A guide to homeschooling for overwhelmed parents. A practical, welcome aid for overcomng initial anxiety over homeschool for your children, this detailed-but-readable look at getting started (and maintaining) with a workable plan is written by well-known homeschool consultant Marsha Hubler. With invaluable checklits for getting started, sample yearly calendars, and detailed items like student transcripts, field trip records, and web addresses, this true "survival guide" makes it easy and lays the groundwork for a winning experience.

This helpful book enables overwhelmed parents to see the big picture by helping tailor a curriculum for each child's specific needs and gives practical advice for working with homeschool evaluators, taking standardized tests, and injecting discipline necessary for academic success.

After much persuasion, the juvenile court allows Eileen Chambers and her husband to take Skye into their home as a foster child. The angry wall Skye has built around herself slowly disintegrates as she discovers the joy of horses and finds acceptance, as well as discipline, in a Christian home. Her transformation is not easy, and there is a lot of conflict, but eventually Skye comes to understand God's unconditional love and forgiveness, finally turning to Him in prayer.

Even though she receives unconditional love from the Chambers, Skye's stubbornness keeps her from becoming a Christian. Finally, she can’t deny him any longer and accepts Christ. She's excited when Sooze, a friend from her old life, comes to live at the Chambers' house. But, when Sooze is diagnosed with brain cancer, both girls must confront the reality of death. Skye's faith is tested and deepened as she forgets about her own problems and cares for her friend.

KEYSTONE STABLES BOOK 3: TROUBLE TIMES TWO

Skye and Morgan have their hands full trying to share God's love with Tanya Bell, an African-American girl and a runaway who becomes a foster child at Keystone Stables. Tanya is a veteran shoplifter. But when one of the mares dies giving birth to a foal, Tanya is transformed as she takes responsibility for the foal.

KEYSTONE STABLES BOOK 4: TEAMWORK AT CAMP TIOGA

Skye and her friend Chad work as teen counselors at Camp Tioga, a special needs summer camp in the mountains of Pennsylvania. One of the young campers who is deaf, Jonathan Martin, causes havoc no matter where he is or what he's doing at the camp. Skye, who has taken a crash course in American Sign Language, tries her best to communicate with him. But when Jonathan and his horse Buddy disappear into the hills, Skye and Chad must lead the rescue to find them.

KEYSTONE STABLES BOOK 5: THE WINNING SUMMER

Skye finds her faith and patience tested as she, Chad, and Morgan teach riding lessons to four special needs children, including Katie Thomas, who is blind. Upset about her parents' pending divorce, Katie is withdrawn and bitter at God and the world. With faith and friendship, Skye tries her best to show Katie that her parents - and God - will always love her, no matter what. But will Skye's efforts be good enough?

KEYSTONE STABLES BOOK 6: SKYE'S FINAL TEST

Skye's foster parents have opened up Keystone Stables to four special needs kids for the summer, and Skye will help to mentor them. However, Skye becomes annoyed with one of the students, Joey Klingerman, a friendly Down syndrome teen who takes a liking to Skye right away. She's both embarrassed and furious when he calls her his girlfriend, and she treats him harshly when others aren't around. But when Joey's horse comes up lame on the day of the horse show, Skye is faced with a big decision: will she continue to push him away or show him God's love?

Getting to know and trust someone takes time. It's also a give-and-take experience. When it comes to our relationship with God, He speaks to us through the Bible; we talk to Him through prayer. But prayer is not an easy discipline. You may have a husband and children. You may have a career outside your home in addition to your job at home. You may serve in your local church. You may be thinking, "There's no way I can develop my prayer life!" But there is! You can commune intimately and meaningfully with God! "How?" you groan. In her book DRAW ME CLOSER, LORD, Marsha Hubler shows the way.
Through this study, you will:

• discover what God says about prayer,
• learn to value prayer,
• get practical help in finding time to pray,
• find helpful ways to pray effectively for others.

Do you like mysteries? Does the idea of adventure and hidden treasure appeal to you? Come and ride along with Boots Seiler and his sister, Cora, their two ponies, Shadow and Snowball, and their dog, Scooter, as they solve mysteries in Coaltown in the 1920's.

• 9 chapters
• 80 pages
• Ages 6-10 (who love mysteries!)
• Read an excerpt from Chapter One