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 LM> No hurry for the info. I'd just like to know that I'm not
 LM> the only Lutheran in the country who homeschools.
 PS> 
 PS> Well, you're not.  For starters, my wife and I are Lutherans
 PS> (Missouri Synod "flavor"), and we've been formally home educating
 PS> since 1987. 
Thanks for letting me know that I'm not alone. We are members of an
ELCA Church here in our town but are currently driving over an hour
one way to get to the nearest Missouri Synod Church. We are praying
about whether or not we should stay with the ELCA Church. We are not
life long Lutherans and therefore we didn't know about the ELCA at
the national level. We are not very happy with the liberal stand of
the ELCA.
 PS> I can't think of any other Lutherans we know that home educate,
 PS> though. 
 PS> Seems to me, though, that I've heard of a newsletter by a Missouri 
 PS> Synod couple for home educators.  I've never pursued it, though, and 
 PS> if I still have the address, it's *well* buried.  If Cindy Lee
 PS> "strikes out," or if it turns up during our current re-organization
 PS> efforts, I'll post it for you.
Thank you but I've already subscribed to it. Just got in touch with
them about a week ago. Very reasonable rate and a nice size
newsletter with some very good info. They even have a "Conference" in
August in Indianna somewhere.
 PS> What sort of curriculum (if any), do you use?  We're enrolled in the 
 PS> Advanced Training Institute, sometimes called ATI.  It's not at all
 PS> Lutheran, but it's working very well for us.
Is that the Bill Gothard stuff? I've heard that its good. A family I
know locally (not Lutheran) uses it.  Or is that supposed to be Bill
Gather?
We use a lot of different stuff. I use Rod & Staff for reading, math,
English, and spelling. The English is probably going to be chunked
soon though. We've started Writing Strands for creative writing and
it looks promising. We use Bob Jones Science. The Bible Study Guide
for All Ages is what we use for Bible (a family affair).
I've found the Reading and Math from R&S to be the best for us. All
of their readers for 1st  - 4th grades are Bible stories beginning
with Genesis and going through Paul's missionary journeys. Their math
really impressed me when I compared the word problems to the word
problems in the Math text I was using from Christian Liberty Academy.
The child is required to think and not just look at the problem,
without reading it and grab the numbers and make a problem to solve.
My son, Travis, is 8. Andi, my daughter, is 7. Andi just started
second grade and Travis started third. We began our school year on
July 1 with the intention of going year round (4 days a week).
Tell me more about you and yours. Nine years, my hats off to ya. We
are in our third year.
Great to hear from you.
Your Sister in Christ,
Lisa McIntosh
     Lisa McIntosh       lmc@tracks.cpxl.com
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