Category Archives: homeschooling
When What’s Comfortable Suddenly Isn’t
There has never really been a time when we didn’t plan on homeschooling our children. Even early in our marriage, we felt called to do it, though I doubt we would have phrased it that way. But today, I see … Continue reading
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Sonnet (A Homeschool Assignment)
Our 13yo has been working on a sonnet this week, and she completed it today. I’ll share it with you, sans title, and leave the topic as a surprise. ∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞•∞ Scanning the names, I prepare to compete. Choosing the track, … Continue reading
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Christians Making Christians Feel Uncomfortable
My daughter has played in a homeschool rec league since roughly a year after we moved here. She is going into her seventh year of sports in the league, most of it on one team. First, it might help to … Continue reading
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The War to End All Wars: Homeschool Paper
My 12 year old studied World War I recently and wrote about it as a part of history. She included maps of pre- and post-war Europe, as well. I’m awfully proud of how well she did with it, and am … Continue reading
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War Between the States
How awesome is it that my seventh grader is gearing up to study the Civil War War of Northern Agression War Between the States now, as we mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of that war? Honestly, I think … Continue reading
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Shameful
Our older daughter is studying Manifest Destiny this week in history. It’s a huge black mark on American history, and shameful. She’s preparing her first draft of her paper on the topic as I type this. We just finished … Continue reading
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Perspectives on Summer School
Because we started school later than I’ve ever started it before, and then had meanderings, vacations, illnesses, Holy Days of Obligation, funerals (at which our older daughter altar served during the week), and the general craziness that is the final … Continue reading
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Running from the Battle Against the Culture of Death
The USCCB has come out with a new translation of the New American Bible (NAB), which will be for personal use and will not be replacing the already-in-use translation that is proclaimed during Mass. Some of the translations, it’s being … Continue reading
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Teaching About Roe v. Wade
This week for history, Big Girl and I are going to follow up her lessons on the three branches of government with a lesson on Roe v. Wade and what the Church teaches about abortion. We’re actually starting with the … Continue reading
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Homeschooling History
My girls are both using Catholic Heritage Curricula this year, and I really like their history programs. Each are writing summaries of the things they are learning about, and they are both researching in the library and in our nifty … Continue reading
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Christine the Soccer Mom
