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« Previous EntriesPreparing for an ERO Review
Monday, May 22nd, 2006Preparing for an ERO Review
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
Preparing for an ERO Review (in an unschooling kind of way)
By Craig and Barbara Smith
Eduction Review Officer (ERO)
When the ERO comes, they generally don’t look closely at what you have
written down. Such journals and notes as you may have are mostly
useful as a reminder for you [...]
An Integrated Lifestyle
Sunday, May 22nd, 2005An Integrated Lifestyle
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An Integrated Lifestyle
by Craig & Barbara Smith
In Part Eight of “Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough” (Keystone of March 2004) we discussed the need to be building strong interpersonal relationships with our children and spouse. We discussed how it is hard work, very hard work. It doesn’t just [...]
Interpersonal Relationships
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005Interpersonal Relationships
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Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough - Part 8
by Craig & Barbara Smith
“Be still, and know that I am God.” - Psalm 46:10. How are we going with being still like this? We have had the holidays - a good opportunity to take some extended time alone with God [...]
Burn out - Support Groups and Church
Monday, November 22nd, 2004Burn out - Support Groups and Church
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough - Part 7
by Craig and Barbara Smith
Life is just so busy, and at this time of the year it just gets even busier. Why is this always so? Is this good for us? Is it good for our [...]
Choosing What to Read
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004Choosing What to Read
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough — Part 6
by Craig and Barbara Smith
Choosing What to Read
In part 5 we looked at Parental Reading, how it is one of the most important aspects of Home Educating our children. It follows after: developing an attitude of glorifying God [...]
Parental Reading
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004Parental Reading
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough - Part 5
Parental Reading
by Craig and Barbara Smith
So far in this series of articles we have briefly looked at:
1. The need to improve our personal relationship with God: to be going to Him with all our needs, frustrations, hurts, joys - everything [...]
Implementing the 4 Ds of Child Discipline
Monday, March 22nd, 2004Implementing the 4 Ds of Child Discipline
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough — Part 4
by Craig and Barbara Smith
Implementing the 4 Ds of Child Discipline
We will find it really difficult to home educate/disciple our children if we do not have a system in place for disciplining/training them. In fact, [...]
Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough - Part 1-3-marriage
Saturday, March 20th, 2004 Keeping Going When the Going Gets Tough - Part 1
By Craig and Barbara Smith
“Most of us are the authors of our own stress. We want everything to be perfect and go according to schedule, everyone in the family to be happy all the time…well, life just doesn’t run that smoothly” Nancy Plent [...]
Training Our Children to Worship
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2003Training Our Children to Worship
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
by Craig & Barbara Smith
This verse is a promise for us to claim. It is not a “probability”, that our children “might” not [...]
Training Children’s Minds
Wednesday, May 21st, 2003Training Children’s Minds
Posted in Keystone Magazine Articles
by Barbara Smith
For the first 10 years of our home education, Craig did all the academic stuff. My education was very poor: the NZ state school system, including an expensive girls’ boarding school, did not cater to my kinaesthetic learning style (My parents did all they could to [...]