Category Archives: Home-schooling

Teach Our Daughters The Difference

What if we could insulate our daughters against the empty flattery of insincere young men and the lies of this culture that will certainly come her way? What if she was trained to discern the contrast between flattery vs. complement, … Continue reading

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Character-Building Book Resources for Raising Boys ~ Part 2

After writing Part 1 of what will become a fairly long series (eventually), I realized I better do it in bite-sized pieces because I don’t want to wear us all out, AND because there are so many wonderful books to … Continue reading

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Character-Building Book Resources For Raising Boys, Part 1

‘Crackers in Bed’ by Norman Rockwell, an advertisement for Edison Mazda Lamp Works in 1921. After sharing book resources that were useful for building character in girls, there was a huge number of requests for a similar list of books for boys. What … Continue reading

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Character-Building Book Resources For Raising Girls

Many of you have asked for a list of books with which you can guide the heart of a child toward purity. We want them to grow to be highly capable of living in the world, but not be a part … Continue reading

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Free eBook! Portraits of Integrity by Marilyn Boyer

I love to share wonderful things with friends of Deep Roots at Home, and this is one of those. Two good friends of families, Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas, have written a jewel of a book for the home-educating family. Volume … Continue reading

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Running the Race ~ A Unit Study and Guest Post by JES

Physical Education is often overlooked in homeschool curriculum and would be welcome after a winter of being kept indoors.  This study will encourage exercise through track and field events, spiritual instruction regarding our call to “run the race”, while including the … Continue reading

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Thoughts On Time and Being A Mother

Dear Father, today the ‘little years’ flood my mind with sweet remembrances and a deep feelings of loss at their passing; I lift those feelings up as a sacrifice of praise to You, Lord! Amen! There were stories my mom … Continue reading

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(Some Of) The Best Gifts To Give Your Family All Year Long ~Part 2

(The Family Meal~you can hardly see Father in this old painting, but he is there behind the door) Is your family being fragmented? If you searching for ways to strengthen hearts and minds within the four walls of your home, … Continue reading

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(Some Of) The Best Gifts To Give Your Family All Year Long~Pt. 1

(The Family Meal~you can hardly see Father in this old painting, but he is there behind the door) Is your family being fragmented? If you searching for ways to strengthen hearts and minds within the four walls of your home, … Continue reading

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Habits In the Home

My heart has been overflowing with thoughts in this direction of late  ~  painful thoughts of how so many families seem on the brink of despair, but there is a solution! “The mother who takes pains to endow her children … Continue reading

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