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Work-text based subjects, including spelling, vocabulary, phonics, handwriting, and math, are ideal to introduce and accustom students to working on their own. Other subjects often require more...
View ArticleAnticipating the New School Year
Getting ready for school involves more than books and lesson plans. In this timely reprint, Ginny Seuffert offers solutions for the inevitable obstacles that will come your way! On weekends during the...
View Article7 Tips To Improve Homeschooling This Year
At the beginning of every school year, I make a little personal checklist as to how I can improve homeschooling in the upcoming year. I don’t always stick to the lists as well as I’d like, but I try....
View Article4 Preparations to Start the School Year
Whether you are just starting to homeschool for the very first time, or are an old hand at it, a new year gives a chance for a fresh start. Although every family is different, and each family must...
View ArticleReady, Set… Wait a Minute!
Your books have arrived, the kids are eager to begin, the family energy level is high and prayers for the help of all the educator saints have been fervently said. Ready, set…hold on just a minute!...
View Article5 Catholic Homeschooling Keys to Success
We recently asked our readers to share homeschooling advice that they have found helpful or that they often share with others. Here are five of the most popular Catholic homeschooling tips you...
View ArticleSeton Homeschool Lesson Plans are a Guide
Lesson Plans are a Guide We send lesson plans to help parents with their homeschooling scheduling. Having day-to-day lesson plans is a main reason why many parents choose Seton. Parents and students...
View ArticleThe Tortoise and the Hare in the Classroom
By Draper John Warren Most everyone is familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare, but have you ever thought about what lessons this fable holds for education? The fable is a cautionary tale...
View ArticleHeard of a ‘Practice Week’? Here’s 3 Ways We Prep for The School Year
So here we are with another school year looming upon us, and the panic mode is starting to set in with moms who follow the traditional September to June calendar. Lesson plans, IHIPs (Individualized...
View ArticleSnuggled in the Silence of Prayer: How I Live The School Year
My heart grows more tired as I look through my emails, the many blogs, and status updates. It is not the prospect of another school year that comes through my mind but all the noise! The many pictures...
View ArticleMy 5 Simple Tips for Starting School
Getting organized is one of those concepts that gives a warm fuzzy feeling to the left brained among us—you know, those who are always on time, with check books balanced, kids in clean clothes and...
View ArticleWhat’s the Most Important Thing I Need to Do as I Start the New School Year?
What is the most important thing I need to do as I start the new school year? Besides praying with your children every day, start the year by taking the time to go through all the books and lesson...
View ArticleGet Ready, Get Set, Go! 5 Ways to Make a Good School Year
Success is all about preparation. Winning a race takes training and a healthy lifestyle. Acing a test takes study and a good night’s sleep. So too, a good school year takes some forethought and...
View ArticleBack to (Home)School: My 5 W’s of Homeschooling
Several weeks ago, I was asked to write a column for this magazine with the “Back to School” theme. I considered this somewhat ironic since the defining feature of homeschooling is that we are not...
View Article5 Simple Homeschooling Tips from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
It seems that summer has come and gone in a flash. We are slowly but surely gearing up for our fourteenth year of homeschooling this fall. We are almost done arranging books by grade, organizing school...
View ArticleMy 5 Favorite Tips for a Back-to-School Routine
Summer is coming to a close. Hot weather might not be ending, but we are all aware that school is right around the corner. It’s been a fun summer, but now it’s time to get back into routine and start...
View Article5 Ways to Spiritually Prepare for the New School Year
September is nearly upon us and for most homeschooling families that means a return to the regular school year routines. As parents, we expend considerable energy, effort, time and money in preparing...
View Article6 Tips about High School for New Freshmen
Going into high school, I didn’t really know what to expect. High school was a mysterious world that only those in it really knew about. So, as I am now one of the inhabitants of the high school world,...
View ArticleA Rail to Run On: Best Practices for Using Seton’s Lesson Plans
Soon the boxes will arrive and the excitement of a new year’s worth of lesson plans will engulf the Barrett home. Actually, I’ll be the one who is most excited; my husband just smiles indulgently at my...
View ArticleThinking Outside the Box: How We School Year Round
One of the many blessings of homeschooling is that it allows families to think outside of the box. Whether it be an un-schooling approach or a non-traditional method for inspiring learning,...
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