by Jim Shanley “The dictionary is the biggest secret of excellent spellers and the thesaurus is the best friend of competent writers!” Dr. Mary Kay Clark, Director of Seton Home ...
Read More »Lives of Service: An Interview with a Homeschool Military Family
Seton is proud to have had the honor to interview one of our families who serves in the Armed Forces, the Adams Family of New Market, MD.
Read More »Sun, Sand, and… Science
By Kathy Rinker Picture the beach…the sand, the sun, the ocean. Imagine the sound of the waves rolling onto the shore, the sound of voices drifting through the air and ...
Read More »Pre-Schoolers & Prayer: Your Answers
On Facebook we asked: How have you taught your pre-schoolers to pray? What was their first prayer? What prayers do they like? What about prayers before bedtime and Grace at ...
Read More »A Foundation of Prayer
The Alger family discusses how they decided to homeschool back in 2003 when their two children, Haley and Joseph weren't happy in their school.
Read More »“Come to the Saints” with Glory Stories
by Kathy Rinker Car rides. They can be a blessing or a curse. They can be an exciting road trip or something that makes us want to pull our hair ...
Read More »Summer Activities: Your Answers
On our Facebook page we posed the question; “As the days are getting longer and warmer, what are your family’s favorite summer activities?” We thought our readers would like to ...
Read More »Strengthening the Family
by Zaida Wohleking | Our family’s homeschooling experience began when our oldest daughter Bianca was in the seventh grade. She had been enrolled in private and parochial schools but as she was growing older,
Read More »Creating Young Scientists
Who says Science has to be boring? Kathy Rinker shares just how much fun the Young Scientist Series is, and it is now available at Seton Educational Media!
Read More »Making Summer Learning Fun!
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 »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 »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 »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 »How Much Help Should I Give?
by Clare Schmitt One of our moms recently asked this question: “My son is in the 4th grade and seems to have trouble writing the paragraphs he is assigned. I ...
Read More »The Joy of Giving
Giving to those around us Is as simple as can be. If you go the extra mile and trust, And do so joyfully. Spend time with those around you, Within ...
Read More »How to Teach Science in Your Daily Life – Part 2
by Kenneth J. Stein, Ph.D. Some time ago, we taught our 10-year-old daughter how nature recycles water through the water cycle. I explained to her that this means all water, ...
Read More »5 Days ‘Til Christmas!
From Clare Schmitt Happy Tuesday! Only 5 more days until Christmas! I guess I was a little over-excited when I said 5 days yesterday. It was 5 days until Christmas ...
Read More »Two Weeks Left!
by Clare Schmitt Can you believe we only have two weeks left until Christmas? I think children give us a whole new perspective on Advent, on the preparation for the ...
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