As it is the parents who have given life to their children, on them lies the gravest obligation of educating their family. They must therefore be recognized as being primarily ...
Read More »The Bible Crossword
Mary Lady in Blue Color-In
Caption this image! What is your favorite little prayer to Mother Mary? Share your child’s comment below! What could be more fun than coloring a picture? Sharing it with someone! ...
Read More »Sun, Sand, and… Science
By Kathy Rinker Picture the beach…the sand, the sun, the ocean. Imagine the sound of the waves rolling onto the shore, the sound of voices drifting through the air and ...
Read More »Amazon Girl
A recent article in New Yorker magazine has created quite a stir among U.S. parents and gives Catholic homeschooling moms and dads a reason to examine their own family lives. ...
Read More »Seton Homeschool Helper: The Language of Music
Northwestern University scientists have completed a review of research into what music — specifically, learning to play music — does to us. The result shows music training does far more ...
Read More »Pre-Schoolers & Prayer: Your Answers
On Facebook we asked: How have you taught your pre-schoolers to pray? What was their first prayer? What prayers do they like? What about prayers before bedtime and Grace at ...
Read More »Your Questions… Answered
Do I need to return my children’s lesson plans at the end of the year? Yes, please return the lesson plans. Enrollments include the use of the lesson plans for ...
Read More »‘Don’t Forget Me, Mommy!’ Involve Your Pre-Schoolers with Seton Pre-Kindergarten
In the context of a loving, Catholic family, your child can start learning about the Faith and have educational fun through Seton's activity-based program!
Read More »A Foundation of Prayer
The Alger family discusses how they decided to homeschool back in 2003 when their two children, Haley and Joseph weren't happy in their school.
Read More »Early Admission to College
Many colleges offer students the opportunity to apply for early admission. This is a process whereby students who are very certain of which college they wish to attend may be ...
Read More »Studying for the PSAT
The PSAT test is given in October each year, usually on Tuesday and Saturday of the second week of the month. This test is used to determine the National Merit ...
Read More »What About Today?
When Lisa and I signed up Tarcisius for his spring baseball season earlier this year, we all knew that it would be his last year in Little League. He turned ...
Read More »Getting Started
Many readers–maybe you–are toying with the idea of homeschooling, not quite sure if you want to take the plunge. Here are some questions you may be asking yourself. I’m not ...
Read More »Good Saints Anne and Joachim, Pray for Us
On July 26th we celebrate the Feast of Good Saint Anne and her husband, St. Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the grandparents of Jesus. Frances Parkinson ...
Read More »“Come to the Saints” with Glory Stories
by Kathy Rinker Car rides. They can be a blessing or a curse. They can be an exciting road trip or something that makes us want to pull our hair ...
Read More »Seton Homeschool Helper: Tools for the New Evangelization
In responding to Blessed John Paul II’s call to the New Evangelization, let’s take as our model St. Maximillian Kolbe (1894-1941). With the Immaculata friars, he used the most modern ...
Read More »Ginny’s Gems – Where to Go from Here?
The first two volumes of Ginny’s Gems have proved to be pretty popular — far better received than I ever expected. I have to confess that the whole idea behind ...
Read More »Your Questions… Answered
I have been homeschooling for a couple of years, but I think that we could accomplish more with a better schedule and routine. What do you suggest? The trick to ...
Read More »Miss U, American Heroine
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin was born in August of 1900. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, she became a nurse and was working in the Philippine Islands when World War II ...
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