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Core Values mini-poster: Selected Scriptures organized by core value character trait; post on the fridge for quick reference! Choose  KJV or NIV.

Supporting Verses for Core Value Character Training: Faith 

Values-Driven Discipleship offers helps for Biblical Instruction and tips on leveraging everyday "teachable moments." This tabbed, spiral-bound manual (also available as an ebook) includes a comprehensive listing of topical Scriptures for all twelve core value character traits--over 100 pages of verses, organized and indexed for ease-of-use. We offer for FREE the supporting verses for FAITH so that you can see just how easy--and rewarding-- it can be to bring the Word into your day-to-day family life.

Core Value Behavioral Encouragement Chart: Don't just punish misbehavior; instead,proactively encourage your kids to "do it God's way!" This chart can help. Includes chart template and "Target Behaviors" listing.

Related Blog Posts: Encouraging your Children with the Core Value Progress Chart 

Set of 2 Editable Planner pages
(one home management, one homeschool)

 Microsoft Excel Family Budget

If you're looking for more hands-on, "how-to" guidance in the area of budgeting or family finance, check out The Values-Driven Family; we cover budgeting in detail in Part Four ("The Dreaded B-Word: Budget!")

This is a user-friendly Microsoft Excel workbook that allows you to customize inputs, enables financial accountability, and tracks budget status in real-time.

The workbook has clearly marked tabs for different worksheets, including setup, ledger, and status report. The graphs show visually how your spending for the month (or annually) compares with your budget amounts.

Related Blog Posts: Stewardship Tips Using the VDF Excel Budget Workbook 
                             "Change Management" in the Home

Love Coupons for Married Couples

In The Values-Driven Family, we discuss many practical ways of developing and maintaining more positive marital and family relations in the "Team Building" section of Part Four.

Use our unique "coupon book" for married couples to remind your spouse of your love. This printable .PDF includes ten different coupons plus a front and back cover so you can make your own gift booklet. Each coupon includes graphics and an uplifting Scripture.

For household scheduling help, check out the section on time management in Part Four of The Values-Driven Family

Children's Chore Chart (editable, with clip art)

For an in-depth discussion of children and chores, be sure get your copy of The Values-Driven Family.The chapter on Team Building in Part Four focuses on working as a family and implementing chores for children, and tries to answer that all-too-common question: "How do you get your children to do chores when they don't want to?"

A customizable template in MS Word. Blank charts and a sample chart are included in the file, as well as some clip art so that it can be used with your pre-readers.

Related Blog Posts: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness?
                             Children and Chores: the "Why" and "How" of Putting your Kids to Work
                             High Standards, Realistic Expectations
                             The Great Allowance Debate: Our Two Cents

Bible Memory Verse Posters  (set of 5)

The parental responsibility of spiritual instruction is a foundational precept for us here at Values-Driven.

For a more in-depth look at  child training, using the Bible as a foundation for teaching and training, and using the "core value" concept as a supplement to Bible teaching, make sure to get your copy of The Values-Driven Family. These concepts are discussed in Part Two ("Pointing our Kids in the Right Direction: Training").

The Values-Driven Discipleship manual helps you bring the Word into your day-to-day routine. It offers Scripture Memory methods for the family and helpful tips for maximizing both family devotional times and everyday "teachable moments."

The following verses are printed and illustrated with clipart (in NIV): Ephesians 4:2, Proverbs 10:4, Ephesians 6:1-3, 1 Corinthians 13:4-6, and 1 John 2:10.

Homeschool Grade Book/Report Card Generator (MS Excel)

The Values-Driven Family explores some of the foundational reasons for and benefits of homeschooling using a common-sense, Biblically-based "good, better, best" paradigm. See the "Risk Management" section of Part Four.

This nifty Microsoft Excel workbook is designed to input grades for a single student, either for a semester or for a whole year (depending on the number of assignments). 

There is a data input page for each assignment category, where you can list a brief descriptor of the assignment and input a numerical grade. A report card is automatically generated with both numerical and letter grades.

There are only a couple of limitations with the report card that we know of: the number of assignments per page is fixed. Thus, if you are recording grades for many assignments this will suffice for a shorter period (like a quarter) whereas if you grade fewer assignments you can likely use it for a whole year.

Also, in order for the report card to do the necessary math and generate a grade, there must be grades listed for each category. In other words, if on the setup sheet you say that quizzes count for 20% of your final grade but you have not yet had a quiz for the period, your final grade will do the math as if the quiz input is zero. Thus, unless you have some data for each category, your grade report will not be accurate.

Note that the sheet is automatically set up to track class work, homework, quizzes and tests. If you do not have assignments in one of those categories, you would simply input the weighted average as zero. However, this will increase the percentage weight of the other assignments.

Related Blog Posts: Dangerous Intersection: Homeschool and Life
First Things First: Majoring in the Majors with Homeschooling
The Heart of Christian Homeschooling
Top Ten Mistakes of Homeschoolers

These downloads have been provided by the generosity of Values-Driven partners. We hope you will thank them by patronizing their sites. We are not responsible for the content of external links, but believe that these materials and other Partner resources can be a benefit to your family.

Answers for New Christians (SalvationKids.com)
and HelpforHomeschoolMoms.com

Ebook Excerpt from Answers for New Christians by Robin Khoury
 
Answers For New Christians helps young children understand the Christian faith. They gain assurance of salvation and remember their salvation after they fill out the family keepsake section. Children love reading the twenty-six stories, coloring the pictures, doing the Bible fill-ins and puzzles. Friends Disciple Dan, Baby BiC (Baby in Christ), and Mr. Owl make learning fun. You read, they color.  Robin Khoury, a homeschooling mom for sixteen years, wrote Answers For New Christians to help the children at her church. It was hammered out on the anvil of real classroom experience—but Mrs. Khoury (aka Miss Robin) designed it for one-on-one instruction. (Do you think that being a homeschool mom had anything to do with that?) So without knowing it, Miss Robin, a homeschooling mother, created a perfect salvation unit study!  See the rave reviews on her website from homeschooling mothers! www.salvationkids.com. 72 pp. 

Robin also hosts HelpforHomeschoolMoms.com, a growing community hub where homeschool moms can find encouragement and information.

**Please note that this is a 16 MB file.**

Art of Eloquence

Ebooks by JoJo Tabares

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. -Proverbs 22:11

The Bible is full of scripture about communication skills because communication is a vital subject for Christians. Learning communication from a Biblical view is imperative and making each lesson fun is vital! At Art of Eloquence we do both! We invite you to sample two of our fun and creative eBooks: God's Word on Communication shares just a few Bible passages and is beautifully illustrated. Say What You Don't Mean features our very own "Foot in Mouth Man" and shares some MIScommunication funnies! For more information, visit

www.ArtofEloquence.com.

Biblical Womanhood
and MoneySavingMom.com

Make-Ahead Batters ebook by Crystal Paine

New ebook from Biblical Womanhood! The Paine family's favorite make-ahead batters for waffles, pancakes, and French Toast. Also included are some great ideas to speed up breakfast preparation.Retail value: $2.97

BiblicalWomanhood.com - Encouraging and equipping women and young women for the glory of God.

MoneySavingMom.com--Helping you be a better home economist.

Everyday Homemaking.com

Sample Chore Cards from The Everyday Family Chore System by Vicki Bentley

The Everyday Family Chore System: Household management training! Practical ideas for how to make a family chore plan work--from a busy mom of eight and foster mom of over fifty!

Includes the tried-and-true How-to-do-it cards now used successfully in many households, ideas for using the cards as a stand-alone system or to enhance virtually any other system you may currently use, plus tips on how to organize your household to maximize success.

88 pages (view Sample pages); coil-bound glossy cover. $17.99.

Companion audio CD available!1-hour workshop, "Getting Kids to Help at Home"; only $6.

These and many other articles and resources for Everyday Homemaking at www.EverydayHomemaking.com.

Graham Family Ministries

Menu Planning Made Easy; Because Life is More Important than Food! ebook by Sheri Graham

Menu Planning Made Easyincludes: 4 weeks worth of dinner menus, recipes, and shopping lists, Cooking & Money-Saving Tips to Make Your Life Easier, Forms & Instructions to Make Your Very Own Menus, and Ideas & Some Recipes for Breakfast, Lunches, and Desserts.

Visit www.school4jesus.com for more resources for home and school!

Graham Family Ministries - Encouraging Families in the Lord and His Ways

Homemaking911.com

Keeping Young Ones Happy and Occupied During School Time, MP3 audio by Malia Russell

This audio is excerpted from a teaching CD which also includes, "The Joy of the Lord is my Strength." It presents a philosophy for keeping young ones happy and occupied during school time, along with several fun and easy ideas for keeping toddlers busy while the rest of the family continues with school work.

Malia Russell is a home educator of four children ages 2-17, a writer, conference speaker and the director of www.homemaking911.com . Her primary ministry is encouraging and empowering mothers and Home Educators to seek God's Word when facing challenges and encouraging women in their biblical roles of wives and mothers. Check her website for many free tools and downloads for you to enjoy. 

**Please note that this is a 10 MB file.**

Computer Science Pure and Simple Curriculum. Kids aged 12 and up learn:

• Web page programming with simple HTML and free software Nvu
• Programming using the Logo language, created at MIT to spark creativity in kids
• Working with spreadsheets and newsletters

Logo Adventures Curriculum. Kids aged 8-12 learn:

• Computerized creative drawing
• Fun animations
• Programming a "board game"

Web Site ABC's, an e-book. Teens and older adults learn how to make a multiple-page Web site using Nvu, and also learn some marketing tips.

Premeditated Parenting is an international ministry which supports Christian parents in raising godly kids in a crazy mixed-up world. On the Web site, www.PremeditatedParenting.net , you'll find insightful, often-humorous, and encouraging articles; Freebies for your family; and many helpful parenting resources.

Cindy Rushton

50+ Ideas for Taking Care of Mom with BONUS audio, Say Goodbye to Super Mom

Our heartbeat is to encourage and equip moms for the awesome call they have in their homes. We have many ways that we do that. We hope you will visit our website soon so you can become familiar with e-zines, books, online workshops, and even our online Mom-to-Mom Radio Show. We bring our home to you across the many miles in many different modes. We think you will love it!

Whether you would like to know more about getting back to God's awesome design for marriage, mothering, or homeschooling...you need a breath of encouragement for your call as a godly woman...or you need easy ideas that will make homeschooling, homemaking, home-ministry, home business great...we pray that you will be encouraged and inspired to walk in Christ all along the way!

Ready to jump in? Well, be sure to grab a BIG CUP of tea...sit down for a bit... we will share a bit of our home--and heart--with you!  Don’t forget to see us online at our home on the web: www.CindyRushton.com.

SuperMom's Health and Wellness

SuperMom's Simple Guide to Super Salads ebook by Erica Johns  

In the second book in her Simple Guide series, "Supermom" Erica Johns shares her secrets to making delicious salads without a lot of fuss. You'll love her quick-and-easy approach to making salads available to your family all week long, and her healthy and fabulous recipes for healthy salad dressing that you'll love, Groovy Guacamole, Salad Sidekick, and Super Seasoned Seeds and Nuts. And there's more: information on the best inexpensive food processor on the market, how to wash your veggies for optimal safety (you'll be surprised!), and organic produce: Is it worth it?

At www.SuperMomsHealthandWellness.com, you'll find additional ebooks, online classes, and products such as Sweet Leaf Stevia, Teeccino Herbal Coffee, Larabars, and much more.

Toytown Treasures
Review Game for Homeschoolers

With a few ideas, you can bring a little fun into your homeschool routine! You can enhance your daily studies by creating your own review games, giving your student the opportunity to learn the presidents in order, or just doing a small unit study of the states.

You'll find these types of helpful ebooks plus free worksheets waiting for you at www.ToytownTreasures.com.

The Urban Homemaker
Soups and Stews for Busy Moms

The Urban Homemaker, a family run business, has been specializing in bread baking equipment and products for  better health in the Spirit of Titus Two for seventeen years.

Marilyn Moll's desire is to offer practical information to teach homemakers how to cook and bake with basic whole foods.  Marilyn is author of Fast and Healthy Menus for Busy Moms, A Beginner's Guide to Baking Bread, Breakfasts for Busy Moms, Sensational Summer Salads, Holiday Open House,  and Soups and Stews for Busy Moms.

She also writes for New Harvest Homestead, TEACH magazine, and From the Heart of The Urban Homemaker.  Her desire is to see busy families recover their health, re-learn the lost arts of cooking and baking with whole food ingredients, and return to the family dinner table.

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