Advent Activities To Do With Your Catholic Family
Learn about Advent through traditions and hands-on homeschooling classroom activities. Songs, prayers, calendars, and more!
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Help! My child is not thriving . . . should I homeschool?
Question: My child is not responding well to school. I want to consider homeschooling, but homeschooling feels very overwhelming. How can Catholic Schoolhouse help me? I have been in your shoes. After a year of praying and resisting, our family …
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How to Wrap up and Let go of your Homeschool Year
As summer approaches, it’s time to slow down, wrap up, and let go of your homeschool year. Scheduling the last day of your homeschool year takes grace and kindness – to yourself and your students. Recognize the importance of rest …
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Are you Trapped in a Homeschool Curriculum that Doesn’t Fit?
It’s fall and many of you may be wondering and feeling, is this really what homeschooling is all about? Are you pulling your hair out with kids in different grade levels? Would you like to have a true one-room schoolhouse, …
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Should I use another homeschooling program with Catholic Schoolhouse?
This is a post by Kathy Rabideau, co-founder of Catholic Schoolhouse. There is much discussion this time of year about next year’s plans for at-home Catholic Schoolhouse study. Directors and veteran users of Catholic Schoolhouse often get this question, this …
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Blending Catholic Schoolhouse and Mother of Divine Grace in the Primary and Grammar Stages
This is a post by Chantel Ricci, a contributing author of the Catholic Schoolhouse blog. As a member of a Catholic Schoolhouse Chapter and an enrolled Mother of Divine Grace family, I am often asked what it is like to …
When sickness strikes: 5 Recovery Strategies to get Homeschooling back on track
This is a post by Mary Donellan, Pre-Grammar tutor in the Birmingham, AL Chapter. You can learn more about her at our Blog Contributors Page. While it seems that nothing leaves you feeling warmer or fuzzier than the Christmas holidays, …
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5 Ways to Keep ‘Schooling’ When Everyone is Sick
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Thanks for supporting CSH! The flu hit our house this last week. And by hit, I mean it slammed into everyone and knocked our socks off. We haven’t had it in about 5 …
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Finding the Childlike Joy in Christmas as an Adult
This is a post by Jeremy Skrdla, a homeschooling father of 7 in Nebraska. You can learn more about him at our Blog Contributors Page. One Christmas memory from my childhood was gathering with my uncles and cousins in Grandma’s …
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St. Gianna’s Secret of Happiness for Homeschooling Moms
This is a post by Mary Donellan, a Pre-Grammar tutor in the Birmingham, AL Chapter. You can learn more about her at our Blog Contributors Page. Many homeschooling moms confess that, even after years of experience, they still feel they …
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5 Ways Dad Can Help with Homeschooling
This is a post by Jeremy Skrdla, a homeschooling father of 7 in Nebraska. You can learn more about him at our Blog Contributors Page. Growing up, after Mass each Sunday, my Great-Grandma Dorothy and I watched the likes of …
FUN Ways to Display that Memory Work at Home- Picture Post!
I LOVE seeing all the different ways families display the Catholic Schoolhouse Memory Work at home! Recently several moms in CSH Chapters around the US shared their displays in our private file sharing, chat, forum (and everything else) resource, Basecamp. …
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Memory Work Inspiration + Ideas
Looking for unique ways to learn memory work in your homeschool? Try these activities and games with your family. They can be used with any tour, any week, and any subject of memory work. Some are appropriate for groups and …
Using the Catholic Schoolhouse Copywork and Dictation pages
Did you know Catholic Schoolhouse has copywork for the memory work in the Tour Guide? Yes! History, Religion, Language Arts, Math, and Science are all included! The copywork packs are available on the Catholic Schoolhouse Store Page in the Additional …
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What’s a “Morning Basket” and how do I use one?
Have you ever heard of “Morning Basket” and wondered “What is that and how do I use it?” Don’t worry, it’s not as complicated as it seems. What is a Morning Basket? “Morning Basket” is a pile, box or you …