FreeChristianCurriculum.com http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com FreeChristianCurriculum.com en-us gnorth@poetworld.net The Non-Negotiable Features of a Consistent Christian Worldview http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/131.cfm Ever since the 1970s, we have heard about the need for a biblical worldview. But what does this really mean? What does it mean for education? [Note: this article stays at the top of the list permanently. New articles appear below.] Social Skills and Home Schooling: Is This Family Dysfunctional? http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/141.cfm A standard response to home schooling is this: "But what about social skills?" A Home School Site Editor Produces YouTube Videos on Assigning Chores to Children http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/139.cfm I subscribe to this lady's email letter. Here, she shows how to deal with chores. Home Schooling Saves Wisconsin Taxpayers $25 Million a Year. http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/138.cfm This home school mom wonders if she needs collective bargaining. It's not easy when you are a collective of one. How to Produce a Screencast for a McGuffey Reader http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/members/137.cfm A screencast is a good teaching tool. You can explain anything on your computer screen. Teaching Penmanship With a Low-Cost Video Set-Up http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/members/135.cfm The child must see it. A book will not do it. Videos are perfect. They are cheap and easy to shoot. Here's how. A Great Teaching Tool: A Flip-Type Camcorder With an External Microphone Jack http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/136.cfm There days, there is only one choice: the Kodak Zi8. How to Apply the Biblical Worldview Grid to 2nd-3rd Grade Literature http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/134.cfm The grid is simple. Applying it takes creativity. How to Use a Screencasting Program to Get Out Your Message http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/133.cfm A screencast lets you create a video of anything on your computer's screen. You can narrate it. Use it to teach just about anything that is on-line. A Home School Father Describes How He Taught His Award-Winning Daughter http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/132.cfm He began to teach her to read when she was 3 years old. How Many Hours a Day Should Your Child Devote to Formal Education? http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/122.cfm Are 4 too few? Are 8 too many? How should you decide? Why a Christian Home School Curriculum Needs Four Tracks in High School http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/129.cfm These are the tracks: social sciences/humanities, math/science, fine arts, home business. What a Seriously Christian Curriculum Should Be: Christian, not Humanist http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/128.cfm As I keep writing, the classical Christian curriculum is not Christian. We need a Christian curriculum. ALEKS is a Self-Taught Mathematics Program, K-Calculus http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/127.cfm If you are looking for a program that will let your child advance at his own pace, ALEKS may be what you have been looking for. Donna Young's Blog Monitors New Products in Home Schooling. http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/126.cfm As new products come, Donna Young reviews them. The Needless Lack of Self-Confidence of Home School Mothers http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/125.cfm It is time for home school mothers to go on-line with their curriculum materials. Tax-Supported Education Is America's Equivalent of Soviet Central Planning http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/124.cfm A home school father whose daughter entered Auburn University at 15 speaks out. Homeschool Family Masters Bluegrass and Becomes a Regional Sensation. http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/123.cfm This is what happens when you start them at 3 years old. A Home Schooler, Age 18, Who Has Earned a B.A. from an Accredited College http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/121.cfm He completed all his course work one month before his 18th birthday. This did not impress one woman. An Online Florida Public School Is the Camel's Nose in the Tent http://www.freechristiancurriculum.com/public/120.cfm Florida Virtual School proves to the public and the politicians that online homeschooling is effective.