Category: Teaching

Looking For Homeschool Help?

Teach Them Diligently Convention

Are you looking for some homeschooling help? Are the pressures of homeschooling starting to bear down on your nerves this time of year? Are you sitting there and asking yourself, “How do all of these other people find the time to do all of this homeschooling stuff?” Well do I have an idea for you.…

Fatherhood ~ What Are You Passing?

Fatherhood ~ What Are You Passing?

What Are You Passing? Now there is a question to ask on the day after Halloween! But what I am asking goes deeper. What are you passing to your kids? What are you passing to your grandkids? Genesis 18 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 19 “For I have chosen him so that he will command…

What Do You Want To Be?

Hey guys, do you remember being asked this big question as you were growing up? What do you want to be? As kids many of us wanted to be like our dad. I know I did. I wanted to be the fireman that he was, I wanted to be the farmer he was, and I wanted to be the man he was. Yet when we stop and look at ourselves now, did we become what we wanted to be?

A Child’s Heart

Who's Got Your Child's Heart?

Hey dads! I am coming at you with a very important question and topic. Who has your child’s heart? There are many things and activities in the life of a child today that pull there attention away from us as parents.

What’s Acceptable?

What's Acceptable?

Got a question for you dad, “What’s Acceptable?” At the end of this month many people will celebrate Halloween. Little kids, big kids and adults alike will be dressing up in different costumes and outfits to venture about in an attempt to get candy or play pranks. But what’s acceptable for a christian? Some of…

Fresh Breath of Life?

Fresh Breath of Life

Dad, are you feeling stale, drained, or like you need a fresh breath of life? You know we go through our lives at times as though auto-pilot has been engaged. We come home, hug the wife, smile at the kids, eat dinner, piddle in the garage or outside, come in and put the kids to…

We Camped

We Camped

We setup, we ate and we camped! In preparation of the upcoming Geocaching Mega Event at Roosevelt State Park, the kids and I wanted to make sure that everything was ready for camping. This of course meant setting everything up and testing out all the equipment to ensure the safety and proper usage of everything.…

Why Do I Homeschool?

Why Homeschool?

I am at times asked why we have decided to home school our kids. Before we started, I needed to ask myself the question, “Why should we homeschool?” To be honest about it, there is a huge monetary commitment, a huge time commitment, it is not easy and to the world we appear to be backwards! So why?

Need Some Help Dad?

I am comforted, God, knowing that You will guard me you from every evil. I am thankful that You watch over my life, guiding me every step of the way. You guard me when I leave my home and when I return. You are watching over me and guarding me now and will do the…

It’s Coming!! Teach Them Diligently 2014

Dads, are you wanting a better understanding of homeschooling? Or for the dad’s in the trenches, do you want to take the wife and kids to a homeschool Smörgåsbord? Well if you answered yes to either of those two questions, the Teach Them Diligently Conventions are getting geared up for next year. The registration for…

What Are You Teaching Dad?

Psalm 78

Dad’s, while reading this morning I came across this and I had to share it with you. Psalm 78 1 My people, hear my instruction; listen to what I say. 2 I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past— 3 things we have heard and known and that our fathers have…

It’s Your Home School Dad – Part 4 & 5

The Man Abandoned His Leadership The first sign that Adam was not doing his job of guarding and directing his wife is his absence during her temptation. Actually, the language of the text seems to suggest that Adam was indeed there, he was just passive and uninvolved. After Eve had eaten the fruit we read,…

It’s Your Home School Dad – Part 3

God Created the Man as the Leader Chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis reveal that God very intentionally established the man as the leader in his relationship with his wife and his kids. This is demonstrated in several ways. First – The man was created first. God the Creator created him from the dust of…

It’s Your Home School Dad – Part 1

One of the biggest thoughts of the homeschooling movement is that it is mostly a women’s movement, at least in the schoolroom and in daily operation. In the day to day battle of disciplining, scheduling, planning, teaching, organizing and encouraging it is the mother who carries the load of the work, at least in the…

It’s Your Home School Dad – Part 2

You Are Responsible Here is the absolute truth dads, you are TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE for your home school. No matter what to what level your involvement is today with the process of education in your home, the fact remains that everything that happens in your house is your responsibility. If your wife has chosen the curriculum…