Ebooks are rapidly infiltrating home education. This type of resource that was unknown just a few short years ago, is experiencing a huge growth spurt. Some home educators are thrilled with this new technology (especially when they come for FREE.) Some home educators are very leary of it, loving their paper books and not wanting them to be replaced. And many home educators (and the rest of society) are clueless. They aren’t really sure what exactly an ebook is, how to use them, or where to find them.

Putting the ‘E’ in Home E-ducation~Freedom & Simplicity™ Guide to Using Ebooks, the newest Freedom & Simplicity™ guide from Me & My House ministries, will walk you through the answers to those questions and many more.

… Lisa, have you looked at my computer?! I have e-books in so many places that I really need that free software you tell us about and I’ll be downloading it just as soon as I finish this review.

Like so many homeschool moms, I love to research and discovered many gems through the years that I planned to incorporate into our homeschooling. I’m still finding them, although our youngest is a rising junior in college. Sigh.

But YOU don’t have to do that. Lisa is offering her e-book for a limited time at a low introductory price. If you would like to do better at managing and organizing e-books more effectively so they can be incorporated into your homeschooling (and as Lisa pointed out, there are so many free classics!), you might just want to take a look. …

Excerpt from review by Dana Wilson of
Train up a Child Publishing, LLC

Pick up your copy of Putting the ‘E’ in Home E-ducation beginning today!
Only $3 

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Time for ThanksGiving studies – both the holiday and the attitude of gratitude, from a biblical perspective.

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I finally have my newsletter out so I can finally make this announcement.

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Freedom & Simplicity™ on R Road to Biblical Wisdom is a “how to” guide for Biblical learning in home education. What does Biblically principled education look like? How does it differ from other methods? Can I really apply the same methods in everything we study? Does this really bring me and my children freedom? Can it really be applied in simplicity? How can natural, lifestyle methods produce an education of excellence? If these are questions you’ve asked, learn more about R Road, the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ method of Biblical home education, in Freedom & Simplicity™ on R Road to Biblical Wisdom. Order today at our Introductory Price of only $20!

This post has been sitting in my drafts for over a month – sorry!

Many times I’m asked what our studies look like. Want to take a peek?

20th Century study – PIPEline link: Me and My House – Focus: The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail

Term 1 – Turn of the Century

Weekly Themes:

1. Christianity Attacked from Without

• Topics: Boxer Rebellion, China, Jonathan Goforth

2. Progress!

• Topics: Wright Brothers, Titanic, Panama Canal
• Optional activity: 1915 World’s Fair

3. Christianity Attacked from Within

• Topics: Liberalism, Social Gospel

4. Progressivism in Government

• Topics: Progressive Presidents, TR, Progressive Amendments

5. Progressivism in Education and the Arts

• Topics: John Dewey, Modern-Abstract Art/Picasso

6. Progress?

• Topic: World War I

Science topics throughout term: Aerodynamics, Canal locks, Yellow Fever/Malaria

Artists throughout: Illustrators – N.C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter

Literature throughout (choice): Beatrix Potter, Freckles, Anne of Green Gables, Hans Brinker, Frances Hodgeson Burnett

Booklists for another day – or another section. Watch our HisStory Resources & Recommendations for book links for the “Me & My House” PIPEline link.

One of the Prayer Projects we utilize with our children is a P.R.A.Y. Journal. This is for them to record their prayers, giving them 4 areas to pray about, using the acronym P.R.A.Y. Daily specifics are written for each area. We want to teach them to think about their prayers, not utter vain repetitions.

P. is for Praise and Thanksgiving. We write our Praise to God and what we are Thankful to Him for.

R. is for Repentance. We ask for forgiveness and help to turn away from our sins.

A. is for Ask. We ask that our needs and those of others be met.

Y. is for Yield. We surrender all to Him, for His service.

We utilize pretty P.R.A.Y. Journal pages that are 1/2 letter size. You can put them in a 8.5 x 5.5″ binder, or spiral or comb-bind them. (Spiral is probably the easiest for children to use them.) Utilizing these journal pages works best, at least until the children are old hats at this, because each page has a section labeled as to what area they are to pray and write about.  There are many styles to choose from, showing the wonders of God’s creation. You can make a whole journal of just your one favorite, or mix and match them for variety.

If you don’t want to print off a page for each day and bind them, you can just print off the instructional page and paste it into the front of a Composition Notebook, to serve as a reminder of what to pray for and write. This works OK with older children who are already doing P.R.A.Y. Journals well, but is not as helpful for younger children or those just starting.

Enjoy this helpful way of teaching your children to Pray through Journaling. It is an awesome tool for both your children and yourself.

See other ways we help our children learn to pray here.

For Me and My House ~ At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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More Birthday Blessings!

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It’s our BIRTHDAY!

Well, really it’s MY Birthday. Our business doesn’t really have a birthday/anniversary, so
we’ll celebrate MY BIRTHDAY instead – with a get together and gifts!

The best birthday celebration is a get together, and in June we have our  biggest annual get together for Me and My House ministries – Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar LIVE!

We’d love to have you join us for this full day seminar on Biblical home education!

Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~
The Seminar LIVE! 2009

June 13th from 9:30-5:30
Fun, bonus session for registrants Friday 7:30 pm-9:30
North Platte, NE

Registration $30, due June 5th.

The full day seminar will take you from establishing a Biblical foundation, philosophy and principles of education, to learning the Freedom & Simplicity™ methods of home education through L.E.D., to the practical application of scheduling and planning. Discipleship yoU! follow-up exercises will help you apply what you learn.

Join us for the LIVE Seminar – presented by Lisa Hodgen, mom of 10, home educator of over 22 years, and founder of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ – and get your Biblical Principles education off to a great start.

Click here for more details and to register.

No birthday celebration is complete without gifts of blessing either. For our birthday celebration , you get the blessing. For the month of  June we’re offering 3 of our core Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Exclusive Resources for 1 fantastic special price.

Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar (audios and handouts) AND
Freedom & Simplicity™ of HisStory AND
PIPEline of HisStory

These 3 resources will help you lay a good foundation and get started in Freedom & Simplicity™ in home education – for ONLY $45 for the month of June 2009! Get all the details and order here. (This Special has expired.)

Although the set-aside HolyDay for giving thanks has ended, the giving of thanks should never end. We should live a constant life of ThanksLiving. An attitude of gratitude is something we should especially be discipling our children in – all the time, but especially as the next HolyDay approaches.

The Christmas season, like Thanksgiving Day has changed its focus in our secularized (focused on only the here and now – no history, no future means as much as NOW) and “me-first” society. Thanksgiving Day is many times called “Turkey Day” now, as there is no thanks given. (I won’t go there as I’ve already posted a bit on that.) Christmas is many times no longer about celebrating the incarnation of God with us, but about what I can get, and whether I’ll get what I want.

What better preparation can we give our children for this season than solid discipling in gratefulness, (besides teaching them the reason for the season, Jesus, of course.) I’ve given resource recommendations for Character Discipleship on our Growing in Christ’s Image page. Check them out today and, if you haven’t already, begin your study in Gratefulness and Journal your study with Growing in Christ’s Image.

For Me and My House ~ At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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It’s time to make a Thanksgiving MyMini Book of Remembrance (lapbook). What would you put in it?

• A Bound Book "Book of ThanksGiving" with Scriptures on Thanksgiving and your thoughts on them.
• A "Circle of Blessings" Spinner Wheel of things you are Thankful for.
• A "Thanksgiving Means…" glossary of word meanings on the subject of Thanksgiving in a Strip mini-book.
• A Mini-Shutter or Mini-Accordion Book to record the chronology of the Pilgrims.
• A Mayflower pocket to hold a copy of the Mayflower Compact, the list of passengers, and supplies.
• A Tab Book of short biographical sketches of the Pilgrim/Plymouth Settlement leaders.
• A Drinking Cup Pocket to hold "5 Kernels of Corn" and a copy of the poem.
• Bradford’s and Winslow’s descriptions of the first harvest celebration of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, and our Thanksgiving Menu in a cornucopia Tri-fold (or other) Pocket.
• A Layered Look book of some of the Presidential Proclamations of Thanksgiving.
• Flap books (and others) of Psalms, Hymns, and poetry of Thanksgiving.
• and a WHOLE LOT MORE!

Decorate your mini-books with pictures, clip art, and drawings symbolizing Thanksgiving.

See more ideas, actually a jam packed complete study guide, for your Thanksgiving study in:

A Freedom & Simplicity™ Thanksgiving Study

Order and get started on your study TODAY!

Don’t know what a "lapbook" is?

It is a collection of colorful "mini-books" folded in fun, interesting ways, containing information you’ve learned, and glued into a "shutter-folded" file folder, in a nicely laid-out fashion, for a quick and easy, small and convenient journal of your studies. Learn more about "lapbooks" in my 4 part series on MyMini Books of Remembrance on this blog.

Don’t miss our annual Thanksgiving MEGA-Sale for more Me and My House Exclusive resources!

For Me and My House ~ At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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