Three experienced homeschooling moms share lessons learned through their trials and errors to teach their children to be charitable.
Read More »Why Good Stories Make it Easy to Teach Moral Lessons
Teaching the difference between right and wrong is not always easy but stories impart values and teach moral lessons, whether in fairy tales or real life.
Read More »Exciting Online Development at Seton Home Study School
While Seton is expanding into the world of online homeschool courses, it is re-affirming its mission to retain the Catholic nature of its curriculum.
Read More »4 Tips on Peace and Control When Homeschooling with a Baby
Kathryn Trudeau, a homeschooling mother and author, offers her four tried-and-true ways to make homeschooling easier while caring for your baby or toddler.
Read More »Holy Homeschoolers: Lessons from Saints Anne and Joachim
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.
Read More »The Secret of Literacy Learning in Life’s Little Moments
Christina Patterson holds that literacy can be found in everyday activities and moments and that we can teach literacy learning through the “little things”.
Read More »The Real Job Description for a Homeschooling Mom
Dr. Mary Kay Clark says that a homeschooling mom needs a spiritual life of solid foundation to nourish her heart while meeting the demands of daily goals.
Read More »Life Lessons Learned from the Unexpected Garden
When Amy Pawlusiak reluctantly agreed to allow a vegetable garden in the backyard, she never imagined the wealth of benefits that is would bring her family.
Read More »7 Ways that Homeschool Dads are Vital to Keep Homeschooling Going
Behind every successful homeschooling mom, there is a hard-working homeschooling dad. Patricia Purcell reflects on these true and unsung heroes.
Read More »‘Virtue’ or ‘Leadership’? The Not-So-Secret Crisis Most Leaders Face
Today's buzzword is 'leadership'. But most leaders struggle with an inability to lead - largely because of a lack of moral vision. Should virtue come first?
Read More »St. John Bosco: An Inspiration for Fathers?
Dr. Clark shares how St. John Bosco is an amazing patron for homeschooling fathers, and we should follow his example through prayer, work, and study.
Read More »Six Tips on Teaching Apologetics to Inquiring Teenage Minds
Amanda Evinger draws on her own experience as a Protestant teenager to share 6 suggestions for teachable moments with inquiring teens.
Read More »5 Ways to Help Your Kids Succeed After Setbacks
How do we help our kids succeed when they fall short of our expectations? Jason and Jessica Wilde share 5 inspirational ways to keep kids motivated.
Read More »Why We Must Love the Difficult Students *More*
by John Clark | There are always 'difficult' students. Because of that fact, Lisa and I have discovered that we need nine different methods of teaching for our nine children.
Read More »Help! My (School Teacher) Aunt is Convinced that I Can’t Teach My Children!
by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | Any classroom school teacher will admit that there is nothing better than individualized instruction. Schooling by parents is the most individualized.
Read More »All Things Work Together
According to Romans 8:28, “In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” When things are going well ...
Read More »What do You Consider the Most Important Subject to Teach Every Day?
by Mary Kay Clark | The most important subject is religion. We are homeschooling because we want to teach Catholic values and the Catholic Faith to our children. Most homeschooling families in this country are Christian families who see that the public schools have completely eliminated religion from their classrooms.
Read More »Delighting in God: Praying for the Costume Catalog
When I went to retrieve the mail from my mailbox, I saw a Costume Express catalog in the stack of mail waiting for me. I smiled when I saw the catalog because it brought back a memory to me many years ago, when we were teaching our children about prayer.
Read More »Education in the Family
Several years ago, His Excellency Cardinal Jose Sanchez was the featured speaker at the Catholic Home Education conference in Manassas, Virginia. He had traveled from Rome in his position as ...
Read More »How to Teach Science in Your Daily Life – Part 2
by Kenneth J. Stein, Ph.D. Some time ago, we taught our 10-year-old daughter how nature recycles water through the water cycle. I explained to her that this means all water, ...
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