Announcements
4/30/08 - I had the privilege of working with Margot Davidson from
Hillside Education
on her newest endeavor -
mater et magistra magazine. She has taken over management of the old magazine,
Heart and Mind, and has renamed it and added new contributors while keeping
many favorite old ones including Laura Berquist from Mother of Divine Grace.
It's exciting to see the wonderful tradition being passed on - first issue will be
out in July.
A number of articles and a few unit studies from the old magazine are available for
free including one on Pope John Paul II and one on Catholic Missions.
3/19/08 - ONE MILLION ROSARIES FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event on May 3rd.
Prayerfully consider visiting the site and registering as a participant. Then mark your calendar for May 3rd at 9:00 AM EST.
3/6/08 -
I cannot wait until this comes in - the reviews look good. I wanted an offline resource for preparing
the children for the liturgy and this has blackline masters and more for all three cycles of the readings. So,
it is a resource that we can use every year.
2/14/08 - Latin Anyone? Latin in Our Homeschools and Online Latin Resources
1/14/08 - Catholic Homeschool Support Blog - I found that I was in need of a different format in order
to provide readers with homeschool suggestions and reviews. So, I created a new blog. I hope that you will
visit and leave your comments on things that are useful on such timely topics like burnout
and resources for Lent, to home management with a large family, to suggestions for homeschooling an only child.
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Resource Review
01/13/08 -
Character-Based Writing Lessons is a theme-based writing program that follows the
Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) program. I noted in a post on my
blog about how IEW was
such a blessing to find after five years of avoiding teaching writing to my students. So, I wanted to take
a moment and introduce this little gem. If you like IEW, and you need some affordable lesson plans
either to teach writing in a co-op or to get you off to a stronger start with IEW, or to practice the
models and stylistic techniques, this might be a winner. One of the characters that is written about
in at least 5 units is Mother Teresa. St. Francis of Assisi is another "character" of focus in the program in
addition to Abraham Lincoln. I plan on beginning a writing co-op for my local Catholic homeschool group
using this program.
Archives visit to find past reviews
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