The Little School House in the Forest

Pedagogical issues

Are my children State Property ?

«.... So we have to ask ourselves two questions: 1) Are my children God's or "Cæsar's"? And 2) Is God asking me to relinquish, present, or hand my children over to the state for any reason or in any area?
(....)
Under God's authority and direction, I and my husband are the ones, on earth, that God has placed to be in charge of our children's education. The state has not. Period. Nowhere in Scripture does God ever even come close to giving anyone but parents (and church) any kind of authority in this area. And I will not hand over to the state this right or responsibility.
(....)
If I were required to have someone other than a person I knew and trusted test my children, or if I were required by state law to submit my lesson plans to anyone for their approval, I would not do so. I could not do so because God has not given them the authority to do this.»

(Barb Shelton in "Obeying the Law, Testing, & "Qualifying" to Homeschool" at http://www.homeschooloasis.com/art_obeying_the_law.htm)

Why do we need home schooling? (Links to relevant sources)

The Christian Conscience gives some answers.
( http://www.christianconscience.com/hs/hs_index.htm)

Cutting Edge gives the issue a wider perspective
(http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1142.cfm).
They also talk about what's going on in the public school system
(http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1220.cfm).

Kjos Ministries (http://www.crossroad.to/)
refutes The Three Myths .... ( http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/ttmohs798.html)
and also covers home schooling in other cogitofactory (thought-provoking) texts.

For more cogitofactory texts:
Try my page of Thoughts on religious belief and thinking

More links about homeschooling and parental rights:

Home is where the school is (http://dianedew.com/homeschl.htm) by Diane Dew

The Christian ALERT Network (http://www.vvm.com/~ctomlin/index.htm)
presents a Notice and Declaration of Parental Rights (http://www.vvm.com/~ctomlin/a55.htm)
as a help for parents to be able to protect their children.

Arizona Parents for Traditional Education ( http://www.theriver.com/Public/tucson_parents_edu_forum/)
are also concerned about the school system.
They provide lots of articles about educational theories, resources and failures, and about parental rights concerning their children's education.

Sisters in Christ (http://www.bravewc.com/sis/) are another group who are concerned about public schools. They discuss the theme, and provide resource links.

'Intelligence' can be defined as:
The capacity to refuse to solve any more silly problems.

Legal resources for home schoolers:
If you want to bring up your children yourself, you're going to need legal assistance.
Home School Legal Defense Association can help you.
(http://www.hslda.org/)
Pacific Justice Institute (at http://www.pacificjustice.org/) in California gives legal advice and assistance.
Read some of their articles and press releases about attacks on parental rights:
- articles_4 - what to do when Child Protective Services calls
- press93 - divorced mother ordered by judge not to pray with her children when visiting them
- press113 - homeschooler fends off CPS threats to remove child
Barbara Edtl Shelton in her Homeschool Oasis (at http://www.homeschooloasis.com/), in addition to her pedagogical resources, also takes up legal issues.

Pedagogical resources:
Barbara Edtl Shelton in her Homeschool Oasis (at http://www.homeschooloasis.com/) takes up legal issues, gives practical hints, and provides a Season of Re-education and Renewing of the Mind-program for homeschooling parents.
HOME SCHOOL DIGEST is a magazine for home schoolers. Some articles are available online.
(http://www.homeschooldigest.com/)
Classical Christian Homeschooling promotes a whole education concept of its own:
A return to Classical Education (http://www.classicalhomeschooling.org/).

Practical teaching resources:
King James Bible is available in a searchable version
(http://www.cbbc.net/KJV)
If you prefer to read the original, Greek 'n' Stuff offers you materials to learn NT Greek
(http://www.greeknstuff.com/)
The Cyber Hymnal gives you both words and tunes of classical hymns
(http://www.cyberhymnal.org/)

On-site resources - Visual aids:
The Creation story with my own illustrations -
In the beginning God ....

Norwegian resources:
Prøv min norske pedagogikkside.

The Christ Centered
Homeschool Webring

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