A. Children should be taught the ways of the Lord.
Isaiah 54:13 (KJV) And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Psalms 78:4 (KJV) We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

B. Teach your children diligently.
Deuteronomy 6:7 (KJV) And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

C. Teach your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:9 (KJV) Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

D. Bring up children in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Tags: homeschooling, philosophy of education

Objectives here are those things needed to accomplish the purposes. I have taken these from my studies of the Principle Approach.

A. Research: searching for the source and purpose
John 5:39 Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have etrnal life: and they are they which testify of me.

B. Reason: reasoning from the Bible to deduce the principles
Acts 17:2 And Paul, as was his manner, went in unto them and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.

C. Relate: applying biblical truth
Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

D. Record: making a record of study and application
Exodus 17:14 And the Lord said to Moses, write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua.

Here’s what I have so far for the nature of education. These are essential qualities of education.
A. Takes place through conversation. Deut. 6:7
B. Happens all throughout the day. Deut. 6:7
C. Takes place everywhere. Deut. 6:7; Acts 5:42; Matt. 28:19
D. God’s Word is at the center. II Timothy 3:16-17
E. Involves the whole person–heart, soul, mind. Luke 2:40; Matt. 22:37

I may add more…but some of the other things I came up with I ended up putting into other sections.