When Randy and I first thought about and decided to homeschool, the main motivation behind our decision was that we wanted our kids to have solid Godly values and morals to base their decisions on so that they wouldn’t be swayed by other kids who were making bad decisions.  In order to do that effectively, the word of God needs to be the main focus but I’ve found it very hard to incorporate scripture throughout the day while I’m trying to teach Ethan letters, sounds and math.  I tried starting our day out dancing and singing to worship music for 15 mins. or so and then we’d sit down and read a devotional out of the kid’s bible and talk about what it meant in their lives. 

It was good but not good enough.  It wasn’t following Deut. 6 where it says we’re to talk about them when we sit down, when we get up, etc.  We talked about it in the morning but then that was it.  The kids never thought about it again unless I’d think of some way to incorporate it into the day.  I was finding it very frustrating because it seemed like learning to read and solve math problems was more important than the word of God because that was our main focus throughout the day. 

Well....I found something that I am SO excited about!  I was browsing through this website: www.homeschoolreviews.com and came across the ‘SOW curriculum’ which stands for ‘Student of the Word’.  Every subject except math is taught using the word of God.  I can’t wait to get into it.  The testimonies from people who have used it are very encouraging.  It’s the tool that I’ve been looking for that will help me disciple my kids.  I can’t wait to see the fruit from it!