Our homeschooling family wants to help your homeschooling family teach the heart, soul, and mind. Our company produces a variety of original homeschool curriculum and resources to make your homeschool simpler and more effective. All of the homeschool curriculum we write has a Biblical foundation.

If you are just getting started with homeschooling, you may feel confused by all the options available to you. If you have been homeschooling for a while, you may need some encouragement to stay the course. Whatever your situation, remember that God gave your children to you. He loves them even more than you do, and he entrusted their training to you.

If we can be of any assistance to you in your homeschooling journey, please contact us.

Featured Resource

Yellow Star

In this new DVD, a cast of homeschooled students and graduates present a story of faith and courage set in France during World War II. It is an inspiring Christmas drama for the whole family.

Maurice Beaumont and his sisters are living in their family’s large old house in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II. In spite of the Nazi presence, the Beaumonts’ lives are calm and quiet. Things change, however, when they agree to take in several children from Paris who have been sent to the country to avoid the tension and fighting in the city.

Things change even more when four workers in the French Resistance ask the Beaumonts to take in several Jewish children who are being hidden from the Nazis. The Beaumonts recognize the danger to themselves and the children from Paris if they take in the Jews, but they also recognize the danger to the Jewish children if they do not take them in. If they agree, the identity of the Jewish children must be kept a secret from the other villagers and, most importantly, from the Nazis.

The children, the villagers, and the Nazis are all in desperate need of the peace that is found only in Jesus Christ. The star that shone above the Christ Child so long ago to point the way to Him is bright enough to illumine all of their war-torn hearts, but that light will not penetrate their darkness unless they let it shine through.

Traditional French songs and folk dances, as well as original musical numbers and choreography, bring this story to life for the entire family. All ages. DVD in standard case. 88 minutes. $14.95

Call 1-800-211-8793 to order your copy or order online.

New Record Book Covers

A Record of the Learning Lifestyle is a straightforward and effective homeschool record keeping system that helps you focus on the most important things in training your children. You can see at a glance how you are doing at covering a broad range of subjects; and you can give your child appropriate credit for all of his daily activities, not just his "school work." It gives you a system for tracking what your child is doing every day, 365 days per year.

We have six new covers available for 2009.

Featured Article

The 2008 Olympic Games caused many people to think about athletics. Most of the publicity understandably centered on the winners, such as Michael Phelps and his amazing eight gold medals. Here's a story in which both teams were winners.

In April of 2008, the women's softball teams from Western Oregon University and Central Washington University faced each other in a game that had an impact on the playoff chances for both teams. In the second inning of the scoreless game, Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky hit a three-run homer. What is especially amazing is that for Sara, a 5'2" senior who was not a regular starting player, it was her first home run ever--in college or high school. In her excitement, as she rounded first base, she missed the bag. As she turned back to touch it, her knee gave way (she tore a ligament) and she crumpled to the ground in pain. Softball rules state that no one on her team could touch her or she would be called out. The umpires ruled that she would have to be replaced by a pinch runner and her home run would be reduced to a single.

Read the rest of this article by Ray Notgrass

Our Products

We offer world history, American history, and U.S. government curricula for high school students. We have Tennessee and Georgia state history studies.

Use our Draw to Learn study series to help your child hide God's word in his heart and develop his art skills at the same time. Learn to Draw provides basic drawing instruction.

Help your children discover the how, why, and joy of learning from a Biblical perspective with Exploring the Library. Get encouragement for your homeschooling journey with our family resources, including books, videos, and music.

Tie it all together with our homeschool record-keeping book. It provides a straightforward and effective system to help you focus on the most important things in training your children.

More Links

Homeschool High School Curriculum

This website provides detailed information about our three high school courses, Exploring World History, Exploring America, Exploring Government.

amie

The amie network is an organization of homeschooled Christian teenage girls across the country. The amie network, directed by Bethany Notgrass, exists to connect members in friendship and Christian fellowship and to encourage them to serve God and others. The membership fee is $7.00 per year, which includes 12 printed issues of the amie newsletter. Visit the amie website for more information. You may subscribe on-line or send a check or money order for $7.00 to join. 370 S. Lowe Ave., Suite A, PMB 211, Cookeville, TN 38501.

Christian Musical Theatre

Since 1999, Mary Evelyn Notgrass (Mev for short) has been writing and directing plays for homeschooled children. Over the years, 145 homeschooled students have participated in one or more Homeschool Dramatic Society productions. You can purchase DVDs of the three most recent Homeschool Dramatic Society productions to show to your family, church, or homeschool group. Mev also offers drama tips to help in your work with children. If you are looking for scripts to use with your group, please contact us.

John and Audra's Website

Our son John and his fiancée, Audra Thrower, have set up a website about their journey toward marriage.

Family Fun

For a little family fun, check out our stop-motion movies.

Articles and Book Reviews

Enjoy browsing some of our articles about family life and homeschooling, and book reviews.