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to be joyful and successful in your
Homeschooling Journey!
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I. Homeschooling Books
Joyful and Successful Homeschooling
by Meredith Curtis
You can be successful and filled with joy as you teach your children at home! Yes, it is hard work! Yes, there is a lot to plan and teach! Yes, homeschooling is fun! The lifelong lifestyle of learning is a wonderful experience! My heart is to pass on to you the life lessons learned on the joyful pathway of homeschooling! Not having arrived, but enjoying the process of learning and growing as a woman of God, I press on toward the goal of sending godly children out into the world to change lives one at a time by the transforming power of God! Homeschooling is the method I use to fulfill this goal!
From helpful tips to tried and true principles, these books are written to share with you how our family educates children at home!
Because the book ended up being 900 pages, it has been divided up into three volumes: Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume I; Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume II: Subjects You Will Teach; and Joyful and Successful Homeschooling: Your Journey Workbook.
Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume I
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Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume II:
Subjects You Will Teach
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Joyful and Successful Homeschooling:
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Joyful & Successful Teaching
by Meredith Curtis
We all long to enjoy this gift of life that God has given us, to enjoy the love of family and friends. We hope for success in all of our endeavors, especially childrearing! Joy and success are things we long for in our children’s lives too. We don’t want them to make the same mistakes that we made. We hope the trials for their lives will be less, and the blessings more. In our homeschooling, we want to experience success, to see our children educated and serving the Lord wholeheartedly. We also want to have joy in our homeschooling journey. Laughter, affection, and happy moments should fill our homeschool days.
If you have chosen to homeschool, you have made an excellent choice! Maybe you are still just considering this path of educating your children. Whether you decide to educate your children at home or delegate their education to someone else, I hope this book will refresh and encourage you in your journey as a parent! Homeschooling is hard work, but wonderfully rewarding.
This book is about teaching your children with joy and success! Chapter one, Cultivating a Teachable Heart in Your Child, is adapted from A Wise Woman Builds, a book about making disciples and leadership for women. Chapter two, How We Learn, and chapter three, How we Teach, are excerpted from Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume I. There is much more about homeschooling in this book, including information about philosophies of education, teaching methods, choosing curriculum, homeschool administration, and more! Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Volume II: Subjects You will Teach is all about teaching your children, subject by subject. This book will help you to teach your children more effectively!
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Teaching Literature in High School with
Classes You Can Use
By Meredith Curtis
Literature can be a joy to teach in high school. This book answers the questions moms ask about teaching literature. If you are asking the following questions: What should my children read? What should an English class look like? Can I use a book club to teach literature? Can I use blogging to teach literature? What about worldview? Can you give me a brief history of literature?..this book is what you are looking for! I also share the classes I have used to teach literature to my own children. You are free to adapt them and use them for your own family home school! Packed with practical tips and helpful hints, this book will be a resource for all your high school homeschooling years! Enjoy! (172 pages)
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Teaching Writing in High School with
Classes You Can Use
By Meredith Curtis
The moment has arrived! Your teen is finally in high school! Yikes! Where has the time gone? Wasn't it just yesterday that you were teaching her to write her name? Now, it's time to teach high school English and you're not quite sure what to do. Relax! Here's some help from another experienced homeschooling mom!
This book answers the questions you are asking about teaching writing such as "What is the difference between good writing, bad writing, and excellent writing?" "How can I teach my teen to write an excellent essay?" What kind of writing should be done in high school?" "How can my teen change the world through his writing?" "Meredith, how do you teach your teens to write?" and all the rest!
Here are my high school writing classes--I want to share them with you! From non-fiction writing to research papers; from poetry to writing a novel....everything we do in our home is in this book! Please feel free to adapt these classes so that they meet your family's needs! You are welcome to the classes I've used with my own high school teens that are in this book!
We love to write in our house, but we love Jesus even more! We write for the honor of God! We want all that we do to be obedient to His Word and Will! We want our writing to change the world for the glory of God!
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The Seven R's Homeschooling
by Meredith Curtis
Wondering what curriculum to purchase this year? Do you want to set your children up for success academically? Are you confused about which subjects to give the most attention to? Let 7 R's of Homeschooling help you to "major on the majors and minor on the minors" by showing you where to focus your attention in your homeschooling journey.
This book helps you as a parent to instill godly values, foster healthy relationships, produce fluent readers who communicate well, think soundly, and know where to go to get information they need.
If your desire is to have godly children who grow up to be wise adults, this is the book you are looking for.
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 & Great Books
- The Art of Conversation
- RHetoric, Acting, Speech, & Debate
- The Foundation of Writing
- Writing to Change Lives
- Research is the Key to Unlocking Treasures of Wisdom & Knowledge
- Applying Research to Real Life
- Arithemetic: A Workout for the Mind
- Mathematics: The Foundation of Science
- Knowledge & Understanding Leads to Wisdom
- Right Living
- Staying on Course
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II. Unit Studies & Homeschooling Curriculum
Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study
By Meredith Curtis
Looking for a unit study for December? This four week unit study is set in Colonial times. Learn how they celebrated Christmas in Colonial Days! With hospitality devotions, information about Colonial Times to read aloud, suggestions for family read aloud fun, and hands-on activities, this book is filled with craft, recipe, and project ideas to make Colonial Times come alive. Make Christmas presents and make Christmas cards with feather pens and berry ink! Set a table Colonial style with a handmade centerpiece! Learn about life at Sea! This unit ends with a Christmas Tea or French & Indian War Airsoft party, depending on your children's interest!
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Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study
By Meredith Curtis
Is there anyone who doesn't love Christmas cookies? This unit study, made with love, is jam-packed with mouth-watering, festive recipes to make and bake for Christmas. You will bake and freeze cookies and make cookies mixes in a jar to give as gifts.
The idea of doing unit studies for the month of December was a way to stretch out the celebration of Christmas because I just love Christmas and making memories with my little lambs. But, I also love to learn and this unit study is full of fun things to learn!
Each day you will do a Christmas time devotion, sing some Christmas carols and read a beloved Christmas picture book. The picture books are not just great stories, but represent a wide variety of art work in the illustrations. As all picture books, they are a journey into the world of art, as well as storyland.
Christmas carol lyrics are in the back of the unit study so that you can sing every day too! Many of the classic Christmas carols are filled with great things about Jesus and our relationship with Him!
There are other activities too-poems to write, gifts to wrap, crafts, games, and parties to plan. Combine Christmas celebrating with learning to have a productive and pleasant holiday season. Enjoy!
Of course, the focus is on cookies, so get reading to learn the difference between baking soda and baking powder, as well as why cookies made with butter spread thinner. And by the way, how did cookies come to be part of our world?
Here are the cookies you will make in this unit study.
- Cherry Almond Coconut Fruitcake Bars
- Honey Butter Fruitcake Cookies
- Cranberry Pecan Bar Cookies
- Dara's Craisin Cookies
- Gingerbread Man Cookies
- Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Different Add-Ins
- Oatmeal Raisin
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkles
- Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles
- Orange Poppy Seed Cookies
- Candy Cane Coookies
- M&M Cookie Mix in a Jar
- Viennese Coffee Balls Cookie Mix in a Jar
- Brownie Mix in a Jar
Here are the picture books you will need to check out from the library or purchase at your favorite bookstore.
- A Fruitcake Christmas (Hermie and Friends Series #5) by Max Lucado
- The Gingerbread Man (Grimm's Fairy Tale)
- Cranberry Christmas by Wende and Harry Devlin
- Hansel and Gretel (Grimm's Fairy Tale)
- Arthur's Christmas Cookies by Lillian Hoban
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomy by Susan Wojciechowski
- One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher by Robert Kraus
- Can't Wait til Christmas by Mike Huckabee
- The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
- The Legend of St. Nicholas by Dandi Daley Mackall
- Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walenburg
- The Gift of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Jesus' Birth by Dandi Daley Mackall
- Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer
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III. God's Girls Bible Study Workbook Series
God's Girls -- Friends to the End! Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Meet Gods Girls - real young women who love Jesus and are serious about pursuing Him! They open up every lesson with their own answers to the first question. There is a place for you, Gods girl, to add your picture and write down your answer too! If you want to learn more about friendship inside and outside the home, this Bible study workbook is what you're looking for!
Friendship adds joy to life! Ladies of all ages desire close friends to laugh and cry with, as we run the race that leads us home to Heaven! Discover Biblical principles of making and keeping friends in this practical Bible study workbook, written for pre-teens and younger teens. (This is the same material found in Friends to the End!)
Use Gods Girls Friends to the End alone or in a group setting to unlock Biblical principles that will strengthen all the relationships in your life.
If you allow these principles to transform your life, deeper friendships will result that last forever! (93 pages) The Gods Girls Series is for young ladies ages 11 to 18.
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God's Girls Talk About
Boys, Dating, Courtship
& Marriage
By Meredith Curtis
What do girls love to talk about? Boys! Weddings! Once upon a time! Happily ever after! God has wisdom in His Word for these very topics! Let your pre-teen and teenage daughters dig into the Word of God with God's Girls! We can all talk about boys, dating, courtship, weddings, and marriage! This book was written to inspire young women of all ages to stay pure for their TRUE PRINCE, JESUS, and to live by His Perfect Law that gives freedom to all who trust in Him! Unabashedly conservative, this workbook encourages young ladies to court under the protection of their parents, especially their fathers. There are ten lessons covering topics such as crushes, modesty, purity, the problems with dating process of courtship, wholesome friendships, planning a wedding, and preparation for the future! Not only is this workbook Christ-centered, it's also fun! (142 pages) The Gods Girls Series is for young ladies ages 11 to 18.
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God's Girls Beauty Secrets! Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis & Sarah Holland
Meet Gods Girls - real young women, just like you, who love Jesus and are serious about pursuing Him! They open up every lesson with their own answers to the first question. There is a place for you, Gods girl, to add your picture and write down your answer too! If you want to learn more about health, beauty, and the real beauty that comes from deep inside, this Bible study workbook is what you're looking for!
Gods Girls Beauty Secrets reveals Biblical principles of taking care of the temple of the Holy Spirit, our bodies, in a way that honors Him! This practical Bible study workbook, written for pre-teens and younger teens, covers everything from manners to posture, from exercise to make-up, from spiritual disciplines to choosing clothing. Use Gods Girls Beauty Secrets alone or in a group setting to unlock Biblical principles and have fun. The Gods Girls Series is for young ladies ages 11 to 18.
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God's Girls Abide & Bear Fruit! Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Meet Gods Girls - real young women who love Jesus and are serious about pursuing Him! They open up every lesson with their own answers to the first question. There is a place for you, Gods girl, to add your picture and write down your answer too! If you want to learn more about Abiding in Jesus and bearing good fruit, this Bible study workbook is what you're looking for!
Abiding and bearing fruit it the call of every Christian, even young women. Dig into the deeper life of walking with Jesus and learn the secrets of true joy! You don't have to be a super-Christian to walk closely to Jesus. We are all flawed, but His grace transforms us!
If you allow these principles to transform you lives, a deeper walk with God will result that last forever! The Gods Girls Series is for young ladies ages 11 to 18.
God's Girls Grow in Christ & Christian Character Class
By Meredith Curtis
All of us want our teenage daughter s to grow in Christ and godly character. Here is some help from a homeschooling family that has graduated 3 daughters so far who love Jesus and walk in integrity.
Pastor Mike & Meredith use the Holy Bible and other living books to teach character to their children and other young men and women in their church. The goal: to prepare them to live godly lives now and when they are adults working, studying, married, and parenting. Many adults go through these classes too.
The carefully chosen books ministered personally to Pastor Mike and Meredith so that they want to pass these books on to their own children. Originally designed for their children, and later for close friends, these classes use the mentoring style of teaching. God's Girls classes require mom to meet once a month with daughters and Real Men classes have dads and sons meeting once a week too.
Students do Scripture word studies, make booklets & videos to teach these truths to younger children, memorize Bible passages, and write essays.
God's Girls Growing in Christ & Christian Character Class is all about being transformed by the Grace of God so that we can be more like Christ. We will look at character traits like thankfulness & joy, building them into our daily lives. Girls will establish daily Quiet Times and learn the basics of the faith; then pass it on to younger children through booklets & movies. They will learn about inward & outward beauty, abiding & bearing fruit, serving, & more through books & Bible study workbooks.
Here are the books you will need to purchase for this class.
- The Vine Life by Colleen Townsend Evans
- Search for Significance by Robert S. McGee
- Improving Your Serve by Charles Swindoll
- A Gardner Looks at the Fruit of the Spirit by Phillip Keller
- Victory Over Darkness by Neil Anderson
- Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson
- Authentic Beauty by Leslie Ludy
- From Prison to Praise by Merlin Carothers
- Arrival Kit by Ralph Neighbor, Jr.
- God's Girls Have a Brand New Life Bible Study Workbook by Katie Beth Curtis
- Beauty Secrets Bible Study Workbook by Meredith Curtis & Sarah Holland
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IV. Homeschooling High School to the
Glory of God Series
Economics, Finance, and Business Class
By Meredith Curtis
It's time to take that required Economics class in high school. Don't panic! Economics is not as hard as you might think. How about learning the basics of economics from a Christian perspective? And, while we are at it, let's learn to manage personal and family finances, invest, be a wise consumer, start a business, and plan for college.
You will read living books, essays, and classics. Essays will be written and short book reviews filled out after reading class books. And you will do a wide variety of fun projects, including cartooning, furnishing an apartment, creating logos, and making a business plan.
This is not an easy class, but, after your Bible studies, this may be the most important class you take in high school. Learn to view money and the economy from God's perspective, not your own. Learn to be a wise steward of all that is entrusted to you. Learn Biblical principles of Private Property, Personal Freedom, Individual Responsibility, Integrity, and Honesty. Understand the words that are thrown around on the news: inflation, Federal Reserve Bank, wills, trusts, bonds, stocks, GNP, and deficit.
Here are some of the books you will read this year. These books must be purchased or borrowed to complete this course. Some can be found online as public domain E-books.
- The Holy Bible
- Various article and essays in Economics, Finances, and Business by Meredith Curtis
- Wealth of the Nations by Adam Smith
- Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
- Principles Under Scrutiny by Larry Burkett
- Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard J. Maybury
- Bluestocking Guide to Economics by Jane Williams
- Biblical Economics in Comics by Vic Lockman
- Business by the Book by Larry Burkett
- Money Matters for Teens by Larry Burkett
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- A Banker's Confession by Gary Sanseri
- The Myth of the Robber Barons by Forrest McDonald
- A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban (child's picture book)
- The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper (child's picture book)
- .......and more!
The author loves teaching this class because it is truly life-changing. Once you have completed this course, you will be ready to make important financial decisions for the glory of God!
Economics is the first topic of study you will tackle this year. You will learn lots about this often misunderstood subject. Here are some of the things you will understand by the end of this course.
- Economic Systems (Socialism, Capitalism, Mixed, Biblical)
- Macroeconomics & Microeconomics
- Capital & Wealth
- Money, Banks, Inflation
- Supply and Demand
- Foreign Trade
- Social Justice & Personal Responsibility
- Government's Role
- Biblical Principles
The next part of the class will focus on Financial Management. You will learn principles and practical tips to manage your own money. Here are some of the things you will be able to do by the end of this course.
- Make a budget
- Apply Biblical principles such as stewardship, tithing, and investing
- Pay off a house mortgage early
- Purchase insurance wisely
- Investing wisely (including in stocks and bonds)
- Be a wise consumer
- Save money & cut corners to stretch your dollars
- Barter
- Set Family and Personal Financial Goals
- Keep Financial Records
- Plan for Funeral Arrangements, elderly care
- Make a will
- Buy a Car
- Choose a College Major
Finally, you will learn how to start and run your own business.
- Make a Business Plan
- Serve the customer
- Keep Records
- Scheduling
- Make a Profit
- Work hard and persevere
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New Testament Survey Class
By Meredith Curtis
Would you like your high school teenagers to read the New Testament in a year? Would you like them to learn to use some Bible Study Reference Tools such as handbooks, concordances, commentaries, atlases, and interlinear Bibles? This class also has a fun twist: profile pages (like in Myspace!) for New Testament book writers, so that you can use Bible reference tools in a fun way! Yes, your teens will work hard with this course, but they will grow in their walk with the Lord at the same time! The goal of this course is not just information, but transformation!
This is the first Bible class in the Homeschooling High School to the Glory of God series!
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Old Testament Survey Class
By Meredith Curtis
Would you like your teenagers to read the entire Old Testament in two years? Would you like them to learn to use some Bible Study Reference tools such as handbooks, commentaries, and atlases? This class also has a fun twist: profile pages (like in Myspace!) for Old Testament book writers, so that teens can use Bible reference tools in a fun way! Old Testament Survey, a high school Bible class from the Homeschooling High School to the Glory of God series, is a two year class. Yes, your teens will work hard with this Bible survey course, but they will grow in their walk with the Lord at the same time because this is not a superficial survey of the Old Testament! The goal of this course is not just information, but transformation! There are map assignments, historical fiction books to read, and a timeline project that will give teens a framework for learning. Adults can use this class too!
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Make a Joyful Noise: Music 101
By Meredith Curtis & Laura Nolette
A year of intense music instruction, especially created for the student desiring to be part of a worship team as a singer, songwriter, or musician. Twenty-three week lessons cover 5 topics progressively: Biblical foundations of music; music theory, music history and appreciation, vocal exercises, and songwriting. It is helpful to have a year of piano under your belt before taking this course, or to be taking it while you study Make a Joyful Noise. You also need access to a guitar. The focus in music history is on songwriters who wrote for the Lords glory, though not all that are mentioned were Christians.
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Who Dun It? Murder Mystery Literature & Writing Class
By Meredith Curtis
It's a rainy day and there's only one thing to do! Make some hot chocolate and curl up with a cozy little murder mystery. Match your wits against the detective and see if you can discover who did it. Does that sound fun to you and your high school student? Have you dreamed of writing your own mystery?
Do you like to curl up with a mystery to relax? Who Dun It? Murder Mystery Literature & Writing Class teaches literature and writing with the murder mystery/crime fiction drama genre. Teens read classic golden age mysteries and discuss them (while learning the elements of literature!) in a group setting (co-op or with family). The first half of the year, students create their detectives, assistants, suspects, plot, setting, theme, clues, red herrings, and murderer. Then, the second half of the year, they write their own murder mystery.
Four classic short stories are included!
- "Murder in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "The Ordinary Hairpins" by E. C. Bentley
- "The Archduke's Tea" by H. C. Bailey
- "A Singular Abduction" by Rodrigues Ottolengui
You will need to purchase the following books to use for this class:
- The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle
- Favorite Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie or The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
- Whose Body by Dorothy Sayers
- All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark (or another one of her novels)
- Two Children's Mystery Novels (Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Beldon, Sugar Creek Gang, Mandie, or Encyclopedia Brown)
Students will participate in:
- 1 or more Book Club Discussions per month
- Reading stories and assignments aloud
- Evaluating stories and assignments aloud
- Create 1 story with a group of friends or family members
- Make a comic strip
- Write a short story
- Write a novel
Students will learn about:
- History of murder mysteries & Golden Age murder mysteries
- Sleuths
- Baffled Friends/Assistants, Friends
- Plot, Setting, Characterization, Point of View, Theme, Tone, Mood, World View
- Detective reveals & explains
- Children's Detective Stories
- Tools, Disguises, Clues, Red Herrings
- Locked room plots
- How to write a short story
- Outlines
- Hooks/Opening Paragraphs
- Creating scenes
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Real Men 101: Godly Manhood Class
By Meredith Curtis
Another class from the Homeschooling for the Glory of God series! This is a character class for young men.
Here is a word from the author's husband:
".....You see, I had taken very seriously my role in raising our daughters, but by a certain age the reins of discipleship were turned over to their mother who could do a much better job training them to become godly women. But as my son turned the corner into his teenage years, my plans in discipling him began to sharpen in focus. He began a course in godly manhood to prepare him to be God's man now, not ten years from now...accidently...because he had to...on his own! I say this last bit, because most dads really don't know how to raise boys. They still see it as mom's job. Men, raising godly men to become world changers is OUR JOB! Let's take this responsibility very seriously.
To do this I have implemented a course my wife compiled for Jimmy linked with personal discipleship material I created, some 30 lessons. My material will come later. What you have before you is Meredith's high school course, Real Men 101: Godly Manhood Class, to help guide your son to becoming that godly, world changing, young man. Your high school son will greatly benefit from the wise choice of books and assignments, discipling materials and projects.
Men, if you take seriously raising godly children, train your sons on purpose with purpose. It doesn't happen by accident but with a conscious investment of YOUR time in YOUR son! Use this material to instill those necessary masculine qualities in your son like self-control, leadership, and diligence. I promise you, the rewards will be life-long!" -Pastor Mike Curtis, Powerline Church
This class is for young men, high school age and older to learn to be real men. There are assignments, Bible studies, and books to read that will challenge them to press in closer to Jesus and grow up in their relationship with God.
Watch for upcoming books in this series on courtship & marriage, leadership, passing the baton, and building the Kingdom.
Your son will read the following books with this class:
- Not Even a Hint by Josh Harris
- Prison to Praise by Merlin Curothers
- Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson
- Victory Over Darkness by Neil Anderson
- Improving Your Serve by Charles Swindoll
- From Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man by Boy Schultz
- Stop Dating the Church by Josh Harris
Your son will do the following workbooks:
- Man in Demand by Wayne Hunter
- The Arrival Kit by Ralph Neighbor
- Search for Significance by Robert McGee
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The Write Stuff Adventure Writing Class
By Meredith Curtis
Here are lesson plans for an easy writing class to teach middle and high schoolers using one of my favorite writing curriculums: The Write Stuff Adventure. In our family, we add a grammar/sentence structure book, Easy Writing that is optional for you to add too. Here are the lesson plans for a year of writing and grammar help. Assignments have been chosen to help your child write effectively in the fall. After Christmas break, your child works on writing a clear, concise essay, including thesis statement instruction. All you need to do is purchase The Write Stuff Adventure and Easy Writing to teach this class.
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Poetry Forms You Can Use at Home
By Meredith Curtis
Here is a simple book of poetry forms to use with your children as you continue on in your joyful and successful homeschooling adventure! Introduce your family to the wonderful world of poetry by letting them write their own. With simple, clear instructions and sample poems, your child can write sense poems, haikus, diamantes, and Scripture poems. You might want to write some poems too! Enjoy!
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V. Ladies' Bible Study Workbooks
Jesus, Fill My Heart and Home Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Abiding in Jesus enables us to be filled with His Presence! When we are filled with His Presence, we can bring that lovely fragrance into our Homes! If the cry of your heart is: Jesus, fill my heart and home with Your Presence! then this workbook is for you! You will be encouraged, challenged, and inspired to grow in your relationship with your Savior and King, Jesus! You will be equipped to bring His wonderful Presence into your homes! There are also a few surprises - like you need colored pencils for weeks four and five!
Traditions, celebrations, interior decorating, hospitality, cleaning, and clutter control are all covered. Find many practical tips! Recipes too!
Make yourself at home in the Presence of God and bring His Presence into your homes! (194 pages)
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Lovely to Behold: The Priceless
Treasure of
Godly Womanhood Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Godly womanhood is a priceless treasure in this day and age, where Biblical truths are abandoned for lies of the enemy of our souls. Embrace Gods call to womanhood, His Fathers heart for you, and you inheritance as a sister in Gods forever family! Learn to abide and bear fruit! Look at godly women who prayed, served, and befriended their mother-in-laws! Live in undivided devotion to God as a single woman and enjoy married life! Enjoy every season in your life, encouraged in your faith and growing in grace! Lovely to Behold touches on all these principles and more straight from the Word of God. Look up Scripture passages in these 20 lessons and apply them to your daily life! Let Gods Word transform you so that you are lovely to behold!
Each lesson contains a Bible study and a short teaching on the priceless treasure of godly womanhood. Look up the verses and answer the questions from the Scripture passage! The purpose of this study is not to put down what you think, but what the Bible is teaching on the topic! There are a lot of verse and passages to look up, so take your time! Linger in passages where you want to linger. God will show you many things that are not covered in this book as you pray and ask Him for wisdom! He is our Bible teacher and our life coach!
This workbook covers a lot of material. It starts with the very basics with lessons on who you are, why God made you, how He has changed your life! The lessons on abiding take you to the deeper level of walking with Jesus through walking step by step with Him! Health and beauty, courtship, marriage, and the examples of three godly women in the Bible: Ruth, Hannah and Rebekah. We finish up the workbook with singleness, courtship, marriage and seasons of a woman's life.
[If you want to delve deeper into this topic of godly womanhood, continue on with A Wise Woman Builds which covers ministry and leadership topics, including motherhood and hospitality!]
The most important part of this workbook is application to your life! This book can be studied alone or with others. If you study with others, I recommend everyone doing the lessons at home before the Lovely to Behold meeting and choosing parts of the lesson to discuss. There are memory verses and group assignments to help you apply the truth in a fun way that will cause you to remember what you have learned. The abiding project lasts all four weeks. Please memorize the verses (in any version you prefer!)as the Word of God dwells richly in our hearts, we are changed. (226 pages)
Be blessed as you grow more and more lovely to behold, shining brightly for Jesus!
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A Wise Woman Builds: Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Proverbs 14:1 tells us that wise women build and foolish women tear down. The passion of my heart is to build my family, my home, my local church and the Kingdom of God! I long to be empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill the Great Commission, making disciples and teaching them EVERYTHING Jesus commanded! All 25 lessons talk about the process of building others up for the glory of God. We look at Jesus model of making disciples, wisdom, spiritual gifts, motherhood, hospitality, leading a Bible study, counseling, and passing the baton! This workbook takes you to the Scripture passages that set the direction of my life, mothering, worship leading and homeschooling. I live my live by these principles and stand firmly behind them with all of my heart! Prepare to be challenged by this Bible study to go deeper and live passionately for the purposes of God!!!!!!!!
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Friends to the End! Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Friendship adds joy to life! We all desire close friends to laugh and cry with, as we run the race that leads us home to Heaven! Discover Biblical principles of making and keeping friends in this practical Bible study workbook, written for women of all ages. Your teenage daughters will love this Bible study too!
Use Friends to the End alone or in a group setting to unlock truths that will enrich all your relationships. There are nine lessons, covering topics such as why we need friends, cautions in friendship, finding a friend, initiating friendships, building & maintaining them, growing together in Jesus, loyalty and more! These principles and practical advice can be applied in all of your relationships, including marriage, parent-child, and business friendships.
If you allow these principles to transform your life, deeper friendships will result that last forever! (91 pages)
We used this in our church as a ladies bible study. This is how:
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Welcome Inn: The Art of Practicing Hospitality in Jesus' Name Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
This book is also packed with games . . . for birthday parties, holiday parties, wedding showers, baby showers, and evenings of fun. There are ideas for a quiet evening with another couple or family and suggestions to take hospitality with you. Enjoy!
Turn your home into a Welcome Inn and experiences the JOY of true biblical hospitality.
Here is a peek at the topics covered:
- Lesson One: Practice Hospitality
- A House that Welcomes
- Lesson Two: Jesus, Our Hospitable Shepherd
- Dinner or Evening of Fun
- Lesson Three: Heart of Hospitality
- Holidays & Special Occasions
- Lesson Four: Spirit of Welcome
- Birthday Parties
- Lesson Five: Ministry of Hospitality
- Lesson Six: Lifestyle of Hospitality
- Guest Rooms
- Showers
- Lesson Seven: Manners of Hospitality
- Manners
- Receiving Hospitality
- Hosting Formal Events
- Interviews & Business Dinners
- Lesson Eight: Hospitality as a Sign of Maturity in the Lord
- Hosting Church Events
- Lesson Nine: Feasts of Hospitality
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VI. Men's Bible Study Workbooks
Real Men Talk about Freedom, Girls, Courtship, & Marriage Bible Study Workbook
By Meredith Curtis
Most men want to settle down one day with the right woman and raise a family. God has wisdom in His Word for these very topics. Dig into the Word of God with Real Men. Let's talk about freedom from sin, how to relate to girls and women, dating, courtship, and marriage. This Bible study was created for men of all ages to hold out for God's best and to live by His Perfect Law that gives FREEDOM to all who trust in Him.
Most teenage guys and men struggle to keep their thoughts about women pure. It is a battle that requires wisdom and fortitude. Learn to fight the battle against sexual sin and lust effectively.
You will find principles here to walk in freedom from lust and guard the purity of your sisters in Christ. Learn to treat ladies the way they want to be treated and build wholesome friendships with them.
- Here is the Table of Contents:
- Girls: Potential Crush or Sisters in the Lord?
- Guard Your Heart & Fight
- Freedom from Lust
- Dating: Preparation for Divorce
- Courtship: An Alternative
- Walking in Purity
- Wholesome Friendships
- The Courtship Process
- Married until Death Do Us Part
- Preparing for the Future
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VII. Specialty Books - the Celebrate Series
Celebrate Our Christian Heroes!
By Meredith Curtis
Is there an alternative to celebrating Halloween? Yes! Let's take seriously the example set by the early church of celebrating our history and heritage as Christians. Learning church history can not only be painless, it can be fun! Try having a Heroes for Jesus Party with your family, church family, and friends. You just need some volunteers to dress up as your favorite church history heroes and stay in character for an hour or so....How about bringing in the Apostle Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, Amy Carmichael, St. Patrick, Martin Luther, or St. Augustine? Your children will not even realize they are learning about church history!
We have been having Heroes for Jesus parties for years with everyone who participates having a grand time! We have loved making memories and learning together about mighty men and women who have changed the world for the glory of God!
Celebrate our Christian Heroes covers: How, Why, and What to Celebrate, the Celebrate! series, Alternatives to celebrating Halloween, and How to have your own Heroes for Jesus Party.
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Celebrate Christmas with Cookies
By Meredith Curtis
Is there anyone who doesn't love Christmas cookies? This book, made with love, is jam-packed with mouth-watering, festive recipes to make and bake for Christmas! Of course, you will use this cookie cookbook all year long. Cookies go great with fall hikes, summer picnics, and spring flings!
Our family loves Christmas. We decorate, sing, go caroling, make homemade ornaments, and of course, bake lots of cookies! We would like to share those recipes with you! There are over 80 cookie recipes. Plus, 20 candy recipes.
Pour yourself a glass of milk or a cup of steaming hot chocolate and peruse these yummy cookie recipes. You will discover old favorites from years gone by and discover new recipes to try. Enjoy!
Our family also has a dear friend, Steve Smith, a homeschooling dad, who experienced a battle with kidney failure. He was on dialysis for 3 years and had a kidney transplant in January 2010. The proceeds from this cook book will go to his medical fund. After printing costs are paid, all proceeds go directly to this kidney fund. Because this is a gift to an individual, the purchase of this cook book is not tax-deductable, but it is a great blessing to my dear friends who struggle to pay the continuing cost of anti-rejection medicine and other expenses. Thank you so much.
There is a recipe index at the back of the book if you are searching for a specific recipe.
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Celebrate Christmas with a Travelling Dinner
By Meredith Curtis
Are you looking for a brand new Christmas Eve tradition to make your celebration more Christ-centered? Look no further. Let Laura and Meredith share with you their annual Christmas Eve tradition: The Traveling Dinner! Join their families on a yearly adventure in memory of Mary, Joseph, and unborn Baby Jesus as they traveled to Bethlehem right before Jesus was born.
The Nolette and Curtis families travel to the beach, a park, or other location to eat dinner (or lunch!), enjoy a devotional time, and play together. This time of food, fun, faith, and fellowship is enjoyed by every family member from young to old. Bundling up in the cold (though sometimes it's warm where they live in Florida!), and setting out on an adventure is a way to remind children and adults of how Jesus' family spent the first Christmas Eve.
This book is jam-packed with yummy recipes, practical tips, and creative ideas to start your own Traveling Dinner tradition. From how and what to pack to what to wear, this book will get you started on your family's brand new Christmas Eve tradition. There are even photographs of the authors' Traveling Dinner.
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