Stories Equip Kids Better Than Lectures Ever Will - S.D. Smith

<p>You don’t just learn from a great story. You go there.</p><p>S.D. Smith explains what he means by “equipping” kids through literature: not dumping morals on them, but letting them accumulate virtues, affections, and lived experience inside a story. Lord of the Rings did more to make him love what he found in Scripture than most “Christian living” books. Nathan didn’t lecture David—he told him a story, and David felt it.</p><p>This clip is about inhabiting a story, reading aloud as a family pilgrimage, and Andy Wilson’s line that stories are catechisms for our bones. That is also why they are dangerous—in a good way or a bad one.</p><p>🎧<b><strong> Watch this full conversation on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast - </strong></b><a href="https://podcast.schoolhouserocked.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b><strong>https://Podcast.SchoolhouseRocked.com</strong></b></a></p><p><b><strong>Stream Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution for free!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ </strong></b><a href="https://schoolhouserockedmovie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b><strong>https://SchoolhouseRockedMovie.com</strong></b></a></p><p><b><strong>Get your FREE Homeschool Survival Kit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - </strong></b><a href="https://homeschool-survival-kit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b><strong>https://Homeschool-Survival-Kit.com</strong></b></a></p><p><b><strong>Support the Schoolhouse Rocked Ministry - </strong></b><a href="https://schoolhouserocked.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b><strong>https://SchoolhouseRocked.com/support</strong></b></a></p><p><b><strong>Sponsor:</strong></b></p><p>⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://libertyhealthshare.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://libertyhealthshare.org</a> - <b><strong>Liberty HealthShare</strong></b>⁠⁠⁠ is one of the nation’s oldest and largest healthcare sharing ministries, The non-profit is a caring community of health-conscious individuals and families who choose to support one another and agree to the Christian values of stewardship to make healthcare affordable for all. It serves thousands of homeschooling families across the country.</p><p><i><b><strong>Homeschool Insights is a member of the Biblical Family Network</strong></b></i><i><em>. </em></i></p>