Essential Life Skills: Christian Homeschool Course on Manners, Communication, and Living Biblically in the Community

We’re all doing our best to raise polite, Godly children. Through this 25 week course, you will walk with your child(ren) through basic concepts of manners and etiquette to having serious conversations about finances, friendship, and what it means to live biblically in a world where it’s easy to do anything but that. This is a discussion-based course, designed for ages 6-16 where Mom (or Dad!) can tailor the conversations to your family’s rules, values, and preferences, and do so according to the maturity level of your kids. Each lesson contains a main concept, guidance from Scripture, and then discussion points and/or activities to do together to drive the message home. Scripture references are from a variety of Bibles. My personal study Bible is a New King James, my secondary study Bible is an NIV, and I sometimes use my husband’s or my son’s Bible. As well, sometimes I will use a New American Standard translation for a particular verse if I feel the translation is the same but with language that may be easier for children to understand (I remember specifically Proverbs 11:13 for this- “He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.”). You could definitely have a Bible on hand and look the verses up with your child to review different translations. In our home, we do these lessons on Wednesdays over lunch and then review the concepts within that lesson throughout the following week.