A Return to Biblical Methods
The Bible outlines how we should teach our children. The Hebraic aim of education was ethical and religious. Study is a form of worship. The method of instruction in the home was oral, and learning was accomplished by practice. The Hebrew taught no distinction between sacred and secular areas of life. Every detail of life, therefore, must be set aside and consecrated to the glory of God (the opposite of today's popular Greek approach). Read More

Thematic Unit Studies
The term "unit" (or "theme") refers to the idea of studying a topic as a whole instead of several separate subjects. A unit study takes a topic and lives with it for a period of time, integrating science, social studies, language arts, and fine arts, as they apply. . Read More

Delight Directed Teaching
Delight-directed study places students in charge of their own learning, helping them find something they want to accomplish. The delight-directed method uses natural curiosity to motivate the student. The student acquires basic concepts of learning (reading, reasoning, writing, researching, etc.) during the process of examining the topic of interest. Less control can lead to more learning.. Read More

Charlotte Mason
Students should develop a love of learning by reading real books--”classic literature--as opposed to twaddle, or "dumbed down" literature. This method also incorporates narration: the assimilating of information (sorting, sequencing, selecting, connecting, rejecting, and classifying), and then retelling, and developing a "Nature Diary" (we call it a Creation Portfolio). Read More

Classical Education
There is a surge of interest to return to Greek classical education. "We need to return to the traditional literary culture, the classical standards of the past," experts demand. Insistence on a "back to basics" of "reading, writing and arithmetic." We understand this desire to return to a better way, but believe that, instead of returning to the ancient Greeks' ways, we need to return to the biblical model . Read More

Learning Styles and the 4-Step Method
The For Steps comprise a cycle of instruction based on the four main learning styles. The Four Steps is a unique way to meet the needs of structured, scheduled homeschoolers and unstructured and informal homeschoolers. Students need freedom and structure. The Four Steps organize and structure the approaches listed on this page that are normally unstructured at the same time promoting the freedom for students to learn the way that is best for them. Read More

Lifestyle of Learning
We emphasis parents relying on the Holy Spirit's leading to provide the needed resources so the children can develop expertise in their individual fields of interest. We incorporate the Lifestyle of Learning approach outlined in Wisdom's Way of Learning by Marilyn Howshall. Mrs. Howshall explains how using these simple and natural tools (with the emphasis on the process of learning rather than the product of learning) will allow your children to begin to develop their own lifestyle of learning. Read More

Writing to Learn
Students think on paper ”to discover connections, describe processes, express emerging understandings, raise questions and find answers, encouraging higher-level thinking skills. This method forces the student to internalize learning so they understand better and retain longer. Read More

Scheduling by Faith
The most important part of your planning is giving your schedule to God. When you submit your ways to God, I'm not suggesting that you run your homeschool on a whim, but to create your plan with prayer and submission to God. Leaning on God does not negate self-discipline or forming good habits. Fear and faith cannot operate at the same time—they are mutually exclusive. You cannot wait on God to direct your path and then sit around and worry that He won't. Read More