Teaching Teens to Cook

Our 16 year old learned to cook Fajitas for the first time. He enjoyed the raves of his siblings.
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STEM CELL RESEARCH : What is the real issue?

After hearing Father Ted of the National Catholic Bioethics Center talked at the 2009 Eucharistic Congress at the Charlotte Convention, I could not rest until I write an article on this issue.  Initially, I wanted to write about “Embryonic Adoptions”, adopting embryos for In vitro fertilization (IVF).  However, my research brought me to weave through [...]

Catholic Robinson Curriculum Daily Schedule

A typical homeschooling schedule  using Robinson Curriculum, the Catholic way:
7-8 am Wake up, Morning Prayer, Prayer in Honor of Your Guardian Angel and 7 Glory Be’s
8-9 am Breakfast, Walk the Dog or Daily Mass
9-11 am Mental Math, Math Facts, Saxon Math
11-12 pm Reading (Literature from the RC core reading list for appropriate level or grade)- [...]

Catholic Robinson Curriculum – Self Teaching Homeschool Curriculum

Is there such thing as a Catholic Robinson Curriculum for Homeschooling?
Though I am not a pioneer in this philosophy, I have decided to use this curriculum for 8 of my 9 children that I am raising.  My first born is already in a Catholic college at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina.  I have a [...]

The Sorrow of a Mother Turns to Peace with God’s Grace

Mary Ellen Barrett is a Catholic writer and contributor to the Long Island Catholic newspaper.  Her son, Ryan Barrett, 14 years old, had a seizure and drowned at the North-South Lake campground in Haines Falls. Last August 13, 2009, Ryan, his father and 6 year old brother arrived at the camping ground.  This was an [...]

We Lose Our Kids in Public School

The Newman College Guide for Catholic colleges is an online study of the top 10 authentic Catholic colleges in the nation.  Authentic means colleges that are upholding the values and identity of the Catholic Church.  There are many Catholic universities with great reputation but many failed in being faithful to Mother Church.  One such university [...]

Robinson Curriculum- An Honest Review

My article entitled “Self Teaching Method in Homeschooling: Focus on Robinsons Curriculum” has now been published at Associated Content.com.

The Family as a “Vocation”

I come from a family of 4 girls.  My parents are devote Catholics.  My father had dual degrees in engineering.  One in Sanitary Engineering and the other one is Civil Engineering.  My mother is an elementary teacher and librarian.  My oldest sister, Marie Clarisa is a Chemistry graduate and teaching high school Chemistry in a [...]

Did you Select the Robinson Curriculum for Homeschooling?

Our family did.  I wrote an article on it entitled “ Robinson Curriculum: A Self-teaching Method”.
My goals in homeschooling are simple.  It is to help my children “heal”  and raise them to be Saints.  In 2002, I moved to Southern California and deeply concerned with the behavior of public school children.  My youngest was just [...]

ADD and Reluctant Readers

If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD or ADD, there is high chance that he is reluctant to read.  This is typical of a child who gets easily distracted to things around him that “shine”.  I do not literally mean a shining object but referring to any thing going around an ADD child which [...]