Making homeschool decisions easy
“Exploring the simple beauties and richness of the Catholic faith fosters children’s knowledge and love of Jesus.” Each summer my children looked forward to attending Vacation Bible School at our parish. It was one of the highlights of their summer! Most of the parishes in our area used a non-Catholic program. Nothing wrong with that of course, the over-arching theme is always to draw closer
While we have made many changes in our homeschool over the years, the one thing that has stayed consistent has been our use of Religion for Young Catholics from Seton. Ever since Jacob started kindergarten eight years ago it has been our one mainstay. We have stayed with the Seton books for religion instruction because they work! Our children have an excellent grasp of their
My oldest son has always had a love for geography. It’s always been natural for us to go find places on a map when we are talking or reading about different places in the world. I’m always looking for little ways to encourage his love of geography. One activity that has helped my son learn more about geography and map work is Maps, Charts and
Teaching my first three children how to read was quite easy. I’m not even quite sure I remember teaching my oldest daughter to read, I think she taught herself! It’s been a different story with my younger three children. My two younger daughters have some special needs, so I needed to do things a bit differently. Several months ago I turned to Hooked on Phonics
{contains affiliate links} Using unit studies in our homeschool has been a great way to add variety and encourage some delight directed learning in our home. Often we take time off of our regular studies during Advent to focus on preparing for Christmas. It’s a great time to add in a unit study. We could delve more deeply into the history of the 12 days
You know you have a winner when your daughter hears the first few notes of the music and says “Yes! It’s the grammar CD!” I was looking for a fun and easy way for my children to learn the parts of speech. We are not a grammar heavy homeschool, particularly in the younger grades. I wanted a gentle introduction, not a workbook style introduction. Mr.
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8 While I always try to keep this verse front and center in our home, sometimes it can be challenging. Let’s face it, twaddle is everywhere! Our
I know, another chore system. I thought the same thing. Why would this be any different than the other chore systems that we have tried and abandoned over the years? Why even bother with a chore system at all? I was willing to give 10-20-30Go! a try because summer was quickly approaching in our home. We were about to begin our summer schedule, and one
