At Seton we are often asked how many hours the actual schoolwork should take. The home school literature is brimming with advice on this very subject. I read once that ...
Read More »Be Sure You Receive Email From Seton
Be sure to receive your Emails from Seton, and make sure they are not being sent to your junk mail! Seton staff explains how this is done easily!
Read More »The Importance of Catholic Materials
Teaching the Catholic Faith to our children is our primary responsibility as Catholic parents. We must teach it mainly by good example, showing our children how to live our Faith ...
Read More »Seton Graduation Address 2010
This summer, across America, commencement speakers will congratulate graduates on their academic achievements, and challenge them to make a positive difference in the world using their new knowledge. These graduates ...
Read More »Pragmatism and Principle
Two men faced each other across the expanse of a wide room. Although events had pushed them together, the two could not have been more different. The one man had ...
Read More »6 Tips to Avoid Homeschool ‘Burnout’
Mother of 4 and speaker, Carole Breslin knows how home educators can get worn out or discouraged. Find out the 6 causes of burnout, and how to avoid it.
Read More »Why Should I Study That?
We sometimes receive calls asking “Why should I study Algebra? I’ll never use it again,” or “Why should I study literature? There’s nothing practical in it,” or “Why should I ...
Read More »Reading Is Fundamental
While we often tell stories to our young children without books, also be sure to read stories showing pictures in a picture book. Read to your child stories of saints, ...
Read More »Self-Evaluation
For nearly the whole of 2009, Seton has been occupied with matters of accreditation. In order to maintain accreditation, a school must perform a self-evaluation every five years and must ...
Read More »Teaching Writing Skills
by Erin Duffy The first thing to realize when teaching a child to write is that writing is a skill. Obviously, the gift of a natural talent for writing is ...
Read More »Realizing What We Have
Raising kids Catholic is what home schooling is all about for us Catholics. However, sometimes parents lose sight of the big picture and focus too much on the immediate picture. ...
Read More »Convincing Your Spouse
These trying economic times may have a bright side. As more parents worry about meeting the mortgage and putting food on the table, Catholic school tuition (averaging $3,500 per year in elementary school and over $10,000 for high school) often becomes an impossible expense.
Read More »A Plan for the New Year
As you read this column, a large segment of the country is dark and cold, and kids are sick and tired of being cooped up in the house. Lesson plans ...
Read More »Is Seton Home Study School Balanced, Truthful, &… ‘Too Catholic’?
Here's why a coordinated curriculum should never lose sight of God’s supremacy in all things, and how Seton Home Study School lives for that goal.
Read More »Love of Learning
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 ...
Read More »Perfect Homeschooling? What it Means, & When We’re Not
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.
Read More »Love of Reading
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, ...
Read More »Hitting Your Stride
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 ...
Read More »Boys Like Active Learning
Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares some great ideas for your boys to who don't like to be still during the homeschool day.
Read More »Responding to Inquiries
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 ...
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