February 22, 2012

About

Andrea Schwartz has been active in Christian education for almost three decades, most importantly… [more]

About About

Teach me while my Heart is Tender

Read Aloud Stories for parents and children to read together. Engaging stories communicate Biblical… [more]

Teach me while my Heart is Tender Teach me while my Heart is Tender

The Homeschool Life

Homeschooling expert, Andrea Schwartz, (Lessons Learned from Years of Homeschooling), in this… [more]

The Homeschool Life The Homeschool Life

Lessons Learned from Years of Homeschooling

Don’t learn it all the hard way. Discover the powerful principles for effective homeschooling from… [more]

Lessons Learned from Years of Homeschooling Lessons Learned from Years of Homeschooling

The Biblical Trustee Family

God’s basic institution is the family, and the Biblical family lives and operates in terms… [more]

The Biblical Trustee Family The Biblical Trustee Family
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The Expectation for Children

It is painful to witness a young child ordering his parents around. The only thing more painful is to witness the child's parents (many times professing Christians) awkwardly smile and give in to the child's demand. Sometimes you can hear parents negotiate with the child, attempting to get him to "speak politely" to them. I recall my children's faces … [Read More...]

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Emphasis on the Right Things

In my previous articles on the subject of childbirth from a biblical perspective, a number of readers commented that to refuse medical intervention puts both the child and mother at risk, and that I was … [Read More...]

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A Mother’s Nose

My nearsightedness can be easily be traced to my father, whose myopia was genetically passed on to me. It has been said that if a person is deficient in one of his senses, the other ones are sometimes … [Read More...]

What Do They Teach Them at These Schools?

Did you know that an individual cannot violate the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America?  It is a simple matter of grammar. A sentence is a group of words that conveys … [Read More...]

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Becoming a Wise Woman

  One of the delights of this post-homeschooling mother/teacher is having the opportunity to counsel and mentor women who've undertaken the God-ordained task of raising their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  Most of my sessions take place over Skype.  I choose to make them audio … [Read More...]

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My 10 New Year’s God-solutions

1.    Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might (Deuteronomy 6:5). 2.    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5) 3.    Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man (Ecclesiastes 12:13). 4.    Love one … [Read More...]

What is a Father’s role in Homeschooling?

Hello Andrea! Recently I had a conversation with a friend about a father's role in homeschooling, especially a father whose job requires him to be away several hours a day. Her view is that a father doesn't have much of a role in homeschooling, other than being supportive of the idea. I don't agree, … [Read More...]