How can your home be a place of peace and joy? How can you set your children up for academic success? What curriculum should you purchase? Let The Seven R's of Homeschooling help you 'major on the majors' and 'minor on the minors' by showing you where to focus your attention in teaching your children. This book will equip you to foster healthy relationships, instill godly values, and produce fluent readers who communicate clearly, think soundly, and know where to get the information they need.
You've heard of the three R's. Now, let's explore the seven R's and their practical application for educating your children at home. The Seven R's are Reading, wRiting, aRithemetic, Research, Rhetoric, Relationships, & Right Living
Whether your homeschooling journey has just begun or you are a veteran homeschool parent, this book will challenge and inspire you! With glimpses into a real family where homeschooling works, Meredith shares practical ideas that you can implement in your own home. Let an older mom pass on some experienced wisdom to you. Here are the chapters in the book.
The Seven R's
Relationship with the Lord
Family Relationships
Reading Aloud
Becoming a Fluent Reader
Reading Literature and Great Books
The Art of Conversation
Rhetoric: Acting, Speech, & Debate
The Foundation of Writing
Writing to Change Lives
Arithmetic: A Workout for the Mind
Mathematics: The Foundation of Science
Research is the Key to Unlocking Treasures of Wisdom & Understanding
Applying Research to Real Life
Knowledge & Understanding Lead to Wisdom
Right Living
Staying on Course
About the Author: Meredith Curtis, pastor's wife and homeschooling mom of five amazing children, has been married to her college sweetheart for 30 years. She loves Jesus, leads worship, homeschools, writes, leads a homeschool co-op, mentors ladies, and, sometimes, even cooks dinner! Meredith wants to encourage homeschooling families to be joyful and successful in their homeschool adventures, all the way to high school graduation!
Meredith is the founder of Finish Well, a homeschooling conference for families embarking on the high school adventure. She is the host of Finish Well Radio on the Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network. She is the author of Joyful and Successful Homeschooling, Unlocking the Mysteries of Homeschooling High School (with Laura Nolette), Teaching Literature in High School with Classes You Can Use, Jesus Fill my Heart and Home, Economics, Finance, and Business Class, Who Dun It Murder Mystery Class, God's Girls Talk about Boys, Courtship, Dating, and Marriage, God's Girls Beauty Secrets, New Testament Survey Class, American Literature and Research Class, and numerous other books and articles. She enjoys speaking about homeschooling and Christian living at homeschool conferences, retreats, and other events. She and her friend, Laura Nolette started Powerline Productions, a company whose mission is to equip Christians to be world changers and raise world changers through books, Bible studies, classes, unit studies, cookbooks, and audios.
