I was so excited when Thomas Aquinas College of California announced they were opening an East Coast campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, a mere hour north of my home. I finally had the opportunity to visit this past Saturday. My sixteen year old son and I attended morning Mass and then had a private tour with Admissions Director Jon Daly, who… Read more →
Reading aloud to your children can help “build a child’s vocabulary, sow the seeds of reading desire, and help kids continue to love books well into adolescence and beyond.” Even more importantly, it is a bonding experience that helps build a close relationship between you and your children. Sarah Mackenzie is the mother of six children ranging in age from… Read more →
Do you ever find yourself saying, “My life is a mess!” God has an answer for all our problems, healing for all our wounds, and a path that will bring far greater joy than the path the world presents to us. How can we find this path, this healing, these answers? Don’t underestimate the power of a story. A well-written… Read more →
Just in time for the official start of winter, Education.com has offered Today’s Catholic Homeschooling readers the following free winter wordsearch. Education.com offers over 30,000 resources for grades Pre-K through 5. Download it here: spelling_wordsearch_snowman Warm up reading skills this winter with this fun word search! Be sure to check out more academic activities at Education.com.
The Cardinal Newman Society is pleased to announce its third annual Essay Scholarship Contest. The winner of the Contest will be awarded $5,000 toward the cost of attending one of the institutions recommended in The Newman Guide in the fall of 2019. All of the details about the Contest can be found at this link: https://newmansoc.org/EssayContest The $5,000 scholarship is made possible… Read more →
Do you have a high school student? Are you searching for a Catholic College in which their faith can grow during the challenging young adult years? Here are two resources to help in your search: The National Catholic Register 2018 Catholic Identity Guide is a free .pdf which profiles 38 colleges and their responses on questions regarding how the 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 →
I don’t know about you, but I can use all the spiritual help I can get in my role as homeschooling mom. That’s why I was so excited to see this novena by homeschooling mom Julie Streeter in the CatholicMom.com archives: Novena for Homeschooling Moms It’s a wonderful way to get ready for the new school year! (Image Credit: Holy… 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 →
Should You Homeschool High School, Part One 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 the first article,… Read more →
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