pictures of seeds growing up from under the ground and the complete cycle
old fashioned beautiful balance scales
a wall built on the wall stone by stone with each one labeled
various pictures of ways of building foundations,
pictures of leaning tower of pizza and tall buildings tilting over to fall on crooked foundations
pictures of beautiful fortresses built on solid foundations
pictures of poverty and ignorance, and abundance with knowledge and understanding
pictures of choices, and scripture on choices and consequences
a clear division of time to work and time to play, time to study, and learn and time to play
choices, not forced teaching,...those who choose not to learn can leave
picture of a man reaping wheat in a long field to teach diligence
A big logo, Study to show yourself approved, a workman that need not be ashamed
swings and a see-saw, and balls, and bats, and hoops, and more
a telescope, microscope, an old 1950's Gilbert's Chemistry Set
old Knight Kit radio building projects
for physics a 12"speaker,and oscilliscope and voltmeter
levers, pulleys, wedges, triangles,cubes, balls, wheels on axles a bicycle wheel lined with lead and having wooded holding handles in place of the axel and a spinner stand upon which to stand while holding the gyroscope.
a spoon, candle, and sugar to show what happens to food when it is cooked and to teach the cycle of food from dust. Show stages of "cooking" from melted, to brown, to black.
would have many biographies, Kit Carson, for taming of the west includes his father in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Mexican War, the California War and the Gold of 1848 and the rounding up of the Indian Wars, and the war against wild-life (beaver and buffalo) in the west.
No coke machines but available cool-aid, cookies, peanut butter sandwiches, butter, oatmeal, and other cereals, wheatgerm, bacon,tomatoe,lettuce sandwiches, canned salmon for snack sandwiches,
bean-sprouts, oranges, our own garden if possible, and maybe a few chickens
Plenty of exercise, calesthenics, drills, marching in step,
Music lessons, piano, flute,guitar,trumpet, trombone,tuba,clarinet, sticks, triangles, bells, maybe a drum
plants, many kinds, and growing beans, and sweet potatoes, and trees, inside by the windows
a plastic artistic skeleton, and anatomy pictures of bone,sinew, and muscle.
a fish bowel,
a water purifier system, as large as possible with clear plastic sides
old good poetry books
a handful of the more philosophical thinking sci-fi books from the 40's -60's.
A teacher who loved to teach and knew their subjects.
Flexibility to follow a subject through according to interest from the students.
lessons on breath and health, anatomy and posture, exercise and why blood, oxygen, exercise, food, sleep, posture are important
Training to discipline and self-control instead of siliness,foolishiness and wiggling
a great library, 1952 Encyclopedia Britannica, old books, nothing from Scholastic except for demonstration of why not,
The math book research material would have detailed in depth explanations of step by step reasoning with plenty of examples and even narrative to support
the history book would have plenty of material on great men and their lives
an 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary of the American Language
complete KJV Bible with preface and introduction as originally printed
time-line on an orchard from a single seed
lessons on repeating patterns as in a seed, life, and history, Christ and God
pendulum, plumb-line, square,
would teach lessons from a dot, line, circle, square, triangle
would teach true scientific theory, including ability to reproduce the experiment...
would show the geologic layers equivalent to what is called millions of years that happened in a few hours at Mt. St. Helen in our century
would show creation science as it exists
would teach proverbs and psalms and Sermon on the Mt and the milk of the word and the law of the word
would have field trips to a creek at least ten feet across, preferably twenty or thirty (100 would be too wide. Why? Can't observe that far.) and learn the art of watching ants, bugs, drawing in the dirt, looking under the bark of a tree, throwing a pebble into the stream and watching the ripples interfer with one another and seeing what we could learn as we watched the ripples rebound off the shore and one another.
would fly a kite
would teach basic body movements of balance and strength and agility
would watch a cat waking up after a nap as it stretches and flexes and see what we could learn
would teach about the oxygen floating brilliantly through the body and brain
would teach about choices, the way God commanded us to teach
would show the little book from Og Mandino on Choices and use it to build a case for the ultimate choices
would compare Ann Ryan's writings on love and the scriptures on love
would compare concentration camps of all nations and the book of Romans on the depravity of man, and tell about the torture chambers in San Quentin
would explain why the gov wanted Indian children to attend white man's schools off the reservation, why Hitler had his schools, and why Stalin had his, and why the NWO has planned theirs and is implementing them in the USA as well as third world countries and elsewhere.
There's more but this will give you the main idea.
Would look to convey the appropriateness of due order and beauty.
Would certainly mention why stores and convenience stores are beginning to play classical music instead of heavy metal. They see less crime that way.
A clear presentation to the students of the foundations as it relates to strength and stability of finished results.
Foundations are ideas, stories, environment, abc's, numbers, beauty, consistency, health
Requirements to master the foundations, expectations to master them, even with beauty and style
But I cannot go on here, for time must be used for paying the bills now.
Contact me at larry@christianparents.com