Inside: Easy to use, affordable, excellent Catholic homeschool curriculum (and other great curriculum) I often get asked what Catholic homeschool curriculum I suggest for particular subjects. While I do share our curriculum plans every year, I thought it might be helpful to break it down a bit further and share our favorite Catholic homeschool curriculum. See our homeschool plans here: 2021-2022 Homeschool Curriculum Choices (9th, 4th, 3rd, 1st) 2020-2021 Homeschool Curriculum Choices (8th, 4th, 2nd, 1st) 2019-2020 Homeschool Curriculum (7th, 3rd, 1st, PreK) 2018-2019 Homeschool Curriculum (6t ..read more

INSIDE: Our Catholic Homeschool curriculum picks for 2021-2022 I am finally (finally!) finding time to share our homeschool curriculum picks for this year. We are 3 weeks in and school is going well. I can’t wait to share with you what we are working on! 9th Grade (Isaiah, 14) Oh, my goodness – high school! How is he this old (how am I this old?!)? We’ve worked on a tentative 4 year plan and are trying some online courses for the first time. Math: Memoria Press Online Academy Geometry Isaiah will be taking this as a live class this year which is the first actual class outside of our home that ..read more

One reader wanted to know about our simple homeschool record keeping system. Today is the day I answer that question. I’m one of those people who just can’t stand clutter. Admittedly, with four sweet blessings running around, I’ve had to lower my standards a bit, BUT I always strive to be as clutter free as possible. And paper clutter – oh ,it’s the worst! Homeschool Record Keeping Here is my basic system: Decide what to keep Put papers we might want to keep in a short-term storage folder throughout the school year. At the end of the year, sort through papers in short term storage and file in ..read more

Today I’m sharing our rough homeschool schedule for the coming year for our multiple ages family. So many newbie homeschoolers this year! With the extra time at home, I’ve been posting more frequently to help encourage and equip you all for the coming year. Today, I thought it might be helpful to show you our actual homeschool schedule for multiple ages. We’ve been schooling now for a solid month, so what I’m sharing is not a pie-in-the sky idealistic schedule but what is truly working for us! First a few scheduling principles… Homeschool scheduling basics: 1.Schedule in blocks not subjects I ..read more

So excited to share a homeschool room tour with you after making a few changes! If you are curious what our homeschool room looked like before, here is a tour from a couple years ago. Let’s get right to it! Homeschool Room Tour Homeschool Room Setup Let’s take a general overview of the homeschool room to start. Of course, homeschooling is flexible and you do NOT need to have an entire room devoted to school. When my oldest was just starting with school, our homeschool space consisted of a container for his materials and the kitchen table. Now with 4 kids in school, I am grateful to have an ent ..read more

Answering readers’ questions on how to choose curriculum as you begin homeschooling. My inbox is full of messages and questions from first time homeschoolers every year, but the craziness of 2020 has quadrupled the amount of questions I’m getting. Since there are so many new homeschoolers out there and so many questions, I’m posting as many of my responses on the blog that I can, in hopes that my answers might help more! There is really nothing I like more than getting mail from you sweet readers and conversing with you one on one. So without further ado, here is today’s question. I’m wonderi ..read more

There are so many lovely prayers the Catholic child should know. Where do we start? Today, I’ve narrowed down a dozen of the most important prayers to have your child memorized. You’ll find some lovely printables too to help your child memorize. 12 Prayers every Catholic Kid Should Know 1.Sign of the Cross This is a great place to start! Even the littlest child can begin making the sign of the cross. I often put my hand over my toddlers and help them with the correct cross formation. Teaching this one doesn’t take much time. It’s short and there’s lots of review because we say it before and af ..read more

Let’s chat today about homeschooling with littles. How is a mom to keep the peace anyway? I love answering readers’ questions. This one comes straight from the comments section and it is a GREAT question. I do not claim to have all the answers, but I’m always happy to share what has worked for our family. Could you give any tips on how you have taught your younger children that school time is quiet time? Only my two oldest are in school and I also have a 4 year old, 3 year old, 18 month old, and a nursing baby. 4 and 3 like to run around the house, scream, bang doors, and generally distract a ..read more

I recently got asked by a reader if we’ve made any special adjustments for our extraordinarily special boy in our homeschooling. I’m sharing my response with you today. In case you didn’t know, we have an extraordinary boy on our hands. Several years ago, our family lived through some difficult days and it’s been a long road back. If you want to read more about the beginning of this story, you can do so here. Update on John Christian Over the past few years, we’ve been part of a new story- one of healing. John Christian has been seizure free for 3.5 years, medication free for 2 years, and is s ..read more

Let’s chat about why anyone can homeschool regardless of their education level. Can I homeschool without a college degree? My favorite part of blogging is connecting with readers and I especially love to receive your encouragement, thoughts, and questions in my inbox. Today we are tackling one reader’s questions covering whether anyone can homeschool regardless of their education level. Hi Elizabeth, It is such a blessing to find your blog! I am a Chinese Catholic married to an American. I can speak English but still have a lot to learn. Homeschooling has been on my mind for a while but due t ..read more