Announcements
02/16/09
I have added the ability to add Catholic homeschool support groups that are outside the
United States. Please feel free to add your contact information.
02/04/09
I wrote a blog post about Lenten resources both for adults and children. I hope to add to this;
please feel free to contact me with additional resources.
02/04/09
If you have a subscription to the Catholic homeschooling magazine, mater et magistra, you should be receiving the Winter issue soon. If you do not have a subscription, I hope that you might consider getting one now. Margot Davidson along with a team of writers has a beautiful, edifying, inspiring magazine for us. I love to support Catholic businesses, especially when they fill a need in our community. Browse through the site for free articles from past issues - it’s a treasure.
02/04/09
Do you need a boost / a shot in the arm / a bit of encouragement? Some of us are blessed to have local or semi local Catholic homeschool conferences to look forward. The speakers help to encourage us and stretch us and comfort us. So, what if that is not available in your area (Find Catholic Homeschool Conferences) or what if you just really need some help right now?
I have an answer - free or very low cost online seminars from noted members of the Catholic homeschool community. How about a free 1.5 hour conference from Mary Kay Clark (Seton) on “What is Homeschooling?”
Visit the link above for more details.
02/04/09
Do not forget to check out all the other items this company offers, but for
February especially for Catholics Senari has Baltimore Catechism and Saint games, state bingo games and more.
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Resource Review
Making Music Praying Twice
I am currently reviewing the program right now but wanted to share my initial thoughts and
enthusiasm for Making Music Praying Twice.
Please do not let the price tag of $96 deter you from looking into the program. This is a well thought out
complete music program that can be used from year to year for babies through 8 (although I plan on using it to teach many of the traditional
Catholic songs like Dona Nobis Pacem to my older ones too. I have more information on my blog.
Online Drawing Program
I just bought the membership for $40 - it’s a 3 year family membership and has 3 different sets of lessons available. My daughter, who loves to draw, did a beautiful job with the first lesson.
I think Mark Kistler could do a bit better job of indicating where to start, but after digging around a bit, we started off the three older kids with “School of Imagination“. They are flash player based and go line by line (think Draw Write Now books) but animated and include vocabulary (foreshortened circles), shading and all the elements of drawing. The discounted membership is available immediately through:
Homeschool Buyers Co-op
For a complete review of the program, please visit my blog post.
Faith Database - Over 1500 Writings - Over 75,000,000 Words - Over 80,000 Pages
Faith Database Website
In one place, you have an absolutely mind boggling amount of information compiled (from the website):
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2000 Years of Christian History
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Some of the Over 1500 Featured Writings Classics
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Early Church Fathers
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Papal Writings / Encyclicals
Ok, so now as a homeschooling parent - what do we do with this? How can we it assist us in our job as teachers? I believe it's a given that it it is a fantastic apologetic tool for all adults as well as way for us to grow in our faith. With ten translations of the Holy Bible, we can do in depth Bible studies.
But, this review is focused on how we might use the database with our children.
So, my first delve into the database - my two oldest children had to write a paper for 8th grade
about Infallibility. Once I correctly spelled infallibility, I discovered one
entry for the topic and many entries when I searched the text - both searches returned a huge
amount of information. Everything I might possibly want to know about infallibilty
was in the topic and my children were able to understand the concept better.
The Mass section is another little treasure. Each part of the mass is written out, and then a "references" link is provided on the right. After clicking it, you find a list of Bible passages giving reference to where the words came from. You could also use this section for a detailed study of the Creed since each section is referenced.
The saints section is searchable. I love the History Section. It has as categories, 100 year increments, and within each period such as 501-600AD, a number of topics like Irish monasteries flourish. The text on the right is brief, but there are images to view, an encyclopedia entry about the history of Ireland, and a map image. As my
children study medieval history, I can totally image how we can use this section.
For the complete version of my review, please visit my
blog post.
Archives visit to find past reviews
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