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This week the 4 Moms of Many are sharing some verses or stories that have encouraged us in our homeschooling journey. The passage that explains both why we chose to home educate and dictates how we home educate is Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall…
Today the 4 Moms of Many are answering your questions. Brianah asked this question on FB. It’s one that gets asked frequently so probably deserves some more publicity, “What did your day look like when you had all littles?“ Our first 8 children are all between 14 and 18 months apart, so by the time…
Our purpose in homeschooling is to fulfill our God-given responsibility to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. One vital aspect of this training is for our children to know the Word of God. One way we accomplish this is that we spend time every day reading the Word of God….
The average American family, comprised of 3.14 people, spends $800-$900 on Christmas gifts each year. We don’t. We avoid much of the annual gift giving frenzy by keeping things a bit more simple. Here are some of our reasons: We don’t need all that stuff. We wish for the focus of Christmas to be on…
It’s that time of year when many are getting together and spending more time with unbelieving family members. Some must even deal with family that is critical and/or antagonistic of their faith or decisions about how to raise their children. This week the 4 Moms of 35 Kids are talking about how to prepare our…
When Mark and I first heard Kevin Swanson from Generations with Vision speak on Raising a Mighty Man of God (This is well worth the time to listen. Kevin believes that our educational system, including homeschooling, is harming boys. The lecture begins at minute 12.), we knew that we wanted to hear more. Kevin is a fellow second generation…
Are you a mom who is discouraged, tired of the day to day, wondering if it’s really worth it? Are you looking for encouragement and vision? In a society that embraces abortion and fractures families, many women have no idea how true Christian motherhood should look. Mothers who seek to base their decisions on God’s…
Large family parenting style is today’s topic for 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage This weeks topic came from a reader question. Do you have a particular parenting style you use? Has it changed as you’ve had more children? I do not believe that there is one right way to parent nor one correct parenting style. There are a lot of books and teachers who say the opposite,…
Many of you asked to see our list of ‘personal’ or ‘character’ books for the children. These are books that aren’t part of our ‘history’ or ‘science’ readings. These are biographies, historic accounts of brave deeds and the sovereignty of God and encouragement for becoming the young men and women God would have them to…
I’ve heard it and you probably have too, parents rejoicing and counting down the days until the children will be out of the house and back to school. They talk about time for themselves and the delight of projects without childish interruptions, but what message does this communicate to the children involved? I find…
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