I don’t agree with everything in the following article (all people have intrinsic value independent of their economic contribution and I am very thankful for the social safety net for senior citizens), but I do think it offers much food for thought. Teenagers should be able to make a meaningful contribution to society via the work of their hands. They… Read more →
Recently I was reading a book on the intersection of faith and science. It is no doubt a wonderful book, but the simple truth is that I had a hard time understanding it. Science has never been my strongest subject and I got bogged down in the explanations. What the book did do for me for was get me thinking… Read more →
November is the traditional time of year for giving thanks to God for all of our blessings during the course of the year, but any day is a great day for giving thanks for homeschooling. After eight years of homeschooling, I have many reasons to be thankful. 1) The Chance to Share our Catholic Faith on a Daily Basis with… Read more →
by Janalin Hood When the idea of home schooling came to me I was rather skeptical. As the daughter of public educators and as a member of a parish with a fantastic Catholic school it didn’t even make sense. For the better part of a year, prior to our oldest approaching school age, the Lord pursued my heart heavily to… Read more →
Traditional school is starting this week in my city. All of the school supplies have been on sale at all of the stores, the lunches are being packed, the backpacks are getting ready, andthe yellow school buses are coming, but my child is not going to be on it. See, my husband and I made the choice to explore homeschooling… Read more →
You’ve decided to make the leap and homeschool next school year. You’ve found support from some friends and family, and you’ve found others who are completely against the idea. The one thing you keep hearing is: “What about socialization?” That is the big question from everyone, isn’t it? When I first began homeschooling more than twenty years ago, I must… Read more →
Today, a fellow homeschooler needed her two children dropped off at her babysitter after our weekly gathering. The babysitter lives close to me so she asked if I might be willing to help and save her a great deal of driving. Happy to do a good deed for today! So, we piled the six kids into the minivan and I… Read more →
My friend Christine Hebert recently had a book review published in Lilipoh magazine. They gave her a stack of copies which she graciously shared with our homeschooling group. She alerted us that this was not a Catholic, or Christian, publication (yet they published her review on The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living), but this was the… Read more →
Each Friday, my children and I get together with our local Catholic homeschooling group. The children play while the moms pray, vent, exchange ideas, do some spiritual reading, and support each other through whatever challenges or blessings we happen to be experiencing at that moment. I don’t know what I would do without the friendship of these remarkable women. Today… Read more →
Knowing of my interest in unschooling, a friend sent me this link today: The Beginner’s Guide to Unschooling by Leo Babauta. He describes unschooling as follows: First, it’s a form of homeschooling. But there’s no easy answer to that except in comparison to regular schooling. There’s no one way to do unschooling, and people who do it often do it… Read more →
