April 09 Edition | Heart of the Matter

Fun with Photography Featuring Lightroom 2: Easy Editing with Presets

Okay, so how many of you read last issue’s column and either purchased Lightroom or downloaded a 30-day free trial? You can refer to that post for information about applying for the academic discount you qualify for as a...

Notebooking or Lapbooking?

There is certainly no shortage of smart and fun ways to reinforce the material that your child is learning. Two popular ways are notebooking and lapbooking. Both enable your child to take what he has learned and apply it using a...

Curriculum Choices: Only after God, Only after Goals

Mary McLeod Bethune says: ‘On October 3, 1904, I opened the doors of my school, with an enrollment of five little girls…whose parents paid me fifty cents’ weekly tuition…I considered cash money as the smallest part of my...

Are you getting the most out of your field trips?

Homeschoolers have a unique advantage in that they are able to participate in many more field trip opportunities than children in traditional schools. These valuable hands-on learning occasions not only lead to an increased love...

Art Reviews

Vincent’s Colors by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2005) is, of course, about Vincent van Gogh who was a Post-Impressionist artist. Throughout his life he wrote letters to his younger brother, Theo, about his paintings....

Family Gardening

The home that my family and I lived in from the time I was in kindergarten until high school was a small, four bedroom home in the outlying suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky. Daddy had grown up on a 162 acre farm, so he...

Developing Christian Character Through Gardening, a unit study

When Jesus taught, he often used object lessons drawn from the everyday experiences of His audience: drawing water from a well, making bread, a wedding celebration, the harvest, etc. These experiences were an integral part of the...

Why a Home Business Can Be Your Best Curriculum!

Kids learn best by doing and kids love to make money! All of a sudden, math takes on new meaning when it’s calculating profits! Writing is fun when it’s creating your own newsletters, brochures, and blogs! Experienced...

College Admission and Planning

For some women, it comes on suddenly. At two in the morning you snap awake in a cold sweat, heart racing, gasping for breath with every muscle tensed. You wonder, “Is this The Change?” “No,” you tell...

Making Time For God

I’ll be honest. Prayer is not something that comes naturally to me. I wouldn’t say I live a busy life, but I have enough on my plate to keep me well distracted, which often presents a problem. Plus, I seem to have an...