Over the last few months, we have been partnering with Timothy Flanders at The Meaning of Catholic to put together some resource lists. The focus is on the Domestic Church, so we will be covering all topics home life. However, our project started because we wanted to provide Catholic families with a one stop shop …
Getting Into Homeschool
In many places it is the beginning of a new school year. So this week lets talk about why we homeschool, our methodology, and resources to help you get started. Why We Homeschool Actually, there are about an infinite number of reasons we homeschool. Some interesting ones include: because of socialization, giving our kids a …
Homeschool – How to teach History
Homeschool – History I absolutely love history! Unfortunately, this subject is often (read: almost always) bogged down with anti-Catholic bias. Thankfully, starting in 2016, a new History series appeared on the market, published by Tan Books! The Story of Civilization (Volumes I, II, III, and IV), by Phillip Campbell. Thankfully, I discovered this series, which …
Homeschool Blogs and Podcasts
Up here in Canada, we still have a whole month before it’s properly “back to school.” But school starts earlier in the United States and some other countries. So I’ve been getting a lot of back to school emails from mom and homeschool bloggers. There is a lot of great content out there. And I …
Homeschool Convention: What I Learned from My 1st Experience
My First Homeschool Convention Experience Last month I got to go to a homeschool convention! It was a last-minute surprise – someone in my prayer group just started homeschooling and mentioned there was a convention in our city! Our provincial homeschool association puts on a convention every year – but I thought they were all …