Comments on: How Busy Dads Can Participate in Homeschool Teaching

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:57:49 +0000

Amen, Beverley! How wonderful of you to share a long perspective on homeschooling for those of us who are still in the thick of it! Thank you so much!

By: Beverley Paine

Beverley Paine — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:12:53 +0000

As a homeschooling family of now grown children we discovered about halfway through our journey that Dad was teaching his children probably as much as the hands-on responsible Mum… It was something we failed to notice and acknowledge.

The loving father who spends many hours at work each day but who makes time to talk to his children, show them what he can do, tell them about the world and about his world, shares with them his hopes and fears – this father is naturally educating his children in the best possible way.

What we have discovered is that homeschooling is less about teaching our children what schools teach children and more about parenting our children to the best of our ability. This is the best education they can get – it is the foundation to life long learning.

I encourage mums and dads everywhere to look again at the many different ways we are naturally teaching our children what they need to know, and to acknowledge and celebrate that no matter how little time is spent with our children, when we attend to their needs – even by working to provide an income to feed and house them – we are indeed educating them.

cheers
Beverley Paine
http://homeschoolaustralia.com

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:25:13 +0000

Sisterlisa,
It would be my pleasure to write an article for you! And I hope my readers will click on your name which links to, “Apples of Gold Ministries,” your fantastic blog! I have bookmarked it as one of my favorites.

By: Sisterlisa

Sisterlisa — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:02 +0000

I apologize for just now getting to this. Thank you for leaving the link at Faith Lifts. I would love to have you contribute an article for homeschooling in regards to your husband’s participation. You can contact me here: http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/what-we-do/homeschool/

By: Ayopeju Falekulo

Ayopeju Falekulo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:16:51 +0000

I think that this is a very inspiring article. It just goes to show how much we can learn from every aspect of life. Its important to teach the kids to have an enquiring mind – all things in life can be understood better this way, and dads have an important role to play in this.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:40:22 +0000

Thanks, Babe, for keeping me in line!

By: David Lockman

David Lockman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:32:28 +0000

The Hiram that was discussed as possibly being influenced by pagan practices was the Hiram who had a mother from the tribe of Napthali and a dad from Tyre – not the king Hiram. Hence the section of I Kings discussing his contributions to the Temple may have been a subtle suggestion by the Deuteronomistic Historian that pagan influences may have been present in the Temple ground ornaments. (Just making sure my lessons are correctly recounted).

The Dad who led the discussion.