Many children who are making their First Communion this coming spring make their First Reconciliation during this season of Advent. In addition, it is a great time for whole families to attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation together, whether that be at a regularly scheduled time or at a parish penance service. There is no better way to encourage your children… Read more →
Are you looking for a book to help your children prepare for Christmas? The Children’s Little Advent Book by T.J. Burdick is a great resource to use for family prayer time. Each day of Advent features a Scripture passage, reflection, prayer, and a coloring page. While the book is advertised as being for children ages 4 – 7, I would… Read more →
Margaret’s Night in St. Peter’s Margaret’s Night in St. Peter’s is the second book in The Pope’s Cat series. Margaret is a stray cat who was adopted by the Holy Father. In the first book of the series, she was introduced to life in the Vatican. In this installment, it is Christmas Eve and the Vatican is getting ready for… Read more →
Handing It On is a new site offering handwriting sheets featuring English and Latin prayers and hymns. Sheets are available in both print and cursive. Founder Rebecca Fitzmaurice shares, Handing It On is a handwriting program designed to hand on to our children: Catholic tradition, the language of the Church (Latin), and penmanship skills. I’ve been homeschooling for 15 years, during… Read more →
Do you have a child interested in learning computer programming, or would you like to expose your child to this field of study? Here are three free options: Code.org Code.org offers online classes for grades Pre-K- college. You can start with just one hour of code to see if it is something that will work well for your child. From… Read more →
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 →
When you’re interested in the study of history, there’s nothing like a timeline to help you get everything in order. Kids, parents, and teachers will all benefit from two new books that give the visual learner (like me) plenty to geek out over: The Great Adventure Catholic Bible and The Church Rocks! Begin at the Beginning The Great Adventure Catholic… Read more →
My seven year old daughter loves the Holy Heroes Glory Stories. Believe me when I tell you that is saying something. She is a very active young lady and it took her until this year to behave appropriately in Mass (and she still doesn’t want to be there). She reluctantly says her prayers, and she doesn’t like audio books, yet… Read more →
To Hear His Voice is a new Mass journal for children ages 7 – 12 written by homeschooling mom and blogger, Ginny Kochis. It is designed to help children focus more on the Word of God and to reflect upon the Scripture messages. This first issue is designed for June – August 2018 with more issues scheduled to follow. Each… Read more →
Help your children increase their knowledge of the Baltimore Catechism with the Summer Catechism Study Program on CatholicBrain.com for grades Pre-K through 8. The summer program features: There is a total of 38 exclusive Catechism Video Lessons adapted from the Baltimore Catechism. Every day, participants will watch a 5 – 10 mins catechism video lesson. Each video lesson… Read more →
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