What is the best advice you can give to start off the new school year? Daily family prayer is essential for success in Catholic homeschooling. Start the day with prayer, ...
Read More »Your Questions… Answered
Do I need to return my children’s lesson plans at the end of the year? Yes, please return the lesson plans. Enrollments include the use of the lesson plans for ...
Read More »Good Saints Anne and Joachim, Pray for Us
On July 26th we celebrate the Feast of Good Saint Anne and her husband, St. Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the grandparents of Jesus. Frances Parkinson ...
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I have been homeschooling for a couple of years, but I think that we could accomplish more with a better schedule and routine. What do you suggest? The trick to ...
Read More »Your Questions… Answered
Why do you have specific books assigned for the first and second quarter book reports in the elementary grades? Since our graders cannot be familiar with every book that might ...
Read More »Sacramental Life
Of the seven Sacraments instituted by Christ, three of them—Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders—may only be received once. Two of the others—Matrimony and Anointing of the Sick—maybe be received more than ...
Read More »Seton Graduation Address 2010
This summer, across America, commencement speakers will congratulate graduates on their academic achievements, and challenge them to make a positive difference in the world using their new knowledge. These graduates ...
Read More »Reading Is Fundamental
While we often tell stories to our young children without books, also be sure to read stories showing pictures in a picture book. Read to your child stories of saints, ...
Read More »Realizing What We Have
Raising kids Catholic is what home schooling is all about for us Catholics. However, sometimes parents lose sight of the big picture and focus too much on the immediate picture. ...
Read More »Counter Cultural
The home schooling apostolate is a truly counter cultural movement, a contradiction to the current self-obsessed culture. The home schooling apostolate is evidence of an attitude of service to others ...
Read More »Boys Don’t (Usually) Like to Write
Parents often call our counselors and tell them that their boys don’t like to write. What many do not realize, unless they have several sons, is that most boys don’t ...
Read More »Boys Like Active Learning
Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares some great ideas for your boys to who don't like to be still during the homeschool day.
Read More »California Crisis
A few months ago, in February, we considered the decision of a lower court in California as a crisis. The court decided that home schooling is illegal in California unless ...
Read More »Teaching English in Primary Grades
We often receive phone calls from parents who ask about teaching English to their children in grades one through three. They wonder why we teach English when it is not ...
Read More »Little Things
Sister Josefa Menendez, who has not yet been declared a saint, but whose writings have been personally recommended by Pope Pius XII, gives us a great example of the quiet way to sanctity through devotion to daily duty. Sister Josefa received many visions from Our Lord. She obediently wrote His message of love, now published in the book The Way of Divine Love. During the Lent of 1923, Jesus revealed to her His sufferings, both physical and mental.
Read More »6 Tips to Improve Sacramental Family Life
Many Catholic families live their Faith only one hour a week by attending Sunday Mass. The rest of the week, the cares of the world impinge on the family, and the Faith is practically forgotten.
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