Abby Sasscer's favorite childhood memories were Field Trip Days. As a homeschool mom of 3, here are 3 ways that she nurtures her kids love for learning!
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by Mary Kay Clark | The Faithful Virgin was born full of grace. Nevertheless, she still had a free will, just as we do. Unlike us, however, Mary remained faithful throughout her life.
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by Mary Ellen Barret | When our homeschool lifestyle began, it was easy to let the prayer part of my life fall away since I was too busy to sit quietly.
Read More »5 Steps to a Better School Year
by Sarah Rose | We hope the following tips will aid you at the beginning of a new school year!
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by Mary Kay Clark | Active boys and girls need movement while they are learning. They like moving at the same time they are studying.
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by Lorraine Espenhain | Writing can be a lot of fun, and it can usher our children into glorious realms which they never knew existed.
Read More »Rejoicing in Our Children: 3 Ideas For A More Fulfilling Motherhood
by Emily Molitor | What does it mean to rejoice in our children? How do we rejoice, revel in, the vocation of motherhood?
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by Malia Lewis | From the moment, I say I'm homeschooling, I am met typically with either excitement or amazement.
Read More »Simple Ways We Celebrate The First Day of School
Abby Sasscer explores some fun and creative ways to start the school year, sure to keep everyone smiling, having fun and ready to focus on their work!
Read More »Heard of a ‘Practice Week’? Here’s 3 Ways We Prep for The School Year
So here we are with another school year looming upon us, and the panic mode is starting to set in with moms who follow the traditional September ...
Read More »Painting Pictures with Words: Why Children Need Books
by Lorraine Espenhain | So, there you have it, dear reader, the secret to all grown-up reading. Now let’s open up a picture book and paint away…
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by Emily Reshwan | Embrace the challenge of transforming your heart through joy and beauty. This is but the beginning, the first seeds of wonder.
Read More »What Are Your Top Tips For New Homeschoolers Starting Their Year?
by Mary Kay Clark | Before the school year starts, take a good week to look over all the courses, the textbooks, and tests. Take the time to become familiar with how it all should work.
Read More »Homeschooling from Our Domestic Shrine in Puerto Rico
by Luiggi and Jennifer Pérez | Being a Homeschooling family is not pure coincidence. We believe that God and our Blessed Mother have given us the mission to educate our children and ourselves.
Read More »Spiritual Discernment: How to Stay *Online* with God
by Lorraine Espenhain | How do we do it? He is the One who teaches us all things and gives us the spiritual understanding that we possess.
Read More »Living the Liturgical Year: Make ‘Ordinary Time’; Extraordinary!
by Monica McConkey | As Catholics, we enjoy our own special calendar, celebrating the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter as well as a significant number of weeks of Ordinary Time. It’s a shame really, that it’s called ordinary, because it’s still filled with plenty of Feast Days and celebrations that are quite extraordinary!
Read More »Simplifying the Command Center!
by Abby Sasscer | As promised, I will be giving you a quick tour of our Command Center which may be helpful as you gear up for another school year this September.
Read More »God, the Ultimate Educator: Sanctification through the Catholic Homeschooling Experience
by Angela Wilhelmi | How are Catholic families made holy through homeschooling?
Read More »Why did God Take It Away from Me?
by Lorraine Espenhain | Sometimes God allows us to go through seeming seasons of loss in our lives in order to move us into what I call 'greater gains'.
Read More »St. Clare of Assisi: Saint of the Eucharist
Those in the Franciscan Order, as well as lay people who are in the Franciscan Third Order, will be celebrating the feast of St. Clare of Assisi on August 12. ...
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