A Quote for the Day

Suffer not to teach the child, for knowledge acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Rather, find the natural bent that the child may learn. ~ Plato

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll
You are Special - Max Lucado

Easy Readers
Athletes of Faith - Kirsti Newcombe

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)
Christian Faith 101-Enoch: The Walk of Faith Hebrews 11:5-6 - John MacArthur
Christian Faith 101-The Substance of Faith Hebrews 11:1-3 - John MacArthur

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams and Revelations, Part 1 9/28/1993
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Genesis, Part 2 09/27/1994
Genesis, Part 3 10/4/1994
Place & Role of Sex in the Bible 11/30/1993
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)
God's Disappearing Act 12/5/1993 Paulette Seagraves (Student Minister)
Wait! Rev. Mary Minor 12/12/1993 (Fame Staff)
Whose Mission Is in Your... Rev. Jay Armstrong (Student Minsiter) 12/5/93
Still Crazy After All These Years 12/26/93 Pastor Cecil L. Murray
A Living Trust 9/25/1994 Pastor Cecil L. Murray
Turnips that Don't Turn Up 3/27/1994 Pastor Cecil L. Murray
71st Annual Conference - So. California
Rev. Ira Woodfin Dickason - Calif Conf. Branch WMS 10 am 8/23/1995


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift
The Simply Grand Quigley Band: Hide 'n go Sneak (Honesty)

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

Focus on the Family
Cassette: Keys to the Human Heart/Blessing Others - Gary Smalley/Dr. John Trent
Cassette: Encouragement for Single Parents - Mr. Bob Barnes

Studying... Music

CD
Classical Kids - Mr. Bach Comes to Call
(After the dramatic send-off of his music into space aboard Voyager II, Mr. Bach drops in on a little girl at the piano - along with his magic orchestra and choir)


Picture Books
Mozart - The Wonder Child - Diane Stanley (A Puppet Play in 3 Acts)

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll
You are Special - Max Lucado

Easy Readers
Athletes of Faith - Kirsti Newcombe

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift
The Simply Grand Quigley Band: Hide 'n go Sneak (Honesty)

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

Studying ... US/American History

Videotapes
Portrait of America: Alabama (VHS)
Portrait of America: Mississippi (VHS - 49 miutes)
note - The Portrait of America series was checked out from the County of Los Angeles Public Library system (colapublib.org)
Roots

Book on CD
Land of Lincoln (Adventures in Abe's America) - Andrew Ferguson 11 hours
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas - Russell Freedman

Easy Readers
The Library of Living and Working in Colonial Times Series:
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Indigo Planter - Laurie Krebs
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Lighthouse Keeper - Laurie Krebs
Cornerstones of Freedome: Yellowstone National Park - Deborah Kent


Music
A Musical Journey in the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark (CD)







Picture Books
Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth - Jane Yolen

Studying... Black History/African-American History

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes
Sports Immortals: Jesse Owens - William R. Sanford & Carl R. Green
Grolier All-Pro Biographies - Barry Sanders - Mark Stewart
Cornerstones of Freedom: Mary McLeod Bethune - Patricia and Fred McKissack

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale
The Songhai Princess
Kwanzaa Kwest

Studying... Science (Geology)

Some of the resources used in our homeschooling:

Picture Books -
Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth - Joanna Cole
Volcanoes - Seymour Simon

Studying... Science - Weather

Picture Books

The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurrican - Joanna Cole

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll
You are Special - Max Lucado

Easy Readers
Athletes of Faith - Kirsti Newcombe

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

Studying... World History

Resources we used in our homeschooling journey

DVD - Movie
The Tokyo Trial (The Tokyo Trial, which took place after WW2 ended, lasted for 2 1/2 years from May 1946 to November 1948). The prosecution team was made up of judges from 11 nations including Australia, Canada, China, France, Great Britian, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union and the USA. They sent 7 class A war criminals to the gallows.)

Picture Books
Hottest Coldest Highest Deepest - Steve Jenkins

Books We've used via LibraryThing

We're reading/adding books all the time. Hopefully, some of the books we've used will be of help in your own homeschooling journey

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton
The Empak Heritage Kids - Kumi and Chanti
Duke Ellington - AndreaDavis Pinkney

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes
Sports Immortals: Jesse Owens - William R. Sanford & Carl R. Green
A Rookie Biography: Katherine Dunham, Black Dancer - Carol Greene

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale
The Songhai Princess
Kwanzaa Kwest

Studying... Science (Geology)

Some of the resources used in our homeschooling:

Picture Books - Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth - Joanna Cole

Studying... Mathematics

Resources used during our homeschooling journey (a list in progress)

Picture Books
Equal Shmequal - Virginia Kroll (illustrator Philomena O'Neill)
Shape Me A Rhyme - Jane Yolen
Pigs Go To Market (Halloween Fun with Math and Shopping) - Amy Axelrod