include their beliefs in their teaching. My review is of one of jimmie's Christian study writings, but she has many others if you aren't interested in this one. Click on her name link above and see all she has written.
Hymn Study For Homeschool is such an excellent article because it combines many aspects of schooling using faith as the basis of study. The old hymns we sang (and still do sing) in church are full of history and many times the writers have had their own obstacles to overcome. What better way to teach perseverance and faith than by a true story that ended with the triumph of a heartfelt song that has lasted through the years.
Hymns are music, and learning the notes or playing an instrument could be incorporated into the lessons. Also include vocabulary, spelling, biblical references, memorization and what ever other studies you can come up with. Jimmie includes beautiful printable pages and many resources to help get you started, and has some pictures from the work her own kids have done using this lesson plan.
If I had found her helpful posts 20 years ago, I probably would have opted to try homeschooling myself. I'm thankful for anyone who devotes so much time to teaching valuable lessons to children in today's world.
Visit: Hymn Study For Homeschool
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