• Homeschooling in Russia!

    “I grew up in this country where, in a socialist country, communist country, which really tried to teach us not to think with their own heads. The government wants to make decisions for us. The doctors made decisions for us. In a country like ours, basically everything; your body, your soul, belongs to the government. You were not supposed to be asking questions or think outside the box.” – Andre Furmanov In this episode of the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast, Yvette Hampton speaks with Russian pastor and homeschool dad, Andre Furmanov, about how and why he and his wife began homeschooling and what homeschooling looks like in Russia. Andre Furmanov came…

  • What Does The Bible Say About Homeschooling? Encouragement From A Pastor

    I was invited to speak at the Annual Home Educators’ Day at the Capitol. Following are three encouragements I passed along to homeschooling families… Homeschooling Encouragement 1: The responsibility to teach and train children is on the parents’ shoulders. It’s not on the shoulders of the government, public school, or even the church. Three verses to support this conclusion… Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach [the words of God] diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.  The “You” is parents, and this teaching is supposed to go on all the time,…