Seton Magazine Catholic Homeschool Articles, Advice & Resources

By the time you read this column, I will be packing up every other weekend or so and traveling to Catholic home schooling conferences all over the United States. Faithful ...

1. My son has finished his math. May I buy the next book and have him start on the next grade level? 2. Will you be making supplemental videos for ...

Amid the general attack on Christian virtue in this modern world, it is sometimes all too easy to lose sight of individual virtues. The open floodgates of vicious behavior submerge ...

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | Try to understand why your husband is opposed, but have a conversation only if it can be without bitterness or argumentation. He may be opposed because he thinks you are not qualified to teach, or because the children are not being “socialized,” or because the children do not have opportunities for sports activities. Whatever the reason, try to become more informed about reasonable answers: you are using an accredited curriculum or you will have the children participate in activities with other homeschooled children.

A word to the wise: best-kept secrets can be in our backyard, our home state, so don't let these golden opportunities to explore and discover pass us by.

Mary Ellen has practical tips and a house full of fun activities to keep you and the kids on top when circumstances threaten to turn your world upside down.

When a Children’s Rosary prayer group is meeting a blue twinkling light flashes on the map. Seton Mom Blythe Kaufman gives a tour of the Children's Rosary.

Parents should make the final decision, but Dr. Mary Kay Clark says be careful with these subjects to avoid leaving a student with critical knowledge gaps.

Homeschool graduate Avellina Balestri, editor of a flourishing online Catholic literary magazine, shares how homeschooling prepared her for this mission.

Is being too busy inevitable in modern life? Heather Cook presents six practical time management tips from her experience as a homeschooling mother of five.

I’m a cradle Catholic, born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, the premier archdiocese of the United States. Here, when someone asks, “Where did you go to school?” they mean which ...

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 ...

There’s a new book that is especially relevant for Catholic home schooling youth. What makes this story of St. Philomena even more remarkable is that it is written by a thirteen-year-old girl, the age of our young saint when she was martyred.

Jim Morlino from Navis Pictures, Director of EWTN favorites 'The War of the Vendee' and 'St Bernadette of Lourdes', is helming a new film to be completed by December 2014. "The Sanctuary" is an exciting and poignant, feature-length drama set in 1949 about a group of plucky children who escape the "confines" of their orphanage - only to find themselves lost in a forest of confusion and unrest.

EWTN recently ran five interviews Mary Kay and John Clark conducted as guests on Johnnette Benkovic’s show “Women of Grace.”

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 ...

John Clark noticed that if you pass the litmus test of political correctness, you miss out on many simple, good things. Is it worth it? - Eat More Chicken!

What is Seton's Redo Policy for high school tests? Can junior high students take high school courses for credit? Your answers from Seton Counselors.

by Elaine Harrah | I dreaded the arrival of June 1st and longed for the beginning of August, when I would be busy with a new school year learning new things.

by Elaine Harrah | The only answer I can find is that I was afraid. I was afraid to take on the enormous responsibility of teaching her.