Homeschooling while pregnant can be challenging. Amanda Evinger offers helpful hints on how to homeschool effectively and peacefully while pregnant.
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What We Gain When We Forget That Scruffy Hospitality
An article heralding scruffy hospitality garnered lots of positive views but Tara Brelinsky reflects that it missed the mark from a Catholic perspective.
Read More »Dispelling 5 Myths about College Majors
Choosing a major is not as important as you may think. Sam Phillips shows how a liberal arts education paves the way for a variety of successful careers.
Read More »How to Teach Current Events Without the Evening News
Understanding current events is essential to the learning process, but as Jennifer Elia explains, parents should be the newscasters for their children.
Read More »5 Healthy Dinner Tips & Tricks for Busy Homeschoolers
Too busy for dinner? Gina Berrios shares five shortcuts and tricks for menu planning to help you serve healthy dinners to your family (almost) every night.
Read More »Homeschooling Isn’t Always Easy, But It’s Worth It!
Amy Pawlusiak discusses common misconceptions about daily life as a homeschooling family and why, despite challenges, this life is better than most imagine.
Read More »The Noble Dreams of Fathers
A story of loving fathers and noble dreams. John Clark recounts the story of a homeschool father who loved his son's dream so much that he made it his own.
Read More »5 Ways to Make Music in Your Homeschool
Extracurricular activities? Veteran homeschooler and musician Karena Tapsak gives practical and fun ways to integrate music into your homeschool curriculum.
Read More »Why A Prayer A Day Keeps the Devil Away
Too busy to pray? Diana Ragsdale shares why and how the simple act of at least one prayer to God every day yields astonishing spiritual fruit for your soul.
Read More »8 Ways to Build Some Fun into Your School Year
Are we too focused on chasing grades? Inspired by one of her own teachers, Patricia Purcell shares several activities that put the fun back into learning.
Read More »6 Money Saving Tips on Clothing for Homeschoolers
Overwhelmed with the whole “clothing thing”? Amanda Evinger finishes the Budget Buster series with tips for saving money when stocking the clothes closet.
Read More »6 Things to Do When You Can’t Call in Sick
Does the teacher need a sick day? Jennifer Elia offers her tried and true tips for keeping school and momentum going when sickness strikes your homeschool.
Read More »The Manly Essentials–Organize Your Pockets, Organize Your Day
You carry around too much stuff, or not enough? Charles Foyle explains the six essential items he carries in his pockets. Customizable for the individual.
Read More »I Didn’t Know Mother Teresa, But I Know Other Saints. And So Do You.
John Clark never met Mother Teresa. But we forget that we may be surrounded by other saints - who haven't been canonized. They may even be still alive!
Read More »Simple Ways to Find the Missing Element in Your Life
Sometimes small changes yield great happiness. Dr. Kalpakgian considers what literary characters can teach about finding the missing element in our lives.
Read More »5 Quotes from the Saints to Inspire Your New School Year
Amanda Evinger provides inspiration from the saints—the best of all educators—who can help you to start the school year with the right attitude.
Read More »It’s a Wonderful Life – George Bailey and Catholic Colleges
To teach the Catholic Faith without government interference, since its founding by Warren Carroll, Christendom College has never accepted federal funding.
Read More »How to Find God’s Will – The Secret to Life Success
Only one real strategy guarantees life success. Courtney Kaderbek offers advice for how to know when you’re doing God’s Will, and how to follow your dreams.
Read More »3 Keys to the Foundation of the Homeschooling Family
In educating our children, Dom Baker offers us three concrete things that homeschooling parents can do to truly be the foundation of our own families.
Read More »Thinking About Homeschooling? You’ll Want to Read This First
Homeschooling veteran Patricia Purcell offers potential homeschoolers a realistic idea of what they can expect (and why it's still worth the journey).
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