How to Homeschool
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Where ever you are in your homeschool journey, the idea that you are a Christian home school should be a vital issue in your homeschooling path. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 reads, “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” This is often the cornerstone verse for teaching children in a Christian home school. The idea being that a Christian home school is not simply for academic reasons, but for eternal reasons that were commanded by God.

But what makes your homeschool a Christian home school? To start with, are the teachers Christians? This does not mean that the teacher must know the Bible backward and forward, it is a belief that God has a virgin born Son that died and rose again for their sins, and by knowing this truth and asking for salvation and forgiveness in that Son Jesus’s name, you are saved. This would also make the assumption that they desire to follow the Lord in His desire for their children, which, in this case, includes homeschooling.

But what about the things that make curriculum suitable for a Christian home school? These things would include biblical world views throughout the curriculum. For example, creation from God as apposed to evolution. Or even on a more simple level that serving the world around us is part of our calling as Christians. Teaching that reflect the ideas in the ten commandments are an easier way to check. When curriculum’s include examples of situations that positively reflect choices against those commandment, and most if not all public schools have some that do, then they probably would not be suitable for a Christian home school. But some secular cuuriclum do offer, at the very least, some appropriate supplements.es Take the time to investigate what the curriculum for Christian home schools offers. Just remember that Christian on the label doesn’t always mean a true reflection of your beliefs, and a non-Christian titled curriculum doesn’t mean it either.