Keep up with your child’s learning even with all the fun in the sun this summer with these helpful ideas, and make plans to attend Mass in the mornings!
Read More »Reflections on Homeschool Conferences
I’m writing this post on an airplane heading towards on of the many Catholic homeschooling conferences I attend each spring and summer. Attendance at conferences is up this year after ...
Read More »Top 10 Reasons to Read ‘Ballad of the White Horse’
by Kathy Rinker Ok, so in my first post I outlined for you the praises of Chesterton and his writings. In my second post, I provided an assessment of Seton’s ...
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 »Assessing the New Edition of ‘Ballad of the White Horse’
by Kathy Rinker I finished reading Seton’s edition of Ballad of the White Horse last week. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Now, I am by no means a ...
Read More »Praise for ‘Ballad of the White Horse’
by Kathy Rinker Great poetry seems difficult to come by these days, doesn’t it? This is one of the many reasons why Seton has carried G.K. Chesterton’s book Ballad of ...
Read More »From Our Families: Discipline Secrets
Our question today is brought to you from a homeschooling mom: “What do you do with unmotivated kids, who try to beg and plead their way out of doing school ...
Read More »Military and Uniformed Service Academy Prep Program
A fully-accredited, Catholic high school program providing an Advanced Academic Diploma designed to prepare the student for admission to a Military.........
Read More »We Homeschool for Life! Meet the Jackson Family
One afternoon, while I was sitting outside watching my last brain cell fly away hand in hand with my last nerve cell, my neighbor came by. She sat beside me ...
Read More »Fatima and Lourdes
Many Catholics know about Our Blessed Mother’s apparitions at both Fatima and Lourdes. Many also believe that the message of Our Lady of Fatima is of vital importance to the ...
Read More »Obstacles
As readers of this column know, I recently wrote a book called Who’s Got You?, in the hopes of reminding Catholic fathers that theirs is a great calling. As part ...
Read More »Positive Changes: How and When to Tailor Your Curriculum
A big benefit of home education is the opportunity to make sensible changes or additions to the curriculum to accommodate a particular child’s learning needs. Of course, the wise homeschooling mom realizes that modification needs to be implemented...
Read More »Pope Benedict XVI Urbi et Orbi Message
May the jubilant voice of the Church reach all of you with the words which the ancient hymn puts on the lips of MaryMagdalene, the first to encounter the risen ...
Read More »Re-creation Inspiration!
Last weekend, my daughter graduated from college. (Summa cum laude — those Seton grads do okay for themselves!) The commencement ceremony was being held in Springfield, Illinois, home to Abraham ...
Read More »Feast of Mary Queen of Apostles
Devotion to Mary Queen of Apostles is one of the oldest in the Church. Traditionally, the feast has been celebrated on the first Saturday after the feast of the Ascension. ...
Read More »Why Is May Mary’s Month?
Marlicia Fernandez tells how dedicating the month of May to Mary is not only simply a tradition in the Americas, but in many other cultures as well.
Read More »The College Maze: From the PSAT to Scholarships
Parents with homeschooled students are often daunted by the whole college entrance experience. The process can be rather complicated, but if it is taken step by step, families can survive ...
Read More »Catholic Fatherhood: Dad, Love Your Wife
by Jim Shanley John Clark has completed a series of conversations about a Father’s vocation on Johnnette Benkovic’s EWTN show Women of Grace. The shows take an in-depth look at ...
Read More »Wrong Address
While attending Christendom College, sometime between Metaphysics and Economics class, I decided that I wanted to become a stockbroker. Many brokers begin their careers when they are a bit older—some ...
Read More »To Tailor or Not To Tailor My Seton Curriculum?
by Ginny Seuffert | Clearly, modifying a curriculum plan to suit an individual student’s talents and abilities is an essential benefit of home schooling...
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