Elections, Legislative Sessions, & Other Civics Topics
In this brief piece we introduce important, inspiring, and easy-to-implement ideas. Most homeschoolers know that new legislation can affect educational freedom tremendously. After all, we gained the right to homeschool through valiant legislative effort back in 1986. ...
Reading and Math: Fears and Tears
For my son, reading was a disaster that often had both him and my wife in tears. As it turns out, he didn’t read until he was 8 1/2 years old. Yes, that’s right. He wasn’t reading in kindergarten or first grade or second grade… He now has a master’s degree in...
Hebrew vs. Greek, Part 4
We’ve already recounted many differences between the Hebrew and Greek ideas of Jesus’ day, alluding also to those who have influenced our own world. Now we’ll look at two further distinctions. Knowledge vs. Wisdom/Form vs. Function The Hebrew Book of Proverbs puts...
Greek vs. Hebrew Education, Part 3
We ended Part 2 comparing an anthropocentric versus theocentric worldview. Man-centered or God-centered. Let’s move on to two other differences between the Hebrews and the Greeks. Monotheistic vs. Polytheistic Although Greeks were man-centered, they still served...
Alternative Ways to Study WV History
In West Virginia, students, including many homeschooled students, study West Virginia History in their 8th grade year. Here are a few alternative resources homeschoolers may find useful and creative, many of which may be found at your local library! WV Traditional...
Exploring “Deschooling”
Are you getting ready to homeschool kids who were previously in public school? Be forewarned: when kids have spent several years learning how to fit into the structure and expectations of traditional school and then are suddenly in a totally different environment, it...
Hebrew versus Greek, Part 2
Jesus never wrote a book, never “taught a course,” and never created nor led a corporation, yet He was the most influential man who ever lived. He invested personally and primarily in just twelve others. How could such a simple, unsophisticated method influence...
Hebrew versus Greek, Part 1
Are you homeschooling more as a Hebrew or a Greek? That’s a question we are going to explore in a series of short articles. Hebrew practices date back to Old Testament times when God told His people how to live. God’s precepts have worked well ever since. Christ...
An Incomplete Primer on Homeschool Freedom
CHEWV believes that parents have the God-given authority and responsibility, as well as the Constitutional freedom, to educate and train their own children in the home environment. We do not hold that this necessarily prevents parents from delegating some of that...
Focus on Your Family
“I am writing to you this month about a most troubling concern. It focuses on the battle being waged for this country and especially for the hearts and minds of its children. We are losing both at an alarming rate.” So begins the June newsletter from Dr. James Dobson...
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