Ginny’s Gems

In the mid twentieth century, John Holt attempted to popularize a method of home education, called un-schooling, which calls for parents to provide a rich environment in the home which ...

Kevin Clark explores God's invitation for us to be perfect, how incredibly forgiving He is when we're not, and Homeschooling works in the same manner.

This monthly column is devoted to examining the role of the Catholic father, and how we fathers can better live our calling. Mostly, it has been about theory. This time, ...

When I was a child, I loved reading so much that my mother had to pry me away from my books to get me to eat meals. As a result, ...

“Why can’t we ever do anything fun?” my seven-year-old son asked the other day. This is a common enough question from children. It struck me as odd this particular time, ...

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 ...

October is here and most of us have settled into our home schooling year. Let’s face it, more than a few are already feeling overwhelmed, and even veteran moms see ...

Most of you have already begun your school year, and first-timers may be discovering that home education is not quite what was anticipated. So many articles you read online spoke ...

Fathers, you think you’ve have a bad day. Let me tell you what your wife’s day has been like. 8:47AM.  The dog ran into the house and tracked mud on ...

There is a book and a movie called God is My Co Pilot, about Col. Robert L. Scott’s duty in China during World War II. The name of the book ...

Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares some great ideas for your boys to who don't like to be still during the homeschool day.

Because I have the worst directional sense of anyone I know, last summer I bought a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver for my car. Now, I never get lost driving, ...

Many parents were alarmed by the recent news from California when the Court of Appeals decided on February 28, 2008 to declare homeschooling illegal in California unless the parent is ...

As a home-schooling father of eight children, I have been asked to do a regular column on Catholic fatherhood in this newsletter, and specifically, Catholic fatherhood in the home schooling ...

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 ...

When the pagans looked at the early Christians, they marveled, “See how they love one another.” During His time among men, Our Blessed Lord taught us to love God and ...

The following article is based on Ginny Seuffert’s column ‘Answering Relatives’. One of the difficulties we home schooling parents, and students, face is remarks by relatives who do not understand ...

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 ...

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.

We are frequently asked “How do I motivate my child? He is simply not interested in his studies or doing his schoolwork!” Most Catholic parents home school because we are ...