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In the Hands of a
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The Old Schoolhouse
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Home Where They
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September 26, 2007
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 Raising
girls - I can't say much about this one. You all know I don't
have any, right? But as the mother of three sons, I appreciate
you raising them to be godly women.
I'm doing my best
to raise my boys to be godly husbands and I'm looking forward
to having daughter-in-laws one day that I can finally do girl
stuff with.
I really like my friends' little girls. I
love how they'll tell you all about their day. I love how they
tell you that they like your new shirt. I love how they offer
to help with the little ones and pitch in with other things.
It's amazing to me to see these little Proverbs 31 girls in
training. To see them shopping and selecting clothes carefully
that are pretty AND modest. To see them growing and
prayerfully planning for the future. Many of them are miles
ahead of where I was at their age.
I think my boys are
going to have pretty high expectations for a future wife
because we've been around so many wonderful girls in our
homeschool group. I don't know how you all are doing it, but
keep up the good work!
THM Editor
PS - Click here for a
great contest to win a children's book and CD or music CD at
HomeschoolBlogger.
Oh, and we're still looking for more
Homeschool Graduates to feature in an upcoming issue. Click
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 Mercy Every Minute
Deborah Wuehler, TOS Senior Editor
I have three beautiful
daughters (along with four rough and tumble sons). Each is
uniquely fashioned by God for His purposes.
I need to constantly
remind myself that these young girls may be the wives, young
mothers, and homeschooling moms someday - soon. What am I
doing now to prepare them for that great adventure?
For much of my
childhood, my mother worked, so when asked how I could help
her, in her tiredness her response would be, "You can help me
by staying out of the way." When I am tempted to say the same
thing, I remember that I desire to have my daughters follow me
as I follow Christ. I need them right alongside me as much as
possible, no matter how inconvenient it seems. This way they
are hopefully learning to be servant-hearted in all they
do.
And, instead of bowing
down to the world's philosophy of girls being "the princess"
we teach them that a true daughter of the King of Kings bows
down before Him. We also want to guard them against misplaced
affections by showing how to place their whole affection on
the only One who can truly satisfy a girl's heart. How do we
teach this? She needs to see us placing our own affection and
devotion on our God. She needs to see that our first love is
Christ, and that all other relational love stems from that.
The main purpose of our training
our girls is that the Word of God will not be
blasphemed which means "to be
spoken evil of." To see a young girl learning to be a sober,
loving, discreet, keeper at home is to see the Word of God
praised rather than put down. This, therefore, attains our
desire that the world might see the glory of God in His little
princesses.
"The aged women
likewise . . . that they may teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not
blasphemed." Titus
2:3-5
~Deborah
Contest
Reminder: Don't forget that Doorpost's Beauty and the
Pig workbook for girls contest is
still going on. You have a chance to win until September
30th by emailing SeniorEditor@TheHomeschoolMagazine.com with your name and
mailing address. See website for contest rules.
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Schoolhouse Spotlight
Dena Wood, Schoolhouse Store Manager
Boy do we have some great
resources for girls in The Schoolhouse Store!
Marmee's Kitchen Primer is a wonderful
first textbook on the subject of cooking and keeping a proper
kitchen. It can even be purchased with a "Just-My-Size Tool
Set" for the youngest learners. (Dare I point out that Christmas is
just around the corner?)
Remembrance Press puts
out a lovely magazine for girls 10-18 called Girlhood Home
Companion. Order by the single issue or back issue sets in E-Book format. Pumkin
Seed Press offers several resources for young women
including mother/daughter and father/daughter studies. And, if
your daughter loves to sew (or wants to learn how) you'll be
amazed at our many sewing resources. In fact, as I
type this out, I realize there is really no way I can
highlight all the wonderful products we have for our young
ladies. Your best bet is simply to spend some time browsing
our Home Economics category. You won't be
sorry!
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 It's Just Common Sense
Ruth Beechick, Curriculum
Specialist
I'm the last person in
the world you should listen to about raising girls since we
had no girls--only boys, and only two. During those family
years I often said that raising boys was easier than raising
girls. I don't know now why I thought so. Maybe because Dad
took over much of the work so it was easy on Mom. Dad taught
how to shoot baskets and bat a baseball. He coached the Little
League team. And when puberty came he did the necessary
explaining. In those days there weren't a lot of handy books
on this.
I do believe that for
both boys and girls discipline is important. And if children
are well disciplined at young ages it gets easier and easier
at older ages.
But, as I said, don't
listen to me. A former president of Prairie Bible Institute
once said that if he had only five children he could tell
everybody how to raise their children. "But, oh, number six!"
he added. And I had only two. ~Ruth
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The Familyman
Todd Wilson, Familyman Ministries
I'm sure you've
noticed this, but raising daughters is different than raising
sons. Not that one is better than the other, but they're just
so different. While sons are climbing, running, and sword
fighting, most daughters are trying on clothes, sitting, and
reading.
I mean I absolutely
love my boys to death, but there is something special about my
two adorable daughters. They're girls after
all.
And while we do train
our sons and daughters to the same standards of obedience,
kindness, gentleness, and self-control, there are some
differences in what we train them for.
In fact, I believe
that while Titus 2 may be the passage that most women hate,
it's also the perfect curriculum guide for raising daughters.
You, mom, are the older woman and your daughter is the younger
woman.
Here's what you need
to teach and encourage your daughter in:
- Loving her
husband (and the men in her life until then
i.e.,brothers/dad/etc.)
- Loving her
children (showing her how to nurture and care for small
ones)
- Loving her
home (and a few other things listed in Titus
2)
These things are all
that really matter and will be the reason for your daughter's
happiness or misery later on. The truth is, your daughter will
not be miserable if she fails to master algebra, but she will
be miserable if she fails to learn how to love her husband and
children.
And here's the crux of
the matter: you don't teach these things by going through a
curriculum but by loving YOUR husband, children, and home.
Your girls watch you (because they're always watching) and
they learn.
So, Mom make today's
lesson for your daughter a lesson on loving her future husband
by loving yours. Make a special dinner for your man, send him
a card, or drop in and surprise him at
lunchtime.
That will be a lesson
your daughter will never forget - math facts should be so
easy.
Be
Real,
Todd |
 Homeschool Freebies
Jamin, Freebie
Finder
One of the most fun things about having a
daughter for me is doing crafts together! (My boys will do
them, but my daughter truly enjoys them as much as Mom
does!)
Here are some FREE craft sites my daughter and I
enjoy:
HERE is a free
printable custom book for little girls. This is very
cute. You can type in info about your girl and print out
a little customized booklet she can then color. My
daughter loves this one!
HERE is a great DIY
Kids Craft Website I know my girl would love! This site
includes ideas for making clothing for Polly Pocket Dolls,
skirts for stuffed animals, bracelets from left over fabric
trim and much more!
We also really enjoy the free ideas
at the Crayola website. HERE is a site where
you can search type of craft, theme and product you want
to use. (Example: When I searched for "Gifts and
Cards", "Fabric and Jewelry" and "any product" we got 22 ideas of things to
make! These ranged from hair clips to baby
bibs.)
Crafting with your daughter is not only fun but
it is a great time to have conversations! My daughter
loves the one on one attention she gets during craft time and
I love the great things she tells me during these times.
It is a win-win situation! (To see lots of the things my
daughter (and sons) and I have made together feel free to
visit my blog!)
Happy
Homeschooling!
~Jamin
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Meet Some
of Our Friends
We are a week into the Homeschool
Buy Garage Sale and interest has been so good, we've decided
to extend it another week, to October 5th!! Check it out
at www.homeschoolbuy.com/garagesale.html.
Lots of people already have Garage
Sales and now with an added week there's plenty of time for
late-comers to set theirs up as well. It's a quick and fun way
of cleaning out that old curriculum closet of books and
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