Your terms are acceptable

The other day I was scrolling through Twitter. I'm not sure how I got stuck in the Twitter rabbit hole, but somehow I have, somebody please come and get me out. Anyway, there was a video of a lady talking about lesson plans, the money she spent on her teaching degree, and parents. She wants parents to stay out of lesson plans. She spent thousands of dollars on her teaching degree, and parents have no place telling her about her lesson plans. If parents want that much say in their kids education...they should homeschool. As far as I'm concerned, her terms are acceptable. I was going to homeschool my kids anyway, but she gave me another affirmation, that this is a good idea. Looking at the comments, I'm not the only one who accepts her terms.

As Christians we should be thinking about our kids education (if we have kids or plan to have them). We certainly want a school or homeschool that will give them a good foundation in math, science, reading, and writing. We want them to learn true history and strong literature. We want them to get some music, art, and PE. We want them to have fun with other kids too. We want them to be safe.

We should also think about our children's religious education. Deuteronomy 6 tells us "And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7) Basically you should be talking to your kids about God's Word...a lot. I've talked about this in a couple other posts. One is https://margaretruehle4.wixsite.com/my-site/post/faith-books-for-the-kiddos?fbclid=IwAR3umT9OsImrdPknXZJcCQXCtS5OrtLQEkPz5JekQEK0J-aGHWMOh-RIEME. The other one is https://margaretruehle4.wixsite.com/my-site/post/a-call-to-parents.

This is one of the reasons I advocate for homeschooling amongst Christians specifically. You have the freedom to of course teach religion/theology/Bible class, but you can also show how God is over all life, not just one compartment for Sunday morning. Of course if your child is in school (Christian, secular private, or public) you can do this, but with homeschooling it is the easiest, as you are with your child for more of the day than when they are in school.

You can teach God's hand in science and history. You can read Christian books in literature, or talk about the biblical take on things happening in literature that isn't Christian. In art class you can show how some art has been influenced by the faith of the artist or by the faith of the one who hired the artist. You can talk about how God made you and wants you to take care of your body and that's why we exercise in PE and why we eat healthy in health class. You can learn hymns in music class. Math would probably be the hardest one to do a lot with, but remember some (as far as I know, not all) public schools spend time during math class teaching political ideologies. You can do this. It's easiest for you, the parent to teach the faith if you are actually with them during the day.

Again if you have your kids in a school, regardless of what kind of school it is, you can teach them the faith. Evening devotions, prayers before meals and bed time. Reading books at bedtime. Listening to faithful music in the car such as hymns (Spotify has a ton of music from Concordia Publishing House). Encouraging them to read the Bible and catechism on their own. I know not everyone can homeschool for a plethora of reasons. So, I guess this particular post is looking at those who can. There's lots of good curriculum out there (some of which you will probably need your Lutheran glasses with). Show your kids how the faith is over all things from Sunday morning church, to evening devotion time, to religion/theology/Bible class, and to their WHOLE life. Teach them "when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (Deuteronomy 6)

For those of you who don't feel comfortable homeschooling, but want to go with a Christian school, I highly recommend finding a CLASSICAL Lutheran school. God's Word reigns there, and they will be reading fantastic literature and learning history from source documents. They'll also learn Latin which can be greatly helpful with English vocabulary. Classical is in all caps for a reason. I hoghly encourage you not to compromise on that part.

I mentioned that there are lots of great curriculums out there. Here's links to a few of those.

This one would mostly be for religion/theology/Bible class: https://www.cph.org/

These two will cover most subjects: https://www.memoriapress.com/ https://wittenbergacademy.org/

This one you'll need your Lutheran glasses for: https://veritaspress.com/

This one will also require Lutheran glasses and isn't quite classical, but still uses wonderful literature: https://www.sonlight.com/