Ginny’s Gems

Extracurricular activities? Veteran homeschooler and musician Karena Tapsak gives practical and fun ways to integrate music into your homeschool curriculum.

Too busy to pray? Diana Ragsdale shares why and how the simple act of at least one prayer to God every day yields astonishing spiritual fruit for your soul.

Are we too focused on chasing grades? Inspired by one of her own teachers, Patricia Purcell shares several activities that put the fun back into learning.

Overwhelmed with the whole “clothing thing”? Amanda Evinger finishes the Budget Buster series with tips for saving money when stocking the clothes closet.

Does the teacher need a sick day? Jennifer Elia offers her tried and true tips for keeping school and momentum going when sickness strikes your homeschool.

You carry around too much stuff, or not enough? Charles Foyle explains the six essential items he carries in his pockets. Customizable for the individual.

John Clark never met Mother Teresa. But we forget that we may be surrounded by other saints - who haven't been canonized. They may even be still alive!

Sometimes small changes yield great happiness. Dr. Kalpakgian considers what literary characters can teach about finding the missing element in our lives.

Amanda Evinger provides inspiration from the saints—the best of all educators—who can help you to start the school year with the right attitude.

To teach the Catholic Faith without government interference, since its founding by Warren Carroll, Christendom College has never accepted federal funding.

Only one real strategy guarantees life success. Courtney Kaderbek offers advice for how to know when you’re doing God’s Will, and how to follow your dreams.

In educating our children, Dom Baker offers us three concrete things that homeschooling parents can do to truly be the foundation of our own families.

Homeschooling veteran Patricia Purcell offers potential homeschoolers a realistic idea of what they can expect (and why it's still worth the journey).

John Clark says it's the quality time we provide them that our families notice most. Particularly when we're tired and spent and have nothing left to give.

On the Blessed Mother’s birthday, we can look to her parents, Sts. Anne and Joachim, to find valuable lessons on teaching the children God entrusted to us.

This year Seton is beginning to roll out interactive digital courses that combine the traditional homeschooling experience with cutting-edge online tools.

Simplifying is a constant work in progress. Abby shares ten simple organizational hacks to make your new school year more orderly, peaceful and manageable.

Amanda Evinger shares her discoveries to keep cleaning costs to a minimum while still getting a shining home for her family to study, pray and relax in!

Bob Wiesner introduces truth-seeker Rodney Stark, the author of 'Bearing False Witness', a brilliant expose 'Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History'.

Mary Kay Clark says the core of Catholic home schooling is living and loving the Catholic Faith and showing your children that Jesus is the Essence of life.