“On Sunday mornings at Grace Community Church, small groups of people gather together in ‘Fundamentals of the Faith’ classes to use this manual of thirteen lessons, which blend basic biblical truths with personal obedience and service. Many young believers take these classes to grow in their understanding of biblical truths.”

For the first time ever, Fundamentals of the Faith is available to the trade. With topics ranging from “God: His Character and Attributes” to “The Church: Fellowship and Worship”, this workbook is ideal to disciple new believers or help more mature Christians sharpen their understanding of key doctrines and equip them for evangelism.

You can purchase copies in New Zealand online from here (postage is free) or from the USA Grace to You store here.

SchoolExpress are offering a free module for download. The free unit is titled “About Soil“. You can download it here.

http://www.schoolexpress.com/newsj4n6.php

Some people just have too much time on their hands. Or perhaps I am just jealous Enjoy.

HT to http://www.homeschoolinggirls.com/blog/?p=5

The Kiwi Conservation Club is part of Forrest and Bird and has quizzes, games, other stuff, and a Join Us link. Members can get Wild Things magazine five times a year.

And remember, it is part of the Christian worldview to take care of the environment, but not to worship it. We are to take dominion over the planet, but we are also to “tend the garden” as God told Adam. [Add link to Catalyst website re conservation from a Christian worldview perspective.]

It is important at this time in history for Christians to be aware of the trends and thoughts of our society and world. Environmentalism is certainly a hot topic, and something Christian theologian Francis Schaeffer addressed in his book Pollution and the death of man: The Christian view of ecology. This book is a good read and even though it was written quite a few years ago, and like much of Schaeffer, lives on well beyond his days.

To quote Francis Schaeffer, “We have the right to rid our house of ants; but what we have no right to do is to forget to honor the ant as God made it, out in the place where God made the ant to be. When we meet the ant on the sidewalk, we step over him. He is a creature, like ourselves; not made in the image of God, it is true, but equal with man as far as creation is concerned.”

Recommended reading:
http://wap.bible.org/article/christian-environmentalism

This interesting looking website in New Zealand !!! will be of use if you have children interested in science and in years 3-4, 5-6, or 7-10.

The idea is to “Stimulate a lifelong interest in Science”.

The Science Awards schemes are designed to promote students’ interest and participation in a series of science activities which:

• are assessed on a criterion referenced system (i.e. no fixed “pass rate”)
• are well within the capacity of average students
• encourage student initiative
• provide a tangible reward
• provide extension work for students
• do not involve teachers in a lot of extra work

A HT (hat tip) to The Broad Room for pointing us to this information! We should add that there is a lot of useful stuff on their website.

Check out this website if you are looking for excellent Bible lessons for your kids. Here is a bit of their blurb:

The Biblelessons4kidz.com team is a group of people who are passionate about reaching the next generation with the gospel of Christ. We are Christian parents who believe that our kids really can dig deeper into God’s Word. With this in mind, we have written a comprehensive series of Bible lessons that teach the truth of scripture to children. Each lesson is thoughtfully and prayerfully written in order to be biblically accurate, relevant and interesting. New lessons and devotionals will be added to this website as they are developed.

Their lessons are broken down into sections:

• Old Testament Lessons
• New Testament Lessons
• Gospel Lessons
• Seasonal Lessons

In addition, they claim:

Biblelessons4kidz.com is committed to making these Bible lessons FREELY available to anyone who wants to teach the Bible to kids. We’re simply putting these lessons out there to be used in any way God sees fit. All credit and honor go to Him alone.

Mission Statement
Biblelessons4kidz.com is committed to help reach the next generation with the Gospel of Christ by developing Bible lessons for kids that are biblical, relevant, and interesting.

Core Values
Biblelessons4kidz.com will have accurate biblical lessons.
Biblelessons4kidz.com will be user-friendly.
Biblelessons4kidz.com will glorify Jesus Christ.

The following comes from a PDF document written by the people at Creation.com:

1. Discuss With Your Spouse: Educating your child at home is a huge decision and should be one that is made with your spouse. Do not begin unless you are in agreement about this decision. You will need the support of your spouse not only at the beginning, but also throughout the year.
2. Research the Homeschool Laws Applicable in your Area: Be fully aware of the legal requirements before you begin and especially before you take a child out of public school. For the U.S., each state’s legal requirements can be found on the www.HomeschoolLegal.com website. Internationally, refer to www.HSLDA.org.
3. Research Styles of Home Education: There is no single right way to educate your child at home; however, there are many differing philosophies you may want to consider.

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Rebecca Keller (Wikipedia entry) has written, with the help of a few others, a series of science textbooks.  She has a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry.

Her Wikipedia entry lists the numerous books and textbooks she has written, and samples chapters for several of them are available on her website here.

Who uses Real Science-4-Kids?

Home schoolers in all 50 US states, as well as in Latin America, South America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Korea, now use Real Science-4-Kids.  An active Yahoo group of 1,200+ maintains notes on the curriculum. In addition, a number of charter, private and public schools use RS4K.

Rebecca Keller interviewed

This episode of ID the Future features part two of an interview with Dr. Rebecca Keller, who discusses the nature of science and interpretation and how it applies to science education.