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We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience and live without heart;
We may live without friends, we may live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without cooks!

He may live without books-what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope,-what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love, -what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
By Owen Meredith

Welcome to the Educators At Home Library. We hope you will enjoy this spot and find it to be a useful resource. Please  come here often to find  historical documents, verses, quotations, poetry, lists, mission statements, proverbs  and other useful information for your homeschooling. Please do not directly link to downloads.  We simply do not have the bandwidth to support this. You may freely download the files for your personal use.

Blessings,

Educators at Home

We’ve decided to add a place where we can share some of our favorite books  we have read with our children.   Many of these are older books, out of print, or  books that are being pulled from library shelves only to be replaced by revisionist propaganda. We will recommend books that we have carefully chosen that we consider to be character building books worthy to be read more than once or kept in a library for future generations. I appreciate the quote on the Lamplighters Books website “Building Character one story at a time”  Anne and I hope you’ll enjoy our list and have a chance to read some of these wonderful books.

TechnoDad

I guess the old saying is true, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my Mother after all!” I find that I do not tolerate these words very well either, and it is fortunate for my children that they are rarely bored. They have quickly learned that only boring people are bored and chores will miraculously clear up their dull and disinterested dispositions. Curiously, homeschoolers seem to rarely suffer from this ailment. Perhaps it is  because they are accustomed to spending more time at home, filling up their days with useful tasks.

None of our family members are bored because there are always irons in the fire….books to read, projects to complete, cleaning  etc. Our struggles though, are in making the right choice  or best choice about how we will spend our time. Choosing a video game or watching a video often is our choice instead of something more commendable.
Because my boys sometimes seem to need more direction and instruction, I’ve prepared a list for them to use when they are having a difficult time choosing worthy tasks to fill up their day. I hope you will enjoy our list and perhaps come up with some ideas for your family. Enjoy your children….they grow up so fast. Life is too short to be bored!  ~Anne

Ephesians 5:15-17 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might

Pray about what the Lord would have you to do.

memorize Bible verses
organize toys
play ball outside
clean up yard
bake something
learn a new song on piano
learn a new Christmas song
ride recumbent stationary bike  until you are tired
walk the dog
write a letter
draw
choose new book to read
bake something to give to neighbor  
mow yard
play scrabble or other game
organize baseball cards
clean fish tank
play with Legos
set up easel and paint
jump-rope
do laundry
clean garage
empty dishwasher
brush dog/ feed/ water
play ball with dog
tidy family room
make mom a cup of tea
vacuum
practice banjo/mandolin
practice music theory
Online Spanish                                                               
practice typing
call Grandma
penmanship
memorize founding document/ poem
pray for someone
write your own biography
add a journal entry
scrapbook
sketch in nature journal
perform a good deed
plan dinner for Mom
push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks
arm wrestle with brother/dad
write a letter to representative/congress
rake the leaves
clean up house, prepare dessert and invite friend over
figure out how to play hymn on piano (by ear)
study history facts flash cards
Learn something new
Clean out car
Wash car
using tape recorder, interview each other
make up a skit
begin a new writing assignment                  
collect leaves
collect bugs, rocks, shells etc.
make a bird house
fill up bird feeders
make Christmas ornaments
pick one room of house to thoroughly clean
dust living room furniture
organize bedroom closet
call a friend in order to encourage them
practice writing
brush and floss your teeth/Shower
gather cans and bottles to recycle
work a puzzle
work on a model airplane/ship etc.
Read a question Answers 1 & 2 by Ken Ham
Ask Dad if you can help him with anything
Ask Mom what you can do to help
Plan healthy dinner menu for week & check with Mom
Play Chess
Read about a Missionary
Set Table for next meal
Find a cluttered spot(hot spot) and clean it up
straighten shoes in entry way
clean up doggie doodles in yard
organize school supplies (pens, pencils etc.)
Organize computer games, video’s etc.
quiz each other history trivia

Read the Constitution
To Be Continued

A Prayer for Guidance

O eternal and everlasting God, I presume to present myself this morning before thy Divine majesty, beseeching thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past from all the dangers poor mortals are subject to, and has given me sweet and pleasant sleep, whereby I find my body refreshed and comforted for performing the duties of this day, in which I beseech thee to defend me from all perils of body and soul….

Increase my faith in the sweet promises of the gospel; give me repentance from dead works; pardon my wanderings, and direct my thoughts unto thyself, the God of my salvation; teach me how to live in thy fear, labor in thy service, and ever to run in the ways of thy commandments; make me always watchful over my heart, that neither the terrors of conscience, the loathing of holy duties, the love of sin, nor an unwillingness to depart this life, may cast me into a spiritual slumber, but daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy son Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time attain the resurrection of the just unto eternal life bless my family, friends, and kindred.

Thomas Jefferson

A Prayer for the Nation

Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people, the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

–Washington D.C., March 4, 1801

Abraham Lincoln  

A Prayer for Peace

Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continues… until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid another drawn with the sword… so still it must be said that the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

–Second Inaugural address, March 4, 1865

Ronald Reagan

A Prayer for Healing

To preserve our blessed land we must look to God… It is time to realize that we need God more than He needs us… We also have His promise that we could take to heart with regard to our country, that “If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

Let us, young and old, join together, as did the First Continental Congress, in the first step, in humble heartfelt prayer. Let us do so for the love of God and His great goodness, in search of His guidance and the grace of repentance, in seeking His blessings, His peace, and the resting of His kind and holy hands on ourselves, our nation, our friends in the defense of freedom, and all mankind, now and always.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America… Our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal. Today, we utter no prayer more fervently than the ancient prayer for peace on Earth.

If I had a prayer for you today, among those that have all been uttered, it is that one we’re so familiar with: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace….” And God bless you all.

–From a speech to the American people, February 6, 1986

More prayers of past presidents may be found at belief.net