Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
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Tagged: character, character building books, older mom's recommendation, Storytime w/ the Millers, Wisdom and the Millers

This topic has 10 replies, 10 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 7 months ago by Lesley Letson.

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September 20, 2011 at 2:04 pm
2flowerboys
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We read Storytime w/ the Mllers last yr. And this yr we are reading the Proverbs one. OH my how I love it! Awesome character learning, family discussions, and discipline! And the boys are learning so much! We discuss the issue at hand. And then they copy the Proverb.
Just wanted to share if anyone was thinking of purchasing it!
September 20, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Tristan
Participant
Thanks for posting – I have the books and have forgotten to pull them out to read to my little ones. I’m going to start that today!
September 20, 2011 at 5:57 pm
momto2blessings
Participant
Ditto’s…love it here, too:)

September 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Dawn
Participant
We love all the Millers story books!
September 27, 2011 at 6:28 pm
ebcsmom
Participant
We are reading it right now and LOVE it too!! We have read the more of their books and LOVE them all! A must have for any family!
September 27, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Wings2fly
Participant
That is Wisdom with the Millers, right? We have it, but have not read it yet. We have four stories left in Storytime with the Millers and we read some of the Missionary stories as we study the countries. We just read the two on China when we studied China earlier and the kids loved them.
September 27, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Wendy
Member
If you were to ask me what were the top resources impacting my children’s character during our Homeschooling, the Wisdom and the Millers books would be in the top three. My children now grown, I tell every young mom I know about them. (I’m having a giveaway right now on my blog of a set, in fact!) These books’ stories are still remembered–they’re so filled with Scripture and Biblical principles–I just love them and can’t recommend them enough. I also loan them out to the moms in my young moms’ group. My favorite is Wisdom and the Millers.
My friend, Kris, has written a Character Companion for them, published in 2010, and there are also workbooks and activity books for younger children and a coloring book now!
Every Homeschooling family needs to have them, in my opinion!
September 27, 2011 at 10:23 pm
thepinkballerina
Participant
My girls hate when I only read them ONE chapter a week! They want “MORE!” Very wholesome Godly book of wisdom.

Tara
September 28, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Lesley Letson
Participant
those are favorites here too – I am afraid sometimes my boys hold the Millers in higher standing than the Bible LOL! They will correct sometimes with, “you know, the Millers say….” 🙂
did ya’ll know there are some activity books to go along with them? Rainbow Resource has all of the ones I’ve seen. Rod and Staff also has them.
September 28, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Heather
Participant
This post is simply my opinion…please take it with a grain of salt.
I was looking forward to the Millers books and found Prudence and the Millers at a used sale so I snatched it up. I’m sure the other ones are great, but I only got halfway through the first chapter of Prudence. My first impression of the Millers from this book alone was not great. I am a conservative Reformed thinking Christian and the strong message about disease being caused only when people sin took me aback. They spoke of cigarette smoking as if it were the same as homosexuality. While I am not a smoker, I can’t condone teaching my children that all people who smoke get cancer and only homosexuals get HIV. According to scripture, we are all sinners and deserve death and Hell. We live in a fallen world, we sin because we are sinners, helpless to save ourselves which is why God’s grace is so good. While there are definite truths in scripture that the Lord gives about the relationship of obedience and blessings and of sin and curses to teach our children, I didn’t feel this was the way to do it.
September 29, 2011 at 11:36 am
Lesley Letson
Participant
Heather – we are Reformed thinkers as well (both hubby and I have been in Reformed Pres. churches for years before marriage and have always been since). I understand what you are saying about those books. I have had that reaction to a few stories here and there. But, where I landed on it was that I didn’t want to throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water – there are some GREAT stories in those books. There have been some that I have skipped altogether but others that we have read and then discussed in light of Scripture. I read something great about censorship with our kids books but I can’t remember where it was, but I believe the gist of it was that we need not avoid controversial books as often as we feel like we do. If we are always avoiding the controversial things, they are not as well prepared to deal with them when they run across them on their own. Anyways, I am choosing to not avoid those things that show slightly different views (considering my kids maturity of course) but rather to read those and then talk about it, always in light of Scripture, and looking at it from our worldview, how those in the story could maybe look at it differently. I think that helps them to be more discerning and not feel like they have to change their beliefs just because they hear an opposing one with a good argument, and can enjoy reading many things feeling confident in what they believe because they can better critique. Stories that show a legalistic perspective offer us an opportunity to discuss grace and forgiveness – for those who are in sin, but also for those who have the legalistic mindset – they need grace as well. Anyways, just my 2 cents and a little food for thought 🙂