While discussing my previous post on Catholic Home Schooling with Dom during our afternoon coffee (him) and applesauce (me) snack break, I decided that there was a larger point to be made. That is, many people have a very narrow notion of what you...
Several readers have recommended this book by Mary Kay Clark, the director of Seton Home Study: Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents Even though I was skeptical about this book, because from what I know of Seton Home Study it is really...
I had lunch yesterday with my friend Jennifer, a fellow English teacher at Salem State that I’d lost touch with—hadn’t seen her since the end of the semester last spring and hadn’t got around to contacting her after I left...
I think this was the first book recommended to me and along with Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum was one of the first two books I’ve purchased. Catholic Education: Homeward Bound : A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling by Kimberly...
Another doctor’s visit today. I’m going every two weeks now. Not much to report, everything seems fine. And at least I only gained a pound since the last visit so no stern lectures about watching my calories! After talking with my...
The shower was on Saturday, thrown by my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, but for convenience sake held at our house. We had 16 guests, excluding children. Most of them were extended family, but several friends from chuch others came as well...
Finally! I finished the quilt I started to make a little more than a year ago. It is a present for my sister… in part a thank you for being my maid of honor. Though I would probably have made it anyway because, well, she’s my sister and...
I previously reviewed Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum by Laura Berquist. The Harp and Laurel Wreath: Poetry and Dictation for the Classical Curriculum is a companion book, though it could also be used on its own. Basically it is an anthology...
A reader passes along an article about homeschooling and socialization that follows well after my previous post. He and his wife have just had their first child and like Dom and myself want to homeschool and are in the process of learning about all...
The one question you are bound to hear more than any others when you proclaim that you are thinking about homeschooling is “What about socialization?” Or some variation thereof. The Headmistress at The Common Room has a good post on the...