Welcome To
Teaching Homes for Christ
Teaching Homes for Christ is a collection of Christ centered families that support each other in the endeavor of teaching some or all of our children at home.
Activities
Parents need support and encouragement when taking on the daunting task of teaching children at home. Teaching Homes for Christ tries to come alongside parents with many optional activities in discipling, parenting, and teaching children.
Homeschool 101
Topical discussion of relevant issues led by 26 year veteran homeschooling mom.
LIBRARY
A large collection of homeschooling materials and other books that can be checked out by members for a month at a time.
Outdoor Excursions
Interactive gatherings of member families with an educational purpose.
Book Club
Discussion of topical books giving time to relate to other members of the community.
Our Upcoming Events
22
January
Homeschool 101
Battling the Modern Paganism (and dealing with a secular world/how to negotiate literature and all forms of media through a Christian lens)
Event Info
Most of us like to think paganism a thing of the past, but like it or not, most of the world is sinking into indifference or unbelief and/or, worse, falling into rampant paganism and calling it ‘freedom.’ It is more important now than ever to identify modern paganism and arm our children with the proper tools for combat.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
5
February
Homeschool 101
PE/Boys in Winter
Event Info
Enough said. It is February and we are all stir crazy. Let’s figure out how to keep our children, and our boys especially, healthfully and heartily occupied while we are cooped up for long stretches—and how to count this activity as school.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
19
February
Homeschool 101
Attitude (and keeping kids interested and filled with enthusiasm/sibling rivalry)
Event Info
It’s that time of year when a character/attitude reboot is in order. Close living brings out all our habits—good, bad, and ugly—so let’s discuss ways to train our children to be Godly disciples filled with obedience, respect, and diligence.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
5
March
Homeschool 101
Finding Balance (and saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to requests)
Event Info
We are mostly through with our year and more likely than not things have strayed from our original plans and too many things have been added to our schedules. We need to rethink our priorities and discern when to say ‘yes’ and when to say ‘no’ to things asked of us.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
19
March
Homeschool 101
Discerning for High School (and record keeping/transcripts/vocations)
Event Info
This meeting is for those of you who have 6th, 7th, or 8th graders and are looking with some trepidation toward those high school years: can you do it? should you do it? what is best for the kids? what do the kids want? how do you meet requirements? what about languages or upper level math and science? How to discuss and find solutions to these questions as well as helpful tips on planning the high school curriculum and creating college-approved transcript will feature at this meeting.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
16
April
Homeschool 101
Service (and how involved should kids be in the planning of school/chores/life)
Event Info
Service is my knee-jerk reaction to any difficulty in life because it forces oneself and/or one’s children out of the Self and into the Selfless. There is no such thing as talking too much about different ways to serve others, especially as we look ahead to the summer months and begin planning for next academic year.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
24
April
Teaching Homes for Christ Annual Curriculum and Book Sale
Event Info
Location: Community Fellowship Church, West Chicago
Time: 1-5pm
30
April
Homeschool 101
Transitions
Event Info
The world and the media expect us to transition from one thing to something completely different within nanoseconds, but our natures require time to deal with transitions in a healthy way. Every year brings transitions of growth, new abilities, kids growing up or moving on, job changes, you name it. We need to find ways to cope with transitions because they will never stop.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
14
May
Homeschool 101
Marriage
Event Info
Keeping up on our marriages often gets lost in the to-do of raising children and homeschooling. We need to remember that we are modeling Christ’s love in the love we show for our spouses; our domestic churches are our children’s first taste of what is to come. We will talk about how to prioritize cultivating our marriages without dipping into the saccharine or the unrealistic.
7pm-9pm, email teachinghomes@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
21
May
Homeschool 101
Godly Roles for Male and Female
Event Info
God created us male and female, but according to our secular world, gender is yet another “choice” available to humanity. Never did we suspect that we’d have to teach our children about Godly roles for men and women, nor did we ever suspect it would be so difficult to find public role models of Christian men and women. It is time to face this issue head on and arm our children with confidence in who God created them to be while teaching them to love all our brothers and sisters in Christ.