Every fall, circumstances in the typical homeschool family line up to create a perfect educational opportunity. First, Mom is wistfully remembering how Dad grilled all summer as she tries to ...
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Ginny Seuffert December 1, 2012 6,885 Views
Every fall, circumstances in the typical homeschool family line up to create a perfect educational opportunity. First, Mom is wistfully remembering how Dad grilled all summer as she tries to ...
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My last two blog posts made the case for defunding the present public education system and passing on the cash to parents who will then be financially able to choose ...
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Every four years, American home schoolers are handed an ideal civics lesson: the presidential campaign and election. With TV coverage, the Internet, historic sites, and even public libraries, every family ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert September 17, 2012 6,763 Views
By the time you read this, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) may have already settled their strike with the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) and children will be back in school. ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert September 15, 2012 6,282 Views
A dentist in the Canadian province of Ontario has brought a lawsuit against the Hamilton-Wentworth School District where he has a son and a daughter enrolled in grade school. Dr. ...
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Ginny Seuffert helps counsel parents here at Seton, and often shares with them different places to visit for hands on experience to learning history!
Read More »Ginny Seuffert September 1, 2012 7,458 Views
September is an exciting time when the children are eagerly looking at their new books, and moms are hopeful that this year will be the best ever. But merely wishing ...
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Ginney Seuffert shares her excitement and experience with schooling Pre-K kids at home, and the amazing edge it gives them in education.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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I spent the first weekend in June at the one-day Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana. It’s one of my favorite places on earth, and the enthusiasm of ...
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I’m writing this post on an airplane heading towards on of the many Catholic homeschooling conferences I attend each spring and summer. Attendance at conferences is up this year after ...
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A big benefit of home education is the opportunity to make sensible changes or additions to the curriculum to accommodate a particular child’s learning needs. Of course, the wise homeschooling mom realizes that modification needs to be implemented...
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Last weekend, my daughter graduated from college. (Summa cum laude — those Seton grads do okay for themselves!) The commencement ceremony was being held in Springfield, Illinois, home to Abraham ...
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by Ginny Seuffert | Clearly, modifying a curriculum plan to suit an individual student’s talents and abilities is an essential benefit of home schooling...
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My two previous columns (available in the online newsletter archive) gave a brief history of the rise, and sadly the partial decline, of Catholic education in the United States. To ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert March 28, 2012 4,743 Views
Ginny Seuffert explores the somewhat surprising history of the beginning of Catholic homeschooling, and its birth in the fading of parochial schools.
Read More »Ginny Seuffert February 28, 2012 4,987 Views
Ginny Seuffert knows well how tough life can be for homeschoolers. When she recalls what she's achieving, & the history behind it all, she gears up again!
Read More »Ginny Seuffert January 1, 2012 6,258 Views
Francis Cardinal George, the Archbishop of Chicago, on Catholic radio discussed the challenges facing the young men in the seminary. Vocations to the priesthood are up in Chicago, due in ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert July 1, 2011 6,344 Views
There’s no question about it! Discipline is the hot topic in Catholic home schooling circles today. I receive calls about discipline problems every week. I believe that worry about discipline ...
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