For school planning, I use all of Seton’s resources. I like to know the end goals for each of my students. It helps to keep me on track.
Read More »St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Curriculum of Love and Care
Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton taught to her students' needs and abilities and made love and caring the essence of her curriculum.
Read More »Summer & Creation: Take Time to Enjoy Them
This summer, take time to observe God's creation and open your heart to new ways of appreciating His works. It can only lead to a greater love for Him.
Read More »Cleaning House & Cleaning Soul: A Little Daily Effort Pays Off!
by Emily Molitor | Cleaning my house and cleaning my soul can be a useful analogy for me as a housewife.
Read More »No More Myths: Getting A Schedule that Really *Works*!
Jennifer Tutwiler tried every kind of schedule there is. Her family couldn't settle into a a successful schedule - until she broke free of 5 popular myths.
Read More »Screwtape and the ‘Horror of the Same Old Thing’
In C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, Uncle Screwtape, the master devil, counsels his junior apprentice, Wormwood, to use tried and true techniques to seduce souls into sin. One tactic he highly recommends is the strategy that perverts man’s natural love of change:
Read More »The Circus and Homeschooling – The Greatest Shows on Earth!
Catholic homeschooling is like running a circus! Mary Lou Warren explores 7 things the circus experience shares in common with running a homeschool.
Read More »The 3 Marks of a Quality Catholic Education
Every Catholic homeschooler knows the marks of the church – One, holy, catholic and apostolic. We recite them in the Creed at Mass, and they remind us of the nature of our Church. In much the same way, Catholic homeschooling has marks and characteristics too.
Read More »6 Tips to Surviving Christmas
Sometimes it seems like the work for Mom is never ending in our large Catholic families. By Thanksgiving, the first quarter assignments have been completed and the homeschooling is clipping along nicely. Then Bang! Along comes the Christmas season, doubling the work load but halving the class time! It’s more than a little discouraging!
Read More »No Tap Dancing on the Table: In Praise of the Family Meal
“Last night, I had a dream,” three-year-old Drew announces during dinner. “Oh?” I say. “Yes. There was an alien in my dream and you know what he said, Mom?” “What?” ...
Read More »Anticipating the New School Year
Many of you find your school day schedule continuously interrupted by telephone calls and even unannounced visits from relatives and friends. One mom told me, “My extended family lives nearby, and while they are supportive of my home school, they just don’t get it!
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