Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, feed him for  a lifetime.

Why does Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ use the methods we do for home education? Most importantly because I believe the Word of God, and that we should do all things to the glory of God. But this old adage is in line with that.

I believe the most important thing we can teach our children is to fear the Lord, and to seek His Wisdom. This means we teach him how to learn, to discern truth, and to walk in it. We teach him to "fish" for himself.

What we teach our children is important; to teach them Truth is highly important. But knowledge is ever increasing, and there is no way were are ever going to teach them every "thing" they need to know. We don’t know what the future holds for them in this way. But Truth never changes. We must teach our children everlasting Truth, and how to learn knowledge and discern Truth.

So, more important is how we teach them, that we teach them to learn. L.E.D.™ is a Biblical Christian approach to home education that teaches for Biblical reasoning. One of our highest aims in education is excellence in learning. That is, that the child learns to reason Biblically for himself and apply what he learns. It is learning for not just knowledge, especially temporary knowledge to pass a test. It is learning for Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge. It is learning to reason through the topic to find God’s perspective, and understand the topic in context, and apply what he learns in his own life.

When a person knows how to learn, and has become a lifelong learner and lover of learning, he is able to learn anything he needs to know for himself when he needs to know it.

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Start the year off right by renewing your mind and getting a vision for your home education - for Life!

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August 10-30th

This Seminar will teach you a biblical approach to home education, putting the Bible and Biblical principles at the center of all your teaching and learning.  See more details and order here.

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Ready for another online seminar? This one is sure to get you excited for your new homeschool year.

The Back to School Blast is another of Cindy Rushton’s popular seminars. This seminar features:

• Online Sessions in the comfort of YOUR OWN HOME!
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This Seminar starts tomorrow night (Thur. Aug. 7th) and goes all day Fri. and Sat. (8th-9th daytime).

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Not convinced yet? … There’s More!

Cindy has allowed us to share a sneak peek into the new Back to School Blast Membership Site, by offering you a sampler of one of her free gifts that is included there. It is a audio and ebook set that she actually sells on her website, but she is giving away on the Membership Site. Here is the information for your FREE GIFT:

Let’s Get Ready for a New School Year Super Set!

Let’s Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner…
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Need some help gearing up for the new school year? Wish you had a friend to take you by the hand and help you plan your year? You will LOVE this! It includes a quick Mommy Planner with a potpourri of planning sheets from all of Cindy’s products to help you get started on the right track with your homeschool planning. It is full of goodies! AND YOURS…

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This is only ONE of the awesome gifts included on the Membership Site. There are many, many more!

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This is too great of a special to not mention it here. Read all about it at my ‘from me’ blog.

Bosch Universal kitchen center (bread mixer) with Blender and VitalMill grain mill - $499.99 through Aug. 7th Only. Details here.

You’ve been asking and waiting for this one! Redeeming the Time Journal™ forms are back! Well, making a comeback anyhow.

I’ve reformatted your 3 favorites, that are requested most - Spiritual Journey, P.R.A.Y., and Day-by-Day Book of Remembrance Journal. Now with design choices and more formats to choose from. And ready for you to download, and print the ones you want, as many as you want for your own immediate family.

See the details and order Redeeming the Time Journal™ Favorite Forms here. SPECIAL SAVINGS when you buy Redeeming the Time Journal™ Favorite Forms and Refrigerator Charts Master Pack together.

FYI, the Redeeming the Time Journal™ Education forms are just about ready for re-release too!

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I’ve been discussing Learning Maps™ and mind-mapping software with several of you and others for a while now. That is also the section I’m currently working on in my new book (soon to be released, Lord willing). That has sent me to further research. So here’s some info to add to previous posts. (And look for my new book to come out, that will have a complete section on Learning Maps™ - what they are and why and how to use them.)

I believe there are 4 contenders for making good mind-maps on the computer. Gratefully, they are now all available for both Mac and windows computers. All of them will cost you something. But all of them also come with free trial periods (at their home websites.) So you can test them out and even compare them to see which you like best before purchasing. FreeMind seems to be the best free, as in no-cost, mind-mapping software, but it still doesn’t have the features that make mind-mapping the effective learning tool that it is meant to be. So I don’t consider it a contender.

The newest Mind Mapping software is the only one that has incorporated all of the features that make Mind Mapping the powerful learning tool that it is. I’m just getting started with it. So before I tell you more about it, I’ll tell you about the other three - that I know more about.

As previously announced, we are now affiliates of NovaMind, one of our favorite mind-mapping programs we’ve been using. Since I wrote on it a couple weeks ago, I won’t add more right now.

 Inspiration, the other program I own and am currently using, can be purchased  through our Amazon affiliate link. You can also download a free trial at Inspiration’s website. Inspiration was written as educational software, so is more specific to the education market than NovaMind, and a bit easier to use, but doesn’t have as many features.

MindManager, the first mind-mapping software I purchased, MANY years ago, is now available for Mac computers. (It was windows only when I got it, which is why I switched to the other two I use now.) It looks like it has been improved, and even better than when I was using it. I don’t have intentions of repurchasing it, but am working with the free trial now. It also can be purchased through our Amazon affiliate link.  You can also download a free trial of MindManager at their website.

iMindMap is the newest of the four, but developed by the originator of Mind Mapping®. Since I already had 3 mind-mapping programs, I didn’t even notice that Tony Buzan had finally created his own. It works much more like hand-drawn mind maps than any of the others, increasing its effectiveness. As Buzan says, "A Mind Map created by you is far more powerful than one created for you." I am testing it out now. Do I really want to buy ANOTHER mind mapping program? Ouch.

iMindMap is also the newest we have an affiliate partnership with. Their current offer is if you purchase version 2 before version 3 comes out next month, he’ll give you the top edition of version 3 (of 3 new levels) for free when it comes out. You will pay just over what the lowest new edition will cost. It’s not the cheapest mind-mapping application, but OTOH far cheaper than some of the business software I have that I use far less - and it offers more of what Mind Mapping should be than the others.

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Excerpt from our May ‘08 Me and My House musings email newsletter:

We love books! So we have bookcases in every room of the house - including the bathrooms! and a "library" room, too!

So, how do I keep track of all these books? Well, when children sneak them off and don’t return them, I have been known to buy duplicates. I see a book, and think, "Hmm, I know that’s been on my to-buy list for several years, but I thought I bought it." I look on the shelf, where it should be, and it isn’t there, so I buy it again. Only later - usually much later - to have the original show up in some child’s possession. Actually, maybe this is their way of ensuring there is an extra copy of the book for them to take with them when they are grown. Hmm.

My first tactic for keeping track of our books, is having a place for each kind. Yes, there is a method to my madness. Different types of books are in each room, and our library is organized, not by the dewey decimal system, but by my own system. But even if you don’t have as many books or bookcases as I do, grouping them by type will help you organize your books.

But, I have one more invaluable method for helping me keep track of all we have. The not-so-secret answer is a computer database. I used to have a file sheet I made (in Access), but now I have a much easier option - software called Booxter. Booxter is a database for books! Enter the ISBN number and it will look up and fill in all the other information about your books (if you have access to the internet, and if the books have an ISBN. Of course my old books don’t, so I have to enter them by hand.) You just add any other notes you care to make - about the location of the book, where you bought it, price paid, notes, etc. - or nothing at all!

You can also, in Booxter, organize your books into files, for easy browsing through various categories, and of course you can search your list. You can even export your list to your iPod, so you can carry it with you! I haven’t tried that yet, but it will be invaluable when we go to homeschool conventions! [Update: I have and it is.]

Booxter is only for Mac computers. But I just did a google search for "book organizer app" and "book database software" and found several for PC. Give one a free trial and see if it will help you with your book collections.

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Excellent article by Richard Jones, from American Vision today. Here’s the last part. Be sure to read the whole article here.

"… What most Christian leaders don’t understand, however, nor does Barna, is how badly they’ve been blindsided by Antonio Gramsci, a man unknown to all but a few. A brilliant Marxist, Gramsci (1891–1937) saw that if his cause was to prevail globally it would be vital that young, pliable minds be molded with anti-Christian, Bible-defaming and pro-special interest worldviews. His insightful plot has slowly but steadily percolated up into the activist agendas of those on the God-hating left; those who, themselves, couldn’t even tell you who he is. But they have learned this: If they’re “given the child” during the formative years that child will be theirs forever. Which is exactly what they’re achieving. That’s what Falwell and Wildmon and the rest are up against today, and if fighting fire with fire on our part doesn’t immediately come to mind as a counter tactic, it should.

"The “deeper thing” needed that I referred to is this, and it relates to the near-automatic love of parents for children: The only realistic way to restore and re-implant Christian thought and action in a dying culture is for pulpits (and through them, the parents) to zero in on the minds of those not yet “Gramsci programmed.” … Unless the evangelistic “step one” of John 3:16 is supplemented by daily, lifelong doses of 2 Timothy 3:16–17, we’re going to lose. Not Christendom at large, but us, here, in the U.S."

Ruth Haycock’s Encyclopedia of Bible Truths is currently on a WOW! Special at CBD. Three of the individual books are 37-42% off! WOW! That $6.something and $7.something per book! (Thanks Mandi for the heads-up.)

They are WOW resources - you can read more about why we use them through the catalog links below too. Here’s the links - both direct and catalog pages. These special prices can end at any time.

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Language Arts/English

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Language Arts/English By Ruth C. Haycock / Assoc. Of Christian Schools This series integrates the Bible into virtually every curriculum area and is an outstanding resource for lesson preparation, research, and project completion. The series is formatted by content area; each section lists biblical concepts and background for that subject. Scripture references and scriptures that pertain to those concepts are then provided.

See this book (and others in this category) on this Me and My House Resources and Recommendations page.

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Social Studies

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Social Studies By Ruth C. Haycock / Assoc. Of Christian Schools This series integrates the Bible into virtually every curriculum area and is an outstanding resource for lesson preparation, research, and project completion. The series is formatted by content area; each section lists biblical concepts and background for that subject. Scripture references and scriptures that pertain to those concepts are then provided.

See this book (and others in this category) on this Me and My House Resources and Recommendations page.

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Fine Arts/Health

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Fine Arts/Health By Ruth C. Haycock / Assoc. Of Christian Schools Infuse your teaching with the timeless messages of God’s Word! Highlight how the creation reflects the Creator in music, the fine arts, crafts, health, and physical education. Designed to stimulate the study of all truth as God’s truth, this supplemental resource helps you integrate scriptural perspectives throughout standard subjects. Includes research projects for most chapters. 116 pages, softcover from Purposeful Design.

See this book (and others in this category) on this Me and My House Resources and Recommendations page.

The fourth book in the series - not currently on sale, just CBD’s every day discount price.

Encyclopedia of Bible Truths: Science/Mathematics By Ruth C. Haycock / Assoc. Of Christian Schools This series integrates the Bible into virtually every curriculum area and is an outstanding resource for lesson preparation, research, and project completion. The series is formatted by content area; each section lists biblical concepts and background for that subject. Scripture references and scriptures that pertain to those concepts are then provided.

I also heard there is a Free shipping special right now - use code #272495 until Sept. 30th.

Just wanted to let you know Cindy Rushton is hosting a online seminar this Weekend–July 11-12. In fact it is starting RIGHT NOW!

Let’s Get Organized for the New School Year Virtual Seminar!

Sign up today to join us live (just register with your name/email for us to send you the passwords and schedule updates) or grab a ticket for access to our

Membership Site AND free ebooks/audios!

Sign up here: http://www.CindyRushton.com/LGO2008.html

I won’t take anymore time to elaborate much more, since it’s already starting. Just go to the link above to get the info.

But I will say - IT IS NOT TOO LATE! Listen live as you can - and buy a member ticket to listen and download all the goodies offered at your convenience - even long after the "live" part is over.