Homeschooling in Summer: Really? Does it work?

We do all year round homeschooling.  For the benefits of this, read my article at my new website entitled “Year Round Homeschooling:  The Benefits”. Of course, it is not easy.  First, most of my children friends are not homeschooling.  Also, there are just too many activities, retreats and play dates in summer.  It does disrupt [...]

Catholic Robinson Curriculum: Habits of Self-teaching

This is now my third year in homeschooling.  The home school philosophy I use stresses   the acquisition of the habits of “self-teaching”. It was difficult for me to understand at first how many homeschooling mothers cannot grasp the concept of autodidact learning. Most homeschooling curriculum is self-teaching.  However, a mother cannot just let go especially [...]

Is it Too Early to Teach a 4 year old to Read?

Read my newest article: ” Teaching a 4 year old to Read” at my newest website “Study at Home with Joy“. With 9 children to raise and homeschooling, it almost seems like I am an expert on teaching a child to read. When I gave birth to my first child, I did not want to [...]

SAT Prep and Reading the Classics and Vocabulary

  Kaplan and Prestwick House are among publishers who produce amended versions of classic novels to help students improve their vocabulary as they prepare for the SAT. Titles from Prestwick include: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly [Prestwick House, Inc., 2007], Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad [Prestwick House, Inc., 2007] A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [...]

Can Reading the Classics Replace the English and Grammar Homeschool Program?

In my new website, I discuss in brief how reading the Classics can be a substitute for a High School English, Grammar, Vocabulary and Literature curriculum. Read “Why the Classics?”  

Robinson Curriculum Reviews: The Classics

Though the Robinson Curriculum does not list down all the Great Books and the books considered “Classic  Books”  in its curriculum, the RC curriculum encompasses a variety of literature that covers many subject areas including History.   It is the reason that their book line up is excellent. On the other hand, my liberal arts colleges [...]

Robinson Curriculum Reviews: All Year Round Homeschooling

I just finished writing an article entitled “All Year Round Homeschooling“. I plainly discussed in this article the benefits to our family of studying all year round, Monday to Friday. Check it out.

Catholic Robinson Curriculum: Homeschool Graduation

Hello world! I am at my happiest last Monday. It was Memorial Day for all of you, but for our family, it is the graduation of my two sons from our homeschool. Our homeschool is called St. Philomena Catholic School. We have used the Robinson Curriculum as our spine but added the 4th “R” as [...]

High School Graduation Announcements

What brought me googling “graduation invitations”? Well, I have two high school seniors who graduated this year.  Homeschoolers for that matter. So, you probably have seen the most common high school graduation announcement – it is the photo poster card.  You can do this at Hallmark or pharmacies where there is a photo developing kiosk. [...]

Catholic Robinson Curriculum Review: The Quiet Day

The focus of my post today is the implementation of the Robinson Curriculum across the board.  Does our home ever get quiet with 9 children? . Actually, one child  is in college.  Another child is doing job internship with his father.  The remaining seven (7)  do the Catholic Robinson  curriculum in our house.  Except for [...]

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