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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