1. The education system is broken
2. To teach religion in all subjects
3. Concerned about school environment (safety, drugs, negative peer pressure)
4. Dissatisfied with the academic instruction at the schools
5. To support a learning disabled child
6. To educate children during a family relocation to another state or country
7. Support a child in sports who practice 8-10 hours a day
8. To be the primary influence on your children
9. Other

According to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), who conduct The National Household Education Survey (NHES) every four years says that 26% of parents choose to homeschool is C, the negative environment.

The negative environment was not my top reason. Honestly I would have to fit into i or other.  I’ll write why in my next blog post.

What was your answer? Has it changed since the beginning to now?

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Passover took place on Nisan 14, the Israelites first month of their year. To prepare for the Passover Feast they choose a lamb, brought him into their home, cleaned their home of all leaven, killed the lamb and ate it along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. The Feast of Unleavened Bread began the next day and continued for seven days. They were to eat no leaven during these days. And during these seven day was the First Fruits offering which was done on the first day following the Sabbath (Saturday for us).

The First Fruits were the first harvest of the spring – barley. They proffered it to the temple where is was threshed and ground into flour. The next morning the flour was mixed with oil and frankincense and a hand full of it was burnt, sacrificed, on the alter. These “First Fruits” were a symbol of the gratitude of the people for the harvest. They first gave God an offering before partaking of the harvest themselves. When we give a portion to God he blesses and sanctifies the whole.

According to the book of John, Jesus was Resurrected at the same time the “First Fruits” offerings were being given at the temple. Jesus was the first to be resurrected. He is our “First Fruits” offering. He gave himself as our “First Fruits” offering so God will bless and sanity the whole or all the rest of us.

Jesus Christ!
All Glory for His Life,
All Glory for His Sacrifice.
All Glory to His Name! and for Who He Became.
Because of Him We are Sanctified and Can All Be Born-again.
Because of Him We are All Blessed and Can Live with God Again.
Remember HIM!
All Glory to Him!
ALL GLORY TO HIM!

Chag Sameach, Happy Holy Days.

Here are some young boys having fun telling the story we tell in the Miggid, the 5th part of the Seder.

Learn about the parts of the Seder in this animated music video.

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Dianne’s Homeschool Story

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Dianne McLean

Dianne has been homeschooling since 2003, has worked with thousands of homeschoolers and hundreds of homeschool group leaders, and participated in issues which affect the homeschool community as a whole. She specializes in working with middle to high school level groups to help prepare for college entry and is familiar with the latest developments affecting future college students. She directs a national support organization, Home Education Council of America (hecoa.com), where she leads online seminars and webinars in an innovative online setting to offer live conferences no matter where you are in the world.

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Making History Relative

(spiritual version)

How do you make history more exciting and real for your children? Talk about people who they can connect to! Most history curricula follows the empirical, traditional method of short-listing dates, places, and names of prominent dead people who aren’t very interesting to kids. Neil L. Anderson put forth a challenge for youth to “prepare as many names for the temple as baptisms you perform in the temple, and help someone else to do the same.” (#templechallenge) He was speaking of doing your own ancestral and temple work, and with this comes an amazing opportunity for homeschoolers to incorporate stories ​ and timelines from your own family genealogy to change your child’s entire perception of history. I will show you how to actually homeschool using genealogy as your history curriculum – even into all the disciplines of math, language arts, science, social studies, and more.

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Teaching Spanish using the Book of Mormon

Learn Spanish with the Book of Mormon and other simple tools.

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Tresta's Homeschool Story

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