Seton Magazine Catholic Homeschool Articles, Advice & Resources

We can’t socialize well (because we never go out of the house); we’re not good at sports; it’s not healthy to spend so much time around your Mom; we’re not qualified to teach geography (because we never go out of the house); we’re not qualified to teach anything; snow days are healthy for kids and homeschoolers don’t get snow days, and so forth.

by Mary Kay Clark | Before the school year starts, take a good week to look over all the courses, the textbooks, and tests. Take the time to become familiar with how it all should work.

Nick Marmalejo shares how his childhood was transformed by chess, and how he believes that students should hone the skills of tactics and patience.

Anna Eileen shares four tips to help new college students alleviate homesickness and maintain the same closeness to their families they had before.

Among Michele Evans advice for new homeschooling families “trust that God will take care of you. Take a deep breath and pray, and everything will work out.”

In Distance Education, success and satisfaction from the program is determined by engagement with your tutors and their feedback. Read on for six more tips.

There’s a new book that is especially relevant for Catholic home schooling youth. What makes this story of St. Philomena even more remarkable is that it is written by a thirteen-year-old girl, the age of our young saint when she was martyred.

Catholic parents seeks to shelter their children in their youth, so that they may grow in wisdom and holiness without constant battering from the world. But once they are grown and educated, these children no longer need shelter. They are able to take what they have learned and engage the world without fear.

Pregnant and nauseous, I traveled with my husband, kids, and parents to Emmitsburg, Maryland, to sit on a rock. Yes, a rock. It’s a long story that begins and ends with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. As I sat on the rock from which Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton taught her first three students, with my first three “students” Gianna...