Earlier this year, the writers from CatholicTeenBooks.com released Secrets: Visible and Invisible, a collection of short stories. At the time, my reading pile was too high to get to read it, so I simply shared information about the book for anyone who was interested. Recently, they contacted me and asked if I had time to read it now. I’m so… Read more →
It’s never too early to begin reading to your child; in my house, we read to them even when they were very young babies. Here are two newly published books for the youngest in your family. These would make terrific baptism gifts! I Went to Mass: What did I see? (TAN Books) riffs on the popular “Brown Bear” series of children’s… Read more →
Professional college planner Katherine O’Brien MA, Founder of Celtic College Consultants, has compiled a college guide to meet the needs of practicing Catholics. In Every Catholic’s Guide to College 2019 she documents the colleges and universities across the country that have support for Catholic student life on campus. College is a time of growing and exploring intellectually. With a strong… Read more →
The Molly McBride series of picture books by Jean Schoonover-Egolf are a delightful addition to the world of Catholic children’s literature, combining the realities of life as a little girl with the promotion of vocations to the religious life. In Molly McBride and the Purple Habit, five-year-old Molly loves to wear the purple habit her mother made her so that… Read more →
Before I was Me by Frank Fraser (Sophia Institute Press) is a charming picture book about a baby about to be born. The baby asks God (pictured as an old man with a white beard), “Who will I become?” God tells the child, “I have chosen you to be a very important person whom I will always love.” The baby… Read more →
Saved by the Alphabet is a beautifully illustrated alphabet book for small children written by Maurice Prater and illustrated by Jason Koltoniak. Each letter has been associated with a Biblical figure so that children can be introduced to these important people while learning their alphabet: A – Adam and Eve B –Boaz C –Christ Jesus D – Deborah E –… Read more →
In this series of articles I will address a number of factors of high school education from a college admissions perspective. As a Catholic homeschooling mother of six and a professional college consultant, I will share some of my experience and knowledge in this series of four articles. In this first article, I’ll discuss the overall perspective colleges have with… Read more →
Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? It sounds like a question straight out of an evangelical Protestant’s mouth, but it is relevant for us Catholics as well. Katie Prejean McGrady is a young Catholic mom and a Catholic speaker working primarily with teens and young adults. In 2016, she spoke to a large group of teens at UCLA…. Read more →
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers offers AP Courses for all homeschoolers (you do not have to be from Pennslyvania). From their website: We offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses to homeschooled students worldwide. (Our classes are not available to public or private brick-and-mortar school students.) Our 2018-2019 school year class descriptions are now updated and teachers are taking new applications and our online store is ready… Read more →
My grandfather used to say that most of the work a parent puts into the salvation of a soul and the development of the person happens in the first three years. Later, the study of brain growth and anatomy would reveal that the most of a child’s brain is hardwired by the age of three. He simply observed his eleven… Read more →
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