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About Brian Shepherd

Brian Shepherd is a home school dad, Sunday school teacher, and certified financial planner. He lives in Garland with his wife Phyllis and two children, Adrian and Hannah. Brian has a B.S. in chemistry from Texas A&M University and a Master of Biblical Apologetics and Christian Education from Institute for Creation Research. He teaches the science in his family home school. His enjoys reading nonfiction and traveling in his spare time. He can be contacted by email at TheShepherdFlock@Verizon.net. He welcomes emails with queries and comments on Biblical and scientific topics as well as about home schooling.

Let’s Think About That …

by Brian Shepherd 1 Comment

Let’s Think About That …

Part of the growing-up process should include learning to think properly. We live in an age where children (and adults) are perpetually blasted with messages of so-called “truths” by way of television, the Internet, radio, music, and the written word. The secular world would have us believe that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Encouragement, Home School Helps and Hacks

A Series of Coincidences

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My wife and I decided to include science as part of our curriculum when we first began homeschooling at the pre-K level and have been teaching it ever since. We have been genuinely pleased with the decision after eight years of teaching. When asked, the children almost always agree that science is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Encouragement, Home School Helps and Hacks

Date Night at the Convention

by Brian Shepherd

The first homeschool convention/book fair I ever attended was in Plano during the late summer of 2001. Our children were just three and 1½ years old at the time. My wife and I had both experienced public and private schools as children, and as a result we knew some of the pluses and minuses of those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home School Helps and Hacks, Home Schooling Fathers

Old Fort Parker

by Brian Shepherd

On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, my family and I embarked upon a mini-vacation to Old Fort Parker, located between Mexia and Groesbeck. When we arrived around noon, the digital thermometer on the rearview mirror of my Chevrolet Tahoe registered 106° F. It was hot! It reminded me of the last time I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home School Helps and Hacks, Home Schooling Fathers

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