tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59086235428208885342024-03-05T18:34:43.019-05:00Catholic Homeschooling in DelawareResources. Information. Inspiration.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-50483554158826060952017-03-20T16:29:00.000-04:002017-03-20T16:29:16.992-04:00Upcoming Catholic Homeschool Conferences in PA, MD & VA<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Whether you need refreshment or you are new to homeschooling, you will find encouragement at an <b><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/">IHM conference</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In April, a conference of wonderful, Catholic <a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/philadelphia/speakers/"><b>speakers</b></a> will be in Blue Bell, Pa and in May, the <a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/maryland/speakers/"><b>conference</b> </a>will be in Maryland. All the conferences are FREE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/maryland/"><i>http://www.ihmconference.org/maryland/</i></a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I highly recommend traveling to the <b><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national/">National Conference in Virginia this June</a></b>, where you'll see such a turnout of Catholic homeschoolers and well-known speakers and a marketplace for all your needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On Facebook? Get updates and info <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ihmconferences/">HERE</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-81009372641988954422017-03-20T14:57:00.003-04:002017-03-20T14:57:51.842-04:00Homeschool Connections DUAL ENROLLMENT with Franciscan University Announcement!Making a CATHOLIC college education more affordable for homeschoolers!<br />
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For more information - read these articles linked below.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.franciscan.edu/homeschoolconnections/">https://www.franciscan.edu/homeschoolconnections/</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://homeschoolconnectionsonline.blogspot.com/2017/03/dual-enrollment-online-for-homeschool.html">http://homeschoolconnectionsonline.blogspot.com/2017/03/dual-enrollment-online-for-homeschool.html</a></b>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-4069934662045147522013-07-06T19:59:00.000-04:002017-03-20T14:39:21.178-04:00Homeschool Style Quiz & Curriculum PredictorTake the QUIZ and let me know, in comments, if you think it predicts your style accurately.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">Homeschooling
Style Quiz: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://67.252.113.51/mercyacademy/aboutus.htm">(by Dr. Chen - see below)</a></i></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
Use the following scale in answering the questions. Be sure to circle the
number that corresponds with your answer.<br />
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<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 13.3%;" valign="top" width="13%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 16.9%;" valign="top" width="16%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 16.68%;" valign="top" width="16%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">3<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.66%;" valign="top" width="17%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.72%;" valign="top" width="17%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">5<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
<td style="height: 14.9pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">6<o:p></o:p></span></b></td>
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<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 13.3%;" valign="top" width="13%">That’s not me at all</td>
<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 16.9%;" valign="top" width="16%">Rarely true, only 20% of the time</td>
<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 16.68%;" valign="top" width="16%">Occasionally true, about 40% of time</td>
<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.66%;" valign="top" width="17%">Often true, about 60% of time</td>
<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.72%;" valign="top" width="17%">Usually true, about 80% of time</td>
<td style="height: 43.15pt; padding: 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">Almost always true</td>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 1A questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
I look forward to homeschooling 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
My husband wants me to homeschool 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I love to study and learn new things 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I enjoy reading aloud to my children every day 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I find myself naturally explaining things to the children 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I’m in the middle of reading a book (romance novels excluded) right now. 1 2
3 4 5 6<br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 1A=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 1B questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
There is a show or movie on TV that I want to watch almost every night 1 2 3
4 5 6<br />
I spend an hour or more each day visiting friends or chatting on the phone 1
2 3 4 5 6<br />
My husband wants me to homeschool, but I dread it. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I can’t find time to read. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
It’s very hard to find time to play with or read to the children. 1 2 3 4 5
6<br />
I often feel guilty about not getting enough accomplished. . 1 2 3 4 5 6<o:p></o:p><br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 1B=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 2A questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
The inside of my kitchen cupboards are clean and organized . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
We all make our beds, put away our clothes and do our chores without a lot
of problem . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I rarely misplace things. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I enjoy paying the bills, planning the details of a trip or organizing an
activity . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
The books in our personal library are categorized so that I can easily find
them 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
The inside of our refrigerator is clean. . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 2A=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 2B questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
Usually there is laundry to be done and piles around that need to be folded
. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I have a hard time getting my children to do chores . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I want to teach my children but there are so many choices that I don’t know
where to begin . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
When my children ask me where something is it takes a long time for us to
find it . 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I don’t know what we will be having for dinner until it’s time to cook the
meal. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I procrastinate a lot. 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 2B=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 3A questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
I like to plan things down to the last detail 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I like doing craft activities or taking trips to the zoo or library with the
children 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I think a great way to learn is curled up on the couch with a book 1 2 3 4 5
6<br />
I would let my children do their schoolwork on the floor if they wanted to 1
2 3 4 5 6<br />
Kids can learn more about nature by walking around outside than they can
from a book 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I hated my textbooks and workbooks when I was in school 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 3A=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Group 3B questions</u><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
I like the idea of my children sitting at desks quietly working 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
It’s important for me to know what and how to teach my children each step of
the way 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I’m afraid my kids will have "gaps" in their education 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I want my children to be at the same place in their subjects as the children
in school 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I like the idea of having just one book for each subject 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
I worry that I won’t be able to teach my children what they need to know. 1
2 3 4 5 6<br />
Average (total divided by 6) for 3B=______________<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">Analyzing
the Results:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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The average from 1B, 2B and 3B must be
reversed in order to analyze the results of this test.<o:p></o:p><br />
6 becomes 1<o:p></o:p><br />
5 becomes 2<o:p></o:p><br />
4 becomes 3<o:p></o:p><br />
3 becomes 4<o:p></o:p><br />
2 becomes 5<o:p></o:p><br />
1 becomes 6<o:p></o:p><br />
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After you have reversed the score for those 3
groups take a final total. Your total score should be between 6 and 36.<o:p></o:p><br />
<b><u>What your total score indicates:</u></b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>6-12
total</b> strongly suggests that you should
use a homeschool program such as the <st1:place w:st="on"><b><i><a href="http://angelicum.net/">Angelicum Academy</a></i></b></st1:place> or <b><a href="http://www.setonhome.org/">Seton HomeStudy.</a> [I'd imagine that would apply to <i><a href="http://olvs.org/">Our Lady of Victory</a></i>, as well..maybe <i><a href="http://www.kolbe.org/">Kolbe</a></i>, too. ]</b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>13-18
total</b> suggests you should use a program,
but that you could add or change a small part of the program without a problem.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>19-24</b> <b>total</b>
indicates you would be comfortable using some type of lesson plan system that
you can modify to suit your needs. Good options might be the lesson plans from
<b><i><a href="https://www.chcweb.com/catalog/index.html">Catholic Heritage Curriculum</a></i> </b>or syllabi offered by <b><i><a href="http://www.motherofdivinegrace.org/">Mother of Divine Grace</a></i></b> or <b><i><a href="http://www.staa-homeschool.com/">SaintThomas Aquinas Academy</a></i></b>. [Could <b><i><a href="http://www.kolbe.org/">Kolbe </a></i></b>fit in here, too, as it also allows modifications?]<o:p></o:p><br />
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(<i>BINGO! This is where my test puts me. But, I *feel* that I meet the description of 13-18 as I do use a program - MODG- but enjoy its flexibility to add in Seton, OLVS ,CHC books and other resources suggested by my mentor, <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmanuel-Books/226684867341869?fref=ts">Paola </a></b>of <b><a href="http://emmanuelbooks.com/">EmmanuelBooks</a></b>.)</i><br />
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<b>25-30</b> <b>total</b>
suggests you could develop your own lesson plans, but would need support and
guidance which could be found in <i><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Own-Classical-Curriculum/dp/0898706602">DesigningYour Own Classical Curriculum</a></b></i> or the suggested curricula at <b>Catholic
Heritage Curriculum. </b> It would also be helpful for you to examine
lesson plans that others have written before creating your own. [ Consider, <b><i><a href="http://materamabilis.org/ma/">MaterAmabilis</a></i></b>, I would think.]<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>30-36
total </b>strongly suggests you would
have no problem creating your children’s educational program.<o:p></o:p><br />
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If your score "doesn't make sense"
go back and recalculate making sure that you reversed the appropriate scores as directed at the top of the page. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Quiz designed by Andrea Chen, Catholic
Homeschool Mom of six, director of Mercy Academy Homeschool Program
(http://www.mercyacademy.net), with a Phd. in Psychology.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>It was put together based on her experience
and knowledge of tests, measurement and homeschooling. This questionnaire has
been tested on over 100 homeschooling mothers and found to be valid.</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Do you agree?<br />
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<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-15486225872259272882013-05-17T14:48:00.001-04:002013-05-17T14:48:38.945-04:00Catholic Homeschooling Facebook Groups<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get connected to other Catholic homeschoolers on Facebook. There are a variety of groups.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">I am seeing much more activity in the <b>Catholic homeschool Facebook groups</b> than I am seeing in the yahoogroup emails. If you are looking for support and Catholic homeschool info please consider these links to active groups. These communities are helpful and connect us to others like us across the map. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><b>+ Catholic Homeschool Moms</b> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/24164460379/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.454545021057129px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>groups/24164460379/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> over 1,000 members</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><b>+ Catholic Homeschoolers of NorthEast (PA, NJ,DE,MD)</b></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/115513477358/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.454545021057129px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>groups/115513477358/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> over 70</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><b>* Homeschool Delaware</b> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/118853418201199/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.454545021057129px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>groups/118853418201199/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> over 360 (secular)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><b>+ MODG Moms</b> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/29412108736/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.454545021057129px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>groups/29412108736/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> almost 200</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><b>+ Mater Amabalis</b>(for Catholic Charlotte Mason approach) </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/materamabilis/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.454545021057129px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>groups/materamabilis/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"> almost 200</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">+ <b>Catholic Homeschooling Resources</b> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Homeschooling-Resources/137231707453">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Homeschooling-Resources/137231707453</a> almost 700</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ <b>Totus Tuus Family & Catholic Homeschool FB page</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Totus-Tuus-Family-Catholic-Homeschool/285307812834?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Totus-Tuus-Family-Catholic-Homeschool/285307812834?fref=ts</a> over 700</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-46406886513291944112013-03-30T19:39:00.000-04:002013-03-30T19:39:34.160-04:00Upcoming Catholic Homeschool Conferences - Spring 2013<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Catholic homeschool conference is a great opportunity to see inside the books, talk to curriculum providers, get advice and be encouraged by supportive and well-known speakers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, <b><i><a href="http://www.chaplet.org/Conference.html">C.H.A.P.L.E.T. in New Jersey</a></i></b> on <b>April 13th</b>. Besides tables and tables of items for Catholic families and homeschoolers here are the speakers and their topics:</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light'; font-size: 20pt;">Maria Rioux</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16pt;">Great Ideas for Small Minds:<br />Getting Started or Jump Started</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light'; font-size: 20pt;">Rev. Ronan Murphy</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16pt;">The Rosary: The Devotion for Our Times;<br />A Devotion for Peace, Sanctification & Salvation</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light'; font-size: 20pt;">Marie Siobhan Gallagher</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #1e5289; font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16pt;">Solving the “I Hate Math” Problem:<br />Insights into Overcoming Common Obstacles</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In MAY, there's the <b><i><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/maryland/">IHM conference in Maryland</a></i></b> on the 17th and 18th. The speakers at this conference will be:</span><br />
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<tr class=""><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 4px 8px; width: 800px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fr-Boquet-web.jpg" style="color: #365da0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1309" height="150" src="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fr-Boquet-web.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Fr-Boquet web" width="124" /></a>Fr. Shenan Boquet</strong>, before being appointed as President of Human Life International, came from the Houma Thibodaux Roman Catholic Diocese, where he most recently served as Pastor of St. Gregory Barbarigo Parish in Houma, Louisiana.<br class="blank" /><br class="blank" />Since being ordained as a priest in 1993, Fr. Boquet has given hundreds of talks at conferences and in parishes on issues ranging from the dignity of the human person and the nature of marriage, to social justice and moral theology. He has given retreats and educational seminars on the Theology of the Body, Holy Scripture and various theological topics. Fr. Boquet has also appeared numerous times on EWTN and Ave Maria Radio, as well as in other media. He has served and continues to serve on numerous boards, including the Diocesan Priests Council, of which he remains Chairman.</span></td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><td style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 4px 8px; width: 800px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/drray-web.jpg" style="color: #365da0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1317" height="150" src="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/drray-web.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Dr. Ray Guarendi" width="118" /></a>Dr. Ray Guarendi </strong>is a homeschooling father, clinical psychologist, author, public speaker and a radio host. His experience includes school districts, Head Start programs, mental health centers, substance abuse programs, inpatient psychiatric centers, juvenile courts, and a private practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Guarendi has been a regular guest on national radio and television, including<em>Oprah, Joan Rivers, Scott Ross Prime Time, 700 Club, Gordon Elliot,</em> and <em>CBS This Morning</em>. He’s appeared on regional radio and television shows in over 40 states and Canada. He has been the program psychologist for <em>Cleveland’s Morning Exchange, Pittsburgh 2-Day,</em>and <em>AM Indiana</em>. He has written several books, including <em>You’re a Better Parent Than You Think!</em>, <em>Back to the Family</em> and <em>Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime</em>.</span></td></tr>
<tr class=""><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 4px 8px; width: 800px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Mary-Ellen-2013-web.jpg" style="color: #365da0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2007" height="150" src="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Mary-Ellen-2013-web.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Mary Ellen 2013 web" width="117" /></a>Mrs. Mary Ellen Barrett</strong> is a home educating mother of seven children. Her column, “Life in Our Domestic Church,” is regularly featured in <em>The Long Island Catholic</em>. She has spoken at numerous homeschooling conferences on topics such as socialization and the challenges of raising a special needs child. In her popular blog,<a href="http://maryellenb.typepad.com/" style="color: #365da0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tales from the Bonny Blue House</a>, Mary Ellen writes about daily life and happenings in her Catholic home. In addition, she writes about the Catholic celebration of Christmas in her blog <a href="http://maryellenb.typepad.com/o_night_divine/" style="color: #365da0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">O Night Divine</a>. Currently, she is working on two books, a book about life as a mom of a large family and an Advent Book of Days. Besides writing and blogging, Mary Ellen enjoys cooking, sewing, photography, and studying Theology.</span></td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><td style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 4px 8px; width: 800px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bennett-for-web.jpg" style="color: #365da0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1320" height="150" src="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bennett-for-web.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: left; margin: 10px;" title="bennett for web" width="118" /></a>Mrs. Laraine Bennett </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;">has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and is a freelance writer for many Catholic publications, including Catholic Match and the Catholic News Agency’s Catholic Womanhood Blog. She also designed an online temperament test for Catholic Match that has been taken by more than 60,000 singles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Together with her husband, Art, she has co-authored three books on temperament:<em>The Temperament God Gave You, The Temperament God Gave Your Spouse,</em> and<em>The Temperament God Gave Your Kids</em>, as well as a book on emotions, <em>The Emotions God Gave You</em>. They have lived in California and in Germany and currently live in Northern Virginia where they are parishioners at Holy Trinity Parish in Gainesville. The Bennetts have four children—one of each temperament type! They homeschooled for ten years, and have done many talks to local homeschool groups.</span></td></tr>
<tr class=""><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 4px 8px; width: 800px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><strong><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ginny4web2.jpg" style="color: #365da0; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2063" height="150" src="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ginny4web2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Ginny4web2" width="100" /></a>Mrs. Virginia (Ginny) Seuffert</strong></strong>, a native New Yorker and mother of 12, has been homeschooling for over 20 years! While in New York, Mrs. Seuffert lectured, debated, and wrote a number of articles for the Pro-Life movement. After moving to Illinois, she became a founding member of the Network of Illinois Catholic Home Educators, helped establish the “Round Table” (a Catholic home school leadership discussion group), and became a founder and officer of the Catholic Home </span><span style="font-size: small;">School Network of America.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">In addition to appearing on EWTN, she has been a guest on numerous radio shows, lectured at Catholic family conferences all over the United States and Canada, and has authored several articles on such topics as home education, teaching children the virtues, and household management. The Illinois Press Association awarded her first place honors for a column she wrote defending traditional family values in a local newspaper. The Seton Home Study School Newsletter regularly features her columns, and recently Seton Press published her first two books of a series, <em>Ginny’s Gems: Home Management Essentials </em>and <em>Ginny’s Gems: 10 Essentials for Teaching Your Preschooler at Home.</em></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the biggest one, IHM's V<b><i><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national/">irginia, the National conference is June 21st and 22nd in Fredericksburg</a></i></b>. This is the biggie with too <b><i><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national/speakers/">many speakers </a></i></b>to print here and a warehouse full of vendor table after vendor table. You'll be surrounded by like-minded Catholic families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're thinking about homeschooling or need a retreat to recharge for the next school year, this is where you need to be. In fact, for the Year of Faith, <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 23px;">2013 is a special year for Catholic homeschooling conferences. For the first time in history, there will be a national campaign to show support for Catholic homeschooling by having 10,000 people attend conferences during the Year of Faith. See 10kStrong.org</span></span><br />
<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-85590089717988125252013-03-20T10:42:00.000-04:002013-03-20T10:42:29.835-04:00The Shroud of Turin Replica - Field Trip To St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a blessing of many facets to be able to see and touch an <i>exact</i> replica...one of only 9 in the world....approved by the <b>Vatican </b>and <i>touched to the actual</i>.... of <b><i>The Shroud of Turin!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A local, Ukrainian Catholic Church hosted the event and our Pastor asked if the homeschoolers would like to join him on a tour and visit. The turnout was great and their hospitality was like a warm embrace amidst their sumptuous gold and jewel-toned soaked Church. The highlight, of course, was learning so much about this incredible object. but each of us also felt delighted to meet the fine pastor of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and learn about their Mass. We plan to pray the Mass with our new friends one Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could link to many articles, books and DVDs to share with you info and studies on The Shroud of Turin. You can google it, too, if you'd like to read more. But I'd like to share something from a devotee. All my life, <a href="http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/search/label/My%20Father"><b><i>my Father ( a retired attorney)</i></b></a> has had an interest in The Shroud and so I asked him to guest blog, once again, and share his findings. Hope you enjoy his analysis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The year was 1988. Peter Jennings was still alive. He had reached the pinnacle of T.V. News journalism. ABC's Nightly News with Peter Jennings was ranked # 1 and had the largest viewing audience of any of the competing 6 O'Clock evening news shows. He came on that night with a blazing headline. “<b><i>Shroud of Turin is declared a fake</i></b>”. I was personally astonished, having had some contact with members of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project members, Dr. John Jumper and photographer Barrie Schworz.
The 1978 report of STURP, as it was known, was very positive and encouraged belief on a purely scientific basis, that the shroud was the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I listened carefully and heard that the Cardinals in Rome, who had temporary custody of the sacred garment (on loan from the House of Savoy, its owners for 8 centuries), had permitted a small “slice” of the garment to be submitted to radio carbon-dating testing. In the interests of creating a “triple blind” experiment, the small slice was, itself, cut up into 3 smaller slices. Each smaller slice was then sent to independent carbon dating labs around the world: one in Zurich Switzerland; one at Oxford University in London and one at The University of Arizona in America. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each lab did its independent testing and then converged to share their findings. All 3 found that the cloth, submitted for testing, could be dated somewhere between 1240 at the earliest and 1350 at the latest. It was, therefore, a thirteenth (13th) or fourteenth (14th)century artifact and not the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Jennings, never a fan of organized religion or religious groups, had a wonderfully smug look on his face . By characterizing it as a “fake” he had gone a bit too far because the proofs, that were offered, <i><b>only established that the slices that were examined were not, and could not be, cloth of first century Palestinian origin</b></i>.
Nonetheless, as a supporter of the Shroud's authenticity, I was immediately disheartened.
For the debunkers and cynics ( all my life I have challenged thoughtless debunkers and cynics on many subjects including UFOs) this became their triumphant chant. That's It. The whole shroud story is a fake and a “con job” --- gerber baby food---------- for the intellectual 'babies' who need to believe in mysteries and resist the relentless advance of science. Well, I did not believe in mysteries, legends, old wives' tales, folklore and the rest. <b>I was a trial lawyer who had taken over 104 cases to a verdict in courtrooms and knew how to present a scientifically accurate case</b>. Yet the evidence was truly scientific, verifiable and came from 3 totally independent testing sources who presumably had no personal or professional contact during the testing period. More importantly, they had no reason to fabricate a result . The 'true believers' were devastated and walked away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then a series of aggressive challenges were mounted that assailed the legitimacy of the testers themselves. Those testers , after all, were hand-picked by the Catholic Church's cardinals in Rome and one could hardly believe that the Cardinals had a vested interest in destroying public confidence in a magnificent artifact that, for 8 centuries, had been regarded with the utmost solemnity, as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Well, then, who is to be blamed if, indeed, blame is to be found? Some of the backlash to the carbon dating test results must be characterized as religiously inspired retaliation and scientifically flawed. It is a sad fact that “those who want to believe in something, will believe in it no matter what the evidence. “ I never fell into that category. I was never so interested in seeing my inherited beliefs proven correct, that I would support bogus science or any chicanery. If it isn't true, I have no time for it. I cannot engage in silly self-deception.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most thorough rebuttal to the 1988 carbon dating findings came from a man who had been a member of the 1978 Shroud team. He was Raymond Rogers a research chemist, who had as much access to the garment itself as any scientist or person alive. The Shroud has BURN MARKS AND HOLES THAT ARE CONSPICUOUS TO THE UNTRAINED EYE OF ANYONE LOOKING AT IT. IT WAS SAVED FROM INTENTIONAL ARSON IN THE 13 TH CENTURY BY A FEW DEVOUT NUNS !!!
<b><i>The fact that it is intact at all is the “miracle”</i></b>. People have pulled at it; tried to burn and destroy it; carried it through the streets of Lirey, France in the 13th century; displayed it on podiums thereafter. Its edges had become frayed . Those cherished souls, anxious to preserve the garment for posterity …..and cognizant of the fact that the frayed periphery of the garment could lead to further tearing of the garment....... commissioned the good women of that era (probably nuns) to <b>sew a border around the periphery of the garment to protect it from further deterioration</b>. That makes perfect sense doesn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, if that is what happened, when the Cardinals decided to cut off a piece, along the periphery or edges of the garment, for carbon -dating-testing purposes they were, inadvertently, setting up the garment for test failure. To be fair to the church officials and Cardinals, they did not have direct knowledge of the Shroud's sensational history. It did not belong to the Catholic Church in 1988. It belonged to KING UMBERTO, PRETENDER TO THE CROWN OF FORMER KINGDOM OF ITALY, BETTER KNOWN AS THE 'HOUSE OF SAVOY'. In 1993, Umberto donated the Shroud to the Pope, John Paul II.
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chemical detectives like Rogers<b>*</b> found that the remaining tiny segments of “slices” left over ,after the testing showed high concentrations of cotton. This was backed up by Chemist Robert Villareal, in a peer-reviewed presentation to Ohio State University's Blackwell center, published in Chemistry Today (August 2008). Without going into the technical nature of these presentations, suffice it to say that the existence of cotton in the tested sample is inconsistent with the fact that the original shroud is 100% linen.</span><br />
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“Scientific Method applied to Shroud of Turin” @www.shroud.com/pdfs/Rogers2 </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linen was the only ingredient of the original cloth . So where did the cotton come from? Cotton was discovered later than first century Palestine. We need only look back upon our own past history to realize that cotton was , along with tobacco, sugar and rice, one of the chief exports to Europe, from America, that made us wealthy and a desirable destination for generations of immigrants . <b><i>A simple mistake was made by submitting a sample for testing which did not represent the original cloth. </i></b>Presumably dedicated women , in the 13th century had sewn a border on the shredding Shroud to protect if from further deterioration . <b><i>So we are back to square one !!! We can look at the Shroud with fresh eyes and renewed enthusiasm.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That means that we can look at the crown of thorns, wounds on the hands and feet, lash marks on the dorsal spine, the piercing evidence of a lance thrust into the dead man's side. Is it a miracle of circumstantial evidence that every wound on this man's body conforms to the gospel accounts of the death of Jesus Christ? Then ….......there is the enigma of how the image was created .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Monochromatic is one of those multi-syllabic words often found in technical treatises. In blunt English it means “ the whole thing is in one color”. That color is a faint shade of yellow, like a scorch burn on a linen cloth. Sophisticated image enhancing equipment from the <b>labs of NASA ( Dr. John Jumper) conclusively demonstrated that the image is three dimensional</b>. Why is this important and what does it mean? If you are lying on the beach with paint or some resin all over your body and someone covers you with a soft blanket there will be an 'image transfer” from your body to the blanket. However only the portions of your body that touch the blanket will transfer the image. The tip of your nose but probably not the portion of your neck just below the jawline. Your forehead but not the outline of your ear lobes. Your knees and feet but probably not the long shaft of your tibia bone. Certainly not bruises and contusions on your back !!! That is positively out of the question. If you performed this experiment (and both believers and debunkers have) what you would see, transferred onto the blanket, would be a mish-mash of smudges and smears bearing no intelligent resemblance to a human being or a human body. If you doubt me, TRY IT OUT YOURSELF !The image on the Shroud is darker and very clearly defined , where there is contact between the linen cloth and the dead man and yet much lighter on those areas where there would be no contact or minimal contact. This rules out the tenuous , highly debatable, theory that the image came from a “transfer' of image onto the linen cloth , from ointments and oils applied to the body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, as a last resort, there was the persistent claim ( still being hawked by some ) that the image on the cloth was painted there by a medieval artist. Eighteen scientists at Turin Italy in 1978 including the Jewish photographer Barrie Schworz, meticulously examined the Shroud for 4 consecutive days having extraordinary access to the garment . Not one saw a morsel of paint on the Shroud. One lone dissenter, banned from personal access to the Shroud, by King Umberto himself--- Walter McCrone-----claimed it was paint. To be sure he offered not a scintilla of credible evidence in support of his thesis. This tells us more about the integrity of the debunkers, than it does about the Shroud itself. There is no “respectable” evidence that the image on the Shroud was painted on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(It is known that the blood type on The Shroud is AB, universal receiver The same blood type as the <a href="http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/physician-tells-of-eucharistic-miracle-of-lanciano"><i><b>myocardial heart tissue the consecrated host became , from 700 A.D., in the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy</b></i></a>.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is one more dramatic finding that, for me, becomes the “CLINCHER”. I call it my “clincher” because it totally satisfies my own skeptical and inquisitive instincts. Travel Europe and look at every fresco or painting by every one of the old masters, who depicted the crucifixion of Christ. The Sistine Chapel. St. Peters in Rome . The Grand Cathedral of Seville Spain, St. Mark's in Venice.The Hagia Sophia in Instanbul Turkey built in the 6th century St. Patrick's in New York City. Caravaggio, Da Vinci, Raphael, Michaelangelo., El Greco, Bernini … gorge yourself ! What do all of them have in common ? ….. DRUM ROLL.................
The crucified Jesus has nails driven into the palms of his hands. Look at the crucifix in your own church. Look at the crucifix that you wear around your neck, if you wear one . Look at every painting in every art gallery in the world. Nails driven through his palms. Now brace yourself. The man of the shroud shows dislocated and elongated wrists.
So... what is the point ??? The Romans were barbarians. No one doubts that. Force and cruelty were the weapons used to keep subjugated and conquered people in line. They were there to be slaves for Rome and pay duty to Rome and nothing else mattered. Thus crucifixion was not only a punishment but a horrific way to keep people obedient to the whim of Rome. In order to keep their victims on the cross for the longest time so that the terrified subjects would “see with their own eyes the cruelty of Rome”, they had to make sure that the crucified man hung on the cross for a long time. They found that if they drove the nails through his palms, there was insufficient bone mass to hold him up and his hands “ripped through and he collapsed off the cross.” Being efficient killers, the Romans adapted to changing circumstances and modified their crucifixion technique so that nails were driven through wrists where there was strong bone mass. This allowed the dying man to “hang better and longer” assuring the maximum impact of the event .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The carbon dating tests done in 1988 were not, and are not, correct. They do not date the Shroud of Turin to the 13th or 14th century. They date the snippet of cloth that was cut by Cardinals, unfamiliar with the garment's mending history. That cut of cloth came from the border of the Shroud , not the main body of the Shroud. That keeps the debate alive as to the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The image was scorched onto the cloth. If a medieval painter painted the Shroud (preposterous for other reasons) he would not have placed the dead man's hands so that they cover his genitalia. That conformed to the Jewish custom of personal modesty for the burial of any Jew, even a convicted criminal . Da Vinci, Raphael, Michaelangelo, El Greco, Caravaggio , displayed both male and female genitalia in their paintings and their magnificent sculptures.
A medieval artist would NOT have painted a dead man with stretched, elongated wrists. He would have painted what he had often painted, as a medieval artist: A DEAD MAN WITH NAILS DRIVEN INTO THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS. Only in the 20th century did we find out that the Romans drove nails through the wrists for the grisly purpose of keeping the dead man hanging on the cross for much longer periods of time. A medieval painter simply could not have known this. He had no scientific capability , in the 13th or 14th centuries ----nor do we have it, even today-- <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">to transfer a monochromatic image onto a linen cloth ,in precise 3 dimensional detail</span></i></b> , from the corpse of a dead man. The man whose image is on the Shroud was crucified by Romans, first century A.D. , not duplicitously painted onto a linen canvas by an artist in the 13th or 14 th century .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This dead man is <b>JESUS CHRIST. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Shroud is a “snapshot” of his resurrection</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>From inside his dead body, by a sudden internal burst of heat and blazing white light, he transferred , onto his burial cloth, a perfect 3 dimensional image of his crucified body</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> That is more than what I believe. That is what I know to be the scientific truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you, <a href="http://www.st-nicholas-church.org/"><b><i>St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church</i></b></a> for a day we'll not soon forget.</span><br />
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<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-75827125255423834482012-08-23T10:33:00.002-04:002012-08-23T10:33:58.148-04:00Back To Home School Mass<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Catholic Home School
Families of Delaware,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are invited to attend a <b><span style="color: firebrick;">Back
to Home School Mass</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with Fr. John Grimm, at
<a href="http://www.holyspiritcatholicchurchde.4lpi.com/"><b><i>Holy Spirit Church </i></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on Tuesday, September 4th at 5:30 PM. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come and join
the Catholic Home School community as we pray for God's blessings to be upon
our families as we begin another year of school.</span></div>
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<b>Studies show homeschooled kids, on average, are better educated than public school children.</b><br />
<i>By Susan Schaefer July 21, 2012</i> <b><a href="http://northhaven.patch.com/articles/heres-why-homeschooling-has-gone-mainstream">SOURCE</a></b><br />
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A few months ago at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, I saw a mom showing a well-behaved 8-year-old boy flashcards with Chinese characters on them in Panera. Homeschool alert!<br />
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I figured this woman was either a very conservative Christian or a crunchy granola type. Being annoyingly curious and inappropriate, as is my M.O., I struck up a conversation with her. She wasn’t either of those stereotypes. She was very nice and talked to me for a while about her experiences homeschooling her kids. <b>I learned that homeschooling is way more organized than I thought and very in vogue at the moment</b>.<br />
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In 1980, home schooling was illegal in 30 states. Now, it is legal in all 50 states with about 1.5 million to 2 million children being homeschooled in the U.S., roughly 3 percent of school-age children nationwide, <b><i><a href="http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91">according to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics</a></i></b>.<br />
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In the same study, it was found that between 1999 and 2007, the number of homeschooled children rose 77 percent.The actual number may be even higher because not all parents who homeschool report information to the government. However, the general consensus is that the stigma associated with homeschooling is gone as it becomes more and more mainstream.<br />
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As for why more parents are homeschooling, it is not surprising that the highest percentage listed religious and moral instruction (36%), the next most popular reason being concerns about the school environment (21%), followed by dissatisfaction with academic instruction (17%).<br />
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There is also a trend toward co-op homeschooling where small groups of parents take turns teaching the children and/or hiring tutors to assume some of the responsibility. The image of homeschooled children spending their days sitting at the kitchen table are long gone. Today’s homeschooled are out and about with many museums offering programs to homeschoolers as well as other hands-on activities, such as nature centers. <b>There are endless websites dedicated to non-traditional learning opportunities in addition to websites offering support and resources for homeschooling families.</b><br />
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I can teach a classroom of 28 5th graders who, between them, cover every learning and behavioral issue under the sun (note to my former colleagues: I said I could, I didn’t say I was good at it), but the thought of teaching my own boys scares me to death.<br />
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I always believed it was better to leave their academics in the capable hands of those who did not give birth to them, thus eliminating the emotional turmoil involved in getting them to open a book. But statistics indicate that this might not have been the wisest choice. <b><i><a href="http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/ray2009/default.asp">According to the Homeschool Progress Report 2009: Academic Achievement and Demographics</a></i></b>, homeschoolers, on average, scored 37 percentile points above their public school counterparts on standardized achievement tests.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Almost every study touches on a few other facts. It seems homeschooled kids are far from isolated from peers, <b>do well in social situations</b>, and are more likely to be involved in their community. The <b>education level of the parents had little effect on the success of their children</b>, as did state regulations, gender of the student, or how much parents spent on education. </span><br />
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Speaking of spending per student, in public school about $10,000 is spent on each student, each year, as opposed the $500 spent on the average homeschooled student. This number sounds a little fishy since the last time I took my kids to the aquarium I spent $74 on three tickets. Bad puns aside, <b style="background-color: #ffe599;">when I began this article I was dead set against homeschooling, as are many certified teachers. But, after doing research, I’m not so sure. Maybe the public school system could learn something from the homeschool community</b>.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-91949755788920018072012-06-15T14:59:00.000-04:002012-06-15T14:59:43.058-04:00IHM National Catholic Homeschool & Parenting Conference 2012<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />IHM CONFERENCE NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!
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This conference is an opportunity to hear dynamic and well-known Catholic speakers and be surrounded by those who love the Catholic faith! It's also great Catholic shopping...all under one roof. <br />
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<b>Every year I am excited to be surrounded by so many who share my goals and to also find motivation to stay the course. </b><br />
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<b>I am hoping to tweet from the conferences using the #Hashtag #IHMVA12 .</b><br />
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Oh...and did I mention it's <b><i>FREE</i></b>?<br />
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<b><i>THE EVENT:</i></b> The Eleventh Annual Immaculate Heart of Mary National Homeschool
and Parent Conference<br />
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<b><i>WHEN:</i></b> Friday and Saturday, <b><span style="font-size: large;">June 22nd and 23rd, 2012</span></b>
(Friday, June 22nd from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
(Saturday, June 23rd from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)<br />
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<b><i>NEW LOCATION!
WHERE:</i></b> <a href="http://www.fredericksburgexpocenter.com/"><b>Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center </b></a>
2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401<br />
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<b><i>WHO IS INVITED:</i></b> All adults, not just homeschooling families. All religious
are especially welcome. We love children, but must restrict attendance to
young adults (13+) and nursing babies only.
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<b><i>SPEAKERS:</i></b> Over 20 speakers, many nationally known!<br />
<a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national/speakers/"><b>Speaker Bios</b></a> - <a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/National-Brochure-20%2012.pdf"><b>Schedule of talks/description of topics</b></a> - <a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national/schedule/teen-program/"><b>Teen Program</b></a> & College Fair<br />
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<b><i>VENDORS:</i></b> Many Catholic vendors invited! Please note vendor area opens at
NOON Friday and will stay open throughout the conference.
<b><i>http://www.ihmconference.org/national/vendors/ </i></b><br />
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<b><i>FEATURES:</i></b> Rosary, Family Consecration, Scapular Enrollment and Confessions!
NO PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! ADMISSION IS FREE!!
PARKING: FREE and CONVENIENT!!
CONTACT: Please email info@ihmconference.org or call 540-636-1946.<br />
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<b><i>WEBSITE:</i></b> <b><i>www.ihmconference.org</i></b> for additional conference information,
including complete vendor listing, driving directions, hotel accommodations,
speaker schedule, etc.<br />
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<b><i>TAPES:</i></b> All talks will be available for purchase. Orders for CDs and MP3s
will be taken at the conference and shipped afterwards.<br />
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<b><i>USED BOOK SALE!</i></b>
Here's your chance to pick up great deals on used books! We are bringing
almost twice as many used books as we have had in the past..about 4,000
books! Hope to see you there! Please spread the word. Thanks and God bless!Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-81298244562747026742012-06-07T10:46:00.000-04:002012-06-07T10:46:42.678-04:00Catholic Homeschool Co-Op in Delaware<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA8p1FwMydaEFuCyVXa5X27p9pMcPtufYP8-SmqnE3bV8V2qFLpd2ipD9yTJqIFP54jNVax7tzAGpsR8cqyaSc6BNP_0rTNaC9bwVPvNwTLW1wyGXUBTtHjbZFpE2TIvX91wssUx412o/s1600/Holy+Spirit+Church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA8p1FwMydaEFuCyVXa5X27p9pMcPtufYP8-SmqnE3bV8V2qFLpd2ipD9yTJqIFP54jNVax7tzAGpsR8cqyaSc6BNP_0rTNaC9bwVPvNwTLW1wyGXUBTtHjbZFpE2TIvX91wssUx412o/s400/Holy+Spirit+Church.jpg" width="265" /></a><span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Agnus Dei is a Home School Co-operative for children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, located at <b><i><a href="http://www.holyspiritcatholicchurchde.4lpi.com/">Holy Spirit Church in New Castle, Delaware</a></i></b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agnus Dei was formed to equip families with the support and resources necessary to provide students with a Catholic, Ignatian, and classical home-based education. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">The curriculum is developed by <b><i><a href="http://www.kolbe.org/">Kolbe Academy, a nationally recognized Catholic home school program</a></i></b>. Recognizing the benefits of home education, Agnus Dei seeks to provide supplementary academic assistance by <b>meeting twice a week for instruction and academic planning. Parents work together, combining effort and personal skills for the spiritual, academic, and social benefit of their children</b>. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefef2; color: #4f4f2b; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">As taught by the Church, we recognize parents as the primary educators of their children.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">For more information, see their website - http://www.agnusdeihomeschool.org/</span></b></div>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-69606132863585038292012-04-23T20:53:00.000-04:002013-07-25T08:56:47.559-04:00Homeschool Vs. Public School ~ Infographic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For more click <a href="http://www.home-school.com/news/homeschool-vs-public-school.php">HERE</a>. Some Fascinating Facts About Homeschool vs Public School
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<a href="http://tiny99.com/676562">Source</a>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-9150475920230852042012-03-16T11:21:00.001-04:002012-03-16T11:21:24.569-04:00Recent CNN article on Homeschooling ~ NBHEA <a href="http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/15/my-view-homeschooling-marching-to-the-beat-of-a-different-drummer/"><i><b>recent homeschooling article on CNN</b></i></a> from the originator of the <a href="http://nbhe.net/"><i><b>National Black Home Educators</b></i></a>...check it out.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Some thought we were out of our minds. But, since then, my husband and I started an organization where parents are empowered to educate their children for excellence. <a href="http://nbhe.net/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5c7996; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The National Black Home Educators’ </a>primary focus is to target African-Americans with the option of homeschooling. We also offer resources to parents of children that are still in the public and private schools, including learning materials that enable parents to engage in learning 30 minutes per day with their children at home."</i></span></blockquote>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cWWL5CNldA0?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-91128133492499001132012-02-17T13:34:00.002-05:002012-02-17T13:34:45.056-05:00March 3rd, Emmanuel Books Classical Homeschooling Book Fair<br />
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EmmanuelBooks.com will be having a book fair and sale at Holy Spirit/Delaware gym on March 3rd,
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It's great to have the opportunity to open the books and hear Paola speak. She's a wealth of information!
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More details to come....Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-65699251835656448912011-08-11T13:44:00.000-04:002011-08-11T13:45:36.878-04:00Links of Interest to HomeschoolersThe Poll at the top of the blog asked what you request in future posts. You requested homeschooling resources and I am listening.<div>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ1UZ8uQjsIIiC_Qb-eZoq-AZhD2yGe-_YHJGPp0ahTs-sdZ1Y1Y2-jtZaz83Wbl116msVg0XWX85vZfaKGJQVvq0dGsEC-nvkogYdpkZW52NgLnhNKhHGoOMcopUDAIPoBLBAPwnss0x/s1600/links.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ1UZ8uQjsIIiC_Qb-eZoq-AZhD2yGe-_YHJGPp0ahTs-sdZ1Y1Y2-jtZaz83Wbl116msVg0XWX85vZfaKGJQVvq0dGsEC-nvkogYdpkZW52NgLnhNKhHGoOMcopUDAIPoBLBAPwnss0x/s400/links.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639636140011092482" /></a><div>I've gone through all of my computer files to find the links I used and favorited over the last 5+ years. There are a lot of great websites for homeschoolers and I've tried to organize them below. (<i>With so much cutting and pasting, the formatting is all off, please forgive.</i>)</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Visual learning, I have always been drawn to that modality and my children seem to be as well. I see these links and videos as another way to layer information into their minds. They enjoy the change of pace when they see I've assigned some computer time for their day. I hope you find the time to check these out. The magnitude and quality of these resources is overwhelming! <b><i>Never been a better time to homeschool! </i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It occurs to me that a clever mom could craft a nearly free homeschool curriculum out of this list. And...it is not an exhaustive list. There's MORE out there! <b><i>Did I miss one you really recommend? Put it in the comments! Let's make this list as extensive a resource as possible.</i></b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Some of the sites will be familiar to you, some new and, as noted, certainly some missing. I hope the missing ones are your well-known blogs and links,that you already have bookmarked and that here you find something new to delight and inspire you. Back to school time is approaching, may these resources encourage and invigorate you!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So, here's my opus, friends. <i>Now I've really gotta get up and walk around a little.</i>
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<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*SITES THAT COVER ALL CLASS SUBJECTS*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://learner.org/interactives/">http://learner.org/interactives/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy?blend=1&ob=4#">http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy?blend=1&ob=4#</a> like a YouTube school
<br /><a href="http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=22883&CategoryID=149">http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=22883&CategoryID=149</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://charlottemason.tripod.com/">http://charlottemason.tripod.com/</a> - MacBeth's recommendations</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Worksheets and more! <a href="http://www.ezschool.com/Grade2.html">http://www.ezschool.com/Grade2.html</a>
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Learning videos <a href="http://www.neok12.com/">http://www.neok12.com/</a>
<br />More daily everything <a href="http://www.softschools.com/">http://www.softschools.com/</a> (9th MODG sci)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.factmonster.com/">http://www.factmonster.com/</a> is for everything, too! </span></div><div><a href="http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/">http://www.howstuffworks.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm">http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.kidsknowit.com/">http://www.kidsknowit.com/</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/">http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/</a> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Kids Encyclopedia - <a href="http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Main_Page">http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Main_Page</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*BLOGS & HOMESCHOOLING WEBSITES*</span></b></div><div><a href="http://learnersathome.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://learnersathome.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://catholichomeschool.org/blog/">http://catholichomeschool.org/blog/</a>+website <a href="http://catholichomeschool.org/">http://catholichomeschool.org/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.homeedmag.com/resources/page/4/">http://www.homeedmag.com/resources/page/4/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.homeschool-living.com/Homeschool-blog.html">http://www.homeschool-living.com/Homeschool-blog.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://jimmiescollage.com/">http://jimmiescollage.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://maureenwittmann.blogspot.com/">http://maureenwittmann.blogspot.com/</a> Love of Literature Author
<br /><a href="http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/">http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.hsclassroom.net/">http://www.hsclassroom.net/</a>
<br /><a href="http://wildflowersandmarbles.blogspot.com/">http://wildflowersandmarbles.blogspot.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://athomescience.blogspot.com/">http://AtHomeScience.blogspot.com</a>
<br /><a href="http://aprivateeyenature.blogspot.com/">http://APrivateEyeNature.blogspot.com</a>
<br /><a href="http://scienceofrelations.blogspot.com/">http://ScienceOfRelations.blogspot.com</a>
<br /><a href="http://catholicicing.blogspot.com/">http://catholicicing.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://barbarafrankonline.com/">http://barbarafrankonline.com/</a> - homeschooler of 20 years</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">there are many, many more....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*ONLINE CLASSES TO WATCH and/or LISTEN TO*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.zaneeducation.com/Videos/Videos-Introduction.php">http://www.zaneeducation.com/Videos/Videos-Introduction.php</a> - science and math videos</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Annenberg Chemistry class <a href="http://learner.org/resources/series168.html">http://learner.org/resources/series168.html</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Annenberg Economics Class <a href="http://learner.org/resources/series159.html">http://learner.org/resources/series159.html</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Annenberg Ethics Class <a href="http://learner.org/resources/series81.html">http://learner.org/resources/series81.html</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Annenberg Art Appreciation Class <a href="http://learner.org/resources/series1.html">http://learner.org/resources/series1.html</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Online AP courses <a href="http://www.aphomeschoolers.com/">http://www.aphomeschoolers.com/</a></span></div><div><a href="http://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*MEDIA REVIEWERS*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://catholicmediareview.blogspot.com/">http://catholicmediareview.blogspot.com/</a> and <a href="http://love2learnmovieblog.blogspot.com/">http://love2learnmovieblog.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><a href="http://www.pluggedin.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.pluggedin.com/</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.screenit.com/all_titles.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.screenit.com/all_titles.html</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.whattheyplay.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.whattheyplay.com/</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*ON CHARACTER*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.characterjournal.com/html/Character%20Journal%202%20-%20Obedience.htm">http://www.characterjournal.com/html/Character%20Journal%202%20-%20Obedience.htm</a> or <a href="http://www.characterjournal.com/">http://www.characterjournal.com/</a> for more topics
<br /><a href="http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/ssb/display.cfm?TitleID=451">http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/ssb/display.cfm?TitleID=451</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/character.htm">http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/character.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://fisheaters.com/home1.html">http://fisheaters.com/home1.html</a> - Guide to Happiness in the Home
<br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14408/14408-h/14408-h.htm#GREETING">http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14408/14408-h/14408-h.htm#GREETING</a> Manners</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*READING RECOMMENDATIONS/BOOK LISTS*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.cominghomecatholic.com/Catholic%20Girl%27s%20Guide%20to%20Summer%20Reading.htm">http://www.cominghomecatholic.com/Catholic%20Girl%27s%20Guide%20to%20Summer%20Reading.htm</a>- Catholic Girls reading guide<u>
<br /></u><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xPg-WKYn7fIC&dq=books+for+catholic+teen+boys&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=LcV2S6S0BIu1tgeEgKGqCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CD0Q6AEwCg#v=twopage&q&f=false">Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue</a><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xPg-WKYn7fIC&dq=books+for+catholic+teen+boys&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=LcV2S6S0BIu1tgeEgKGqCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CD0Q6AEwCg#v=twopage&q&f=false"> Online copy<span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="addmd"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; ">By Tim Gray, Curtis Martin</span></span></span></a>
<br /><a href="http://literarycompass.blogspot.com/2007/05/literary-testosterone-30-must-read.html">http://literarycompass.blogspot.com/2007/05/literary-testosterone-30-must-read.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html">http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html</a> - Good Books list
<br /><a href="http://www.daytonhomeschool.com/resources/liturature-picks-by-maureen-wittman/">http://www.daytonhomeschool.com/resources/liturature-picks-by-maureen-wittman/</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">MORE from Maureen, <a href="http://maureenwittmann.com/media/LoveLiteratureIndex.pdf">http://maureenwittmann.com/media/LoveLiteratureIndex.pdf</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.keepingitcatholic.org/saintstime.html">http://www.keepingitcatholic.org/saintstime.html</a> - Saints books by year
<br /><a href="http://charlottemason.tripod.com/4real_learning_booklist.htm">http://charlottemason.tripod.com/4real_learning_booklist.htm</a> - Monthly Book lists by age/grade </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*ON THE TOPIC OF HOMESCHOOLING*</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://thehomeschoolmom.com/teacherslounge/articles/10_secrets_successful_homeschool.php">http://thehomeschoolmom.com/teacherslounge/articles/10_secrets_successful_homeschool.php</a>
<br /><a href="http://americanhomeschoolassociation.org/">http://americanhomeschoolassociation.org/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.bachelorofscience.com/96-essential-sites-blogs-for-gifted-homeschoolers">http://www.bachelorofscience.com/96-essential-sites-blogs-for-gifted-homeschoolers</a>
<br /><a href="http://catholicprayerbook.net/CQprayers/homeschoolprayer.htm">http://catholicprayerbook.net/CQprayers/homeschoolprayer.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.saint-mike.org/library/family_parenting/homeschooling.html">http://www.saint-mike.org/library/family_parenting/homeschooling.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.latinmassmagazine.com/articles/articles_2001_FA_Berquist.html">http://www.latinmassmagazine.com/articles/articles_2001_FA_Berquist.html</a>
<br />Free Homeschool docs <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeyWM0yd6jpMZGhnZmIyOTVfMThkNTV2bnNkMw&hl=en&pli=1">https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeyWM0yd6jpMZGhnZmIyOTVfMThkNTV2bnNkMw&hl=en&pli=1</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*MATH*</span></b></div><div><a href="http://www.algebrafree.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.algebrafree.com/</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://school.familyeducation.com/multiplication/math/58885.html?mail-01-16">http://school.familyeducation.com/multiplication/math/58885.html?mail-01-16</a>
<br />Math classics reading <a href="http://www.pennygardner.com/mathclassics.html">http://www.pennygardner.com/mathclassics.html</a>
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Math baseball <a href="http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html">http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html</a>
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.livingmath.net/AdditionSubtraction/tabid/316/Default.aspx">http://www.livingmath.net/AdditionSubtraction/tabid/316/Default.aspx</a> - math storybooks</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">much Math help can be found at the general sites at top of list</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>*GRAMMAR-SPELLING-LANGUAGE ARTS*</b>
<br />Daily Grammar Lessons <a href="http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html">http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html</a> and
<br /><a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.thatresourcesite.com/worksheets/copywork_worksheets_for_homeschoolers.htm">http://www.thatresourcesite.com/worksheets/copywork_worksheets_for_homeschoolers.htm</a> Guide to Grammar and Writing </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For Elementary age spelling <a href="http://www.spellingcity.com/">http://www.spellingcity.com/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Writing helps <a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit_exposwriting_expository_outline.pdf">http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit_exposwriting_expository_outline.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Thesis Builder - <a href="http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.php">http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.php</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Spelling Rules <a href="http://www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml">http://www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml</a></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span">200 Most Commonly MisspelledWords <a href="http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/misspelled200.htm">http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/misspelled200.htm</a>
<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*MAPS/GEOGRAPHY*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.audiomemory.com/">http://www.audiomemory.com/</a> - we luv the States and Capitals DVD</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=pXfqmODj0AgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=atlas+of+classical+history&source=bl&ots=Wpw4cuF0PI&sig=6mYkg6l42tAIvEmFqRP-uko5F5I&hl=en&ei=SZ-FTPbbB4KBlAfT3uCyDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=twopage&q&f=false">Atlas of Classical History</a>
<br /></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Europe map for MODG 8th <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/EuropeLateMA.gif">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/EuropeLateMA.gif</a>
<br />Ancient Persia <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/images/empire.gif">http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/images/empire.gif</a> and<a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/images/persia_shepherd.gif">http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/images/persia_shepherd.gif</a>
<br />Ancient Greece <a href="http://www.unc.edu/awmc/awmcmap3.html">http://www.unc.edu/awmc/awmcmap3.html</a> and<a href="http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html">http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html</a>
<br />Map of Roman Empire <a href="http://www.unrv.com/roman-empire-map.php">http://www.unrv.com/roman-empire-map.php</a>
<br />Maps of Paul's Missionary Journeys <a href="http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN092MAPS1.htm">http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN092MAPS1.htm</a> and<a href="http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/maps.stm">http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/maps.stm</a>
<br />Europe, maps thru the ages <a href="http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html">http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm">http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">and map games<a href="http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF#">http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF#</a>
<br />States & Capital Games - <a href="http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wh.cgi?A1=s&A15=usa&A2=0&Submit=Show+Me+The+Maps">http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wh.cgi?1=s&A15=usa&A2=0&Submit=Show+Me+The+Maps</a>!
<br /><a href="http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html">http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html">http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html</a>
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*BOOKS TO READ ONLINE *</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/titles.html">http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/titles.html</a> and<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=lbEqAAAAYAAJ&dq=trailblazer+of+the+seas&source=gbs_navlinks_s">http://books.google.com/books?id=lbEqAAAAYAAJ&dq=trailblazer+of+the+seas&source=gbs_navlinks_s</a> (9th grade MODG)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3MIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&output=html">h</a><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3MIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&output=html">ttp://books.google.com/books?id=3MIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&output=html</a> - Online Catholic Reader </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">MORE Catholic readers here, <a href="http://freehomeschoolinglibrar.blogspot.com/search/label/Catholic%20Readers">http://freehomeschoolinglibrar.blogspot.com/search/label/Catholic%20Readers</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*AUDIO BOOKS*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.myaudioschool.com/">http://www.myaudioschool.com/</a>
<br /><a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=19">https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=19</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.artsreformation.com/talespinners/">http://www.artsreformation.com/talespinners/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1">http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/">http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/History">http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/History</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.readingwell.com/audio.html">http://www.readingwell.com/audio.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/">http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/juniorclassics.htm">http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/juniorclassics.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*SCIENCE*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://catholicscience.com/">http://catholicscience.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://hedgeschool.homestead.com/sciencereads.html">http://hedgeschool.homestead.com/sciencereads.html</a> - Science reading recommendations aligned with Catholicism
<br />Astronomy picture of the day <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/</a>
<br />Creation vs. evolution <a href="http://www.love2learn.net/science/creation.htm">http://www.love2learn.net/science/creation.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Science Songs - The Elements <a href="http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_songs/educational_videos_elements_song.html">http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_songs/educational_videos_elements_song.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html">http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/<b>powersof10</b>/index.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.coolscience.org/CoolScience/KidScientists/TV%20segments/TVsegments.htm">http://www.coolscience.org/CoolScience/KidScientists/TV%20segments/<b>TVsegments</b>.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.ptable.com/">http://www.ptable.com/</a> - periodic table
<br /><a href="http://edheads.org/activities/brain_stimulation/">http://edheads.org/activities/brain_stimulation/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a>
<br /><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/introductory-mit-courses/">http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/<b>introductory-mit-courses</b>/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.cellsalive.com/">http://www.cellsalive.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html">http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html</a> - anatomy
<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://www.google.com/bookmarks/l#!threadID=GS1hK7NJn0jI/BDR6uZQoQpZne-_ok">https://www.google.com/bookmarks/l#!threadID=GS1hK7NJn0jI/BDR6uZQoQpZne-_ok</a> Science Interactives
<br /><a href="http://sciencehack.com/videos/index">http://sciencehack.com/videos/index</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/">http://www.sciencefriday.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/003.htm">http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/003.htm</a> BEST! Periodic Table of Videos!
<br /><a href="http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classroom.html">http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classroom.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://starryskies.com/">http://starryskies.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.topscience.org/">http://www.topscience.org/</a> - MODG
<br /><a href="http://www.world-science.net/">http://www.world-science.net/</a>
<br /><a href="http://unityoftruth.blogspot.com/">http://unityoftruth.blogspot.com/</a> Catholic Science & Faith Blog
<br />Dissections <a href="http://mariemarie0000.free.fr/fichiers/images/frog.swf">http://mariemarie0000.free.fr/fichiers/images/frog.swf</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.practicalbiology.org/">http://www.practicalbiology.org/</a>
<br />Heart: <a href="http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html">http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html</a>
<br />Muscles:<a href="http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html">http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html</a> - how muscles work
<br />and how many the body has and what they do
<br />Brain: <a href="http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/brain/index.html">http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/brain/index.html</a> - click on
<br />a lobe to learn about the locations, functions and parts of the brain.
<br /><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/senses/">http://www.hhmi.org/senses/</a> - for older kids who are learning about brain,
<br />specifically geared toward the senses.
<br />Eye: learning about how the eye works and how it can be compared to a camera
<br />~<a href="http://www.lensshopper.com/eye-anatomy.asp">http://www.lensshopper.com/eye-anatomy.asp</a>
<br />More links about the human body~
<br /><a href="http://www.innerbody.com/">http://www.innerbody.com/</a> - basically for advanced science learners or
<br />Highschool Students learning about the systems of the body.
<br />for upper grades here is an interesting game for older students to play to put
<br />their knowledge to use~
<br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021216042826/http:/www.medfacts.com/crdiodoc/preappnt.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20021216042826/http://www.medfacts.com/crdiodoc/preappnt.htm</a>
<br />and also this one for sports medicine and using lessons learned about the
<br />anatomy of the body in a fun way~
<br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021014174044/www.medfacts.com/sprtsdoc.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20021014174044/www.medfacts.com/sprtsdoc.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.innerbody.com/">http://www.innerbody.com/</a> is a tour of the human body for middle school students
<br />and up.
<br /><a href="http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp">http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp</a> this site has been posted about before,
<br />the Virtual Body but is a good reminder.
<br /><a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/">http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/</a> - this site is for exploring about the body
<br />for ages 11 and up
<br />All Atoms <a href="http://www.allatoms.com/">http://www.allatoms.com/</a>
<br />CHEM4KIDS <a href="http://www.chem4kids.com/">http://www.chem4kids.com/</a>
<br />Chemistry: Periodic Table and More <a href="http://www.chemicool.com/">http://www.chemicool.com/</a>
<br />Chemmybear <a href="http://www.chemmybear.com/">http://www.chemmybear.com/</a>
<br />CHEMTUTOR <a href="http://www.chemtutor.com/">http://www.chemtutor.com/</a>
<br />Cool Chemistry - Science Experiments For Kids - Activity TV
<br /><a href="http://www.activitytv.com/114-cool-chemistry">http://www.activitytv.com/114-cool-chemistry</a>
<br />General Chemistry Online <a href="http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml">http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml</a>
<br />High School Chemistry Teachers <a href="http://highschoolchemistryteachers.com/">http://highschoolchemistryteachers.com/</a>
<br />My Chemistry Tutor <a href="http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/">http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/</a>
<br />Teach yourself Chemistry <a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistry101/a/learnchemistry.htm">http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistry101/a/learnchemistry.htm</a>
<br />The ChemCollective <a href="http://www.chemcollective.org/">http://www.chemcollective.org/</a>
<br />The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements
<br /><a href="http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html">http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html</a>
<br />Multimedia Chemistry animations
<br /><a href="http://www.klte.hu/~lenteg/animate.html">http://www.klte.hu/~lenteg/animate.html</a>
<br />Chemistry Comes Alive!
<br /><a href="http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/pirelli/pages/cca1NaIHgCl2.html">http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/pirelli/pages/cca1NaIHgCl2.html</a>
<br />Science READS <a href="http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/science_sleuths.htm">http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/science_sleuths.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://thehappyscientist.com/">http://thehappyscientist.com/</a> - subscribe to video experiments
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">(<b><i>Of help to <a href="http://motherofdivinegrace.org/">Mother Of Divine Grace students</a></i></b>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Ocean Science (9thMODG) <a href="http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm">http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm</a>
<br />Geology Rocks (9th MODG) <a href="http://geology.com/rocks/">http://geology.com/rocks/</a> and <a href="http://geology.com/teacher/">http://geology.com/teacher/</a>
<br />Earth Science (9th MODG) <a href="http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html">http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html</a>
<br />Waves <a href="http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/index.html">http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/index.html</a>
<br />foldedmountains -<a href="http://earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/deform/deform.html">http://earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/deform/deform.html </a><a href="http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10l.html"> </a>and
<br /><a href="http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10l.html">http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10l.html</a>
<br />Land & Sea Breezes <a href="http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p405">http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p405</a> and<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM0d3fGew-0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM0d3fGew-0</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Water cycle - <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=water+cycle&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS341US341&q=water+cycle+diagram">http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=water+cycle&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS341US341&q=water+cycle+diagram</a> and video - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWe1BQWGv18">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWe1BQWGv18</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span>Cloud formation - <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=2&oq=cloud+formation&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS341US341&q=cloud+formation+process">http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=2&oq=cloud+formation&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS341US341&q=cloud+formation+process</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span>DUST - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoHCMGBgIFQ&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoHCMGBgIFQ&NR=1</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sound in the Sea <a href="http://www.dosits.org/animals/importanceofsound/whyissoundimportant/">http://www.dosits.org/animals/importanceofsound/whyissoundimportant/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">and sensory methods<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobursts/sense_methods_bg.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobursts/sense_methods_bg.shtml</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Underwater locamotion<a href="http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/intermediate/marine-01.html">http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/intermediate/marine-01.html</a>and <a href="http://www.xray-mag.com/pdfs/articles/Science_Locomotion_23.pdf">http://www.xray-mag.com/pdfs/articles/Science_Locomotion_23.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ocean Floor - <a href="http://www.kinderscience.com/ocean_floor_profile.htm">http://www.kinderscience.com/ocean_floor_profile.htm </a>Website -<a href="http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=126">http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=126 </a>- <a href="http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/21953-oceans-understanding-the-ocean-floor-video.htm">http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/21953-oceans-understanding-the-ocean-floor-video.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Ocean Currents - <a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Ocean-Currents-117529352">http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Ocean-Currents-117529352</a></span> <span>Great slides -<a href="http://www.pass.leon.k12.fl.us/All%20Books/6a%20MS%20SB%20Unit%206%20135-146.pdf">http://www.pass.leon.k12.fl.us/All%20Books/6a%20MS%20SB%20Unit%206%20135-146.pdf</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weathering & Erosion <span><a href="http://www.savevid.com/video/weathering-and-erosion-the-tag-team.html">http://www.savevid.com/video/weathering-and-erosion-the-tag-team.html </a>slide presentations <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Teach5ch/crct-weathering-erosion-and-soil-presentation">http://www.slideshare.net/Teach5ch/crct-weathering-erosion-and-soil-presentation </a>and <a href="http://www.authorstream.com/presentation/mwarner1968-149600-weathering-erosion-earth-science-ch-12-technology-ppt-powerpoint/">http://www.authorstream.com/presentation/mwarner1968-149600-weathering-erosion-earth-science-ch-12-technology-ppt-powerpoint/</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>CAVE FORMATION <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/earth-the-skinny-on-cave-formations.html">http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/earth-the-skinny-on-cave-formations.html</a></span> and <span><a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1746006/5813008">http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1746006/5813008</a></span>and<span><a href="http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1405/es1405page01.cfm?chapter_no=14">http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1405/es1405page01.cfm?chapter_no=14</a></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*HISTORY*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/</a> - found interactive Christopher Columbus learning here, but there's so much more, like <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/</a>
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<br />Here's an EnchantedLearning for instance,again Christopher Columbus<a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml">http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.evgschool.org/columbus%27s%20sailing%20ships.htm">http://www.evgschool.org/columbus%27s%20sailing%20ships.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/">http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.readingyourwaythroughhistory.com/">http://www.readingyourwaythroughhistory.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.historicalnovels.info/">http://www.historicalnovels.info/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=eggleston&book=great&story=_contents">http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=eggleston&book=great&story=_contents</a> - Stories of Great Americans for little Americans
<br />5th grade History Reading <a href="http://www.materamabilis.org/american_reading.html">http://www.materamabilis.org/american_reading.html</a> and workbook <a href="http://catholictextbookproject.com/purchase/Sea-to_Shining_Sea_Workbook-Chapters1-3_Sample.pdf">http://catholictextbookproject.com/purchase/Sea-to_Shining_Sea_Workbook-Chapters1-3_Sample.pdf</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.readingwell.com/Audio-Landmark/mp3ss25.htm">http://www.readingwell.com/Audio-Landmark/mp3ss25.htm</a> - Stories your child can listen too! This one on Lewis and Clark's Expedition and there are many others!
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<br />Study Guide to Adam of the Road, to help Moms with discussions<a href="http://www.bookrags.com/content/studyguides/?p=short&u=adam-of-the-road">http://www.bookrags.com/content/studyguides/?p=short&u=adam-of-the-road</a>
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<br />Civil War book suggestions - <a href="http://www.love2learn.net/history/civilwarus/index.html">http://www.love2learn.net/history/civilwarus/index.html</a>
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<br />Uncle Tom's Cabin <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gLVulWa4s&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gLVulWa4s&feature=player_embedded</a>
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<br />Helps for Moms, Herodotus The Histories <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=dFo7MPWe9V8C&pg=PA526&dq=histories+salamis&ei=THrXSru6GIWgMuj82dAF#v=onepage&q=histories%20salamis&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=dFo7MPWe9V8C&pg=PA526&dq=histories+salamis&ei=THrXSru6GIWgMuj82dAF#v=onepage&q=histories%20salamis&f=false</a>
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Helps Mom discuss Door In The Wall <a href="http://www.shvoong.com/books/children-and-youth/1662772-door-wall/">http://www.shvoong.com/books/children-and-youth/1662772-door-wall/</a>
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<br />Helps Mom with The Amulet <a href="http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Amulet">http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Amulet</a>
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<br />Anthony& Cleopatra Help <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/antony/">http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/antony/</a>
<br />Antigione Help (10th MODG) <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=tragedians&story=antigone">http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=tragedians&story=antigone</a>
<br />Plutarch Help (10th MODG) <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=kaufman&book=plutarch&story=_contents">http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=kaufman&book=plutarch&story=_contents</a> and<a href="http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/ancient/TheBoysandGirlsPlutarch/Chap1.html">http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/ancient/TheBoysandGirlsPlutarch/Chap1.html</a>
<br />Plato's Crito Help - (10th MODG) <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/crito.html">http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/crito.html</a>
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<br />Video on the Battle of Plataea <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcSPKupxJc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcSPKupxJc</a>
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">Elementary movies of Early America History <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/series.html">http://www.earlyamerica.com/series.html</a>
<br />On this Day in History <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history">http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history</a>
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span">11th grade MODG St. Thomas More <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/16Croper-more.asp">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/16Croper-more.asp</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.besthistorysites.net/LessonPlans.shtml">http://www.besthistorysites.net/LessonPlans.shtml</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/">http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/</a>
<br />Movies and Literature related to historical timeframes <a href="http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/movies.htm">http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/movies.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.html">http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.html</a> - historical movies, by year
<br /><a href="http://www.abookintime.com/index.html">http://www.abookintime.com/index.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/diagrams/">http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/diagrams/</a>
<br />Oregon Trail - <a href="http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/newsletter/archives/92009.php">http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/newsletter/archives/92009.php</a>
<br />Age of Exploration timeline <a href="http://www.travelinsurancereview.net/Travel-Facts/exploration-timeline.html">http://www.travelinsurancereview.net/Travel-Facts/exploration-timeline.html</a> (MODG 4)
<br />Explorers Activities + Quizes <a href="http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm">http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm</a>(MODG 4)
<br />Teach History with Movies <a href="http://www.teachwithmovies.org/world-history-3.html#46">http://www.teachwithmovies.org/world-history-3.html#46</a>
<br />American Revolution <a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/?tqskip=1">http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/?tqskip=1</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.mce.k12tn.net/history/historypages.htm">http://www.mce.k12tn.net/history/historypages.htm</a>
<br />Ancient Rome activities <a href="http://www.mce.k12tn.net/ancient_rome/online_activities.htm">http://www.mce.k12tn.net/ancient_rome/online_activities.htm</a>
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<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*LITERATURE*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/">http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/</a> - studying Beowulf this year? Click on B.
<br />Help with C. S Lewis Mere Christianity -<a href="http://hope.edu/academic/english/schakel/MCstudy_files/MCstudy.htm">http://hope.edu/academic/english/schakel/MCstudy_files/MCstudy.htm</a> and<a href="http://www.gordy-stith.com/Mere%20Christianity/mere_christianity_study_guide.htm">http://www.gordy-stith.com/Mere%20Christianity/mere_christianity_study_guide.htm</a>
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Shakespeare helps, No Fear Shakespeare - </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/">http://nfs.sparknotes.com/</a></span>
<br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*POETRY*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Destruction of Sennacherib <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULX5-1GmvY&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULX5-1GmvY&feature=related</a><span>
<br />Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM</a>
<br />Tomorrow, MacBeth - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDdyafsR7g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDdyafsR7g</a> and notes on it<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGf_goOoDk&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGf_goOoDk&feature=related</a><span>
<br /><span class="long-title">The Tempest act 5 scene 1-'Ye elves of hills, brooks, </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXew1H3abQY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXew1H3abQY</a><span>
<br />The Lake Isle of Innisfree read by Yeats </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoaQ433wnw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoaQ433wnw</a> and<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTZb0GNEoE&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTZb0GNEoE&feature=related</a>
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<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*RELIGION*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Bible notes <a href="http://haydock1859.tripod.com/id49.html">http://haydock1859.tripod.com/id49.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/">http://www.catholiceducation.org/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.fisheaters.com/forcatholics.html">http://www.fisheaters.com/forcatholics.html</a>
<br />Apologetics links - <a href="http://www.totustuus.com/links.htm">http://www.totustuus.com/links.htm</a>
<br />Catholic coloring pages <a href="http://www.sjtbre.org/main.cfm?r1=6.00&ID=22&level=1">http://www.sjtbre.org/main.cfm?r1=6.00&ID=22&level=1</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.dltk-bible.com/advent/index.htm">http://www.dltk-bible.com/advent/index.htm</a> - Advent Coloring Book
<br /><a href="http://www.lapbooksforcatholics.com/mercy.html">http://www.lapbooksforcatholics.com/mercy.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://familyfeastandferia.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/rosary-color-book-joyful-mysteries.pdf">http://familyfeastandferia.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/rosary-color-book-joyful-mysteries.pdf</a>
<br />Catholic Kids site <a href="http://cathkids.ainglkiss.com/">http://cathkids.ainglkiss.com/</a>
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>*YOUNGER, ELEMENTARY RESOURCES*</b>
<br />Younger, for reading <a href="http://www.starfall.com/">http://www.starfall.com/</a>
<br />Learning thru the days of the year <a href="http://www.universalpreschool.com/learning_calendar/august.asp">http://www.universalpreschool.com/learning_calendar/august.asp</a>
<br />Educational games 1st grade - 3rd <a href="http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/index.asp?tab=1">http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/index.asp?tab=1</a>
<br />Games - <a href="http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/">http://www.learninggamesforkids.com</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html">http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html</a>
<br /><b><i>Littles, Handwriting :</i></b>
<br /><a href="http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/artrecipes.html">http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/artrecipes.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/">http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.homeeducationresources.com/FREEhandwriting.htm">http://www.homeeducationresources.com/FREEhandwriting.htm</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/multi-word_handwriting_worksheet_maker.html">http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/multi-word_handwriting_worksheet_maker.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html">http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.teachingheart.net/">http://www.teachingheart.net/</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.worksheetworks.com/english/writing/handwriting/handwriting-cursive-trace.html">http://www.worksheetworks.com/english/writing/handwriting/handwriting-cursive-trace.html</a>
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<br /><b><i>Vowels and Silent E's:</i></b>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiDMxTBYvVI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiDMxTBYvVI</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R56snVjuqHc&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R56snVjuqHc&feature=related</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg&feature=related</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84ndBQU6vQ&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84ndBQU6vQ&feature=related</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVC9TayQIh8&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVC9TayQIh8&feature=related</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWtEYF3HCY&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWtEYF3HCY&feature=related</a>
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>*ASSESSMENTS/TESTING*</i></b>
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<br />About Studying <a href="http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm">http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm</a> and <a href="http://www.studygs.net/">http://www.studygs.net/</a> and <a href="http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html">http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html</a> and <a href="http://www.homeschool.com/articles/TimeManagement/default.asp">http://www.homeschool.com/articles/<b>TimeManagement</b>/default.asp</a>
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<br />SAT - <a href="http://www.proprofs.com/sat/">http://www.proprofs.com/sat/</a> and other testing <a href="http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistance.htm">http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistance.htm</a> and <a href="http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/maria_links.htm">http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/maria_links.htm</a>
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<br />Learning Styles test <a href="http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html">http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html</a> and <a href="http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm">http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm</a>
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<br />Math Assessment Tests - <a href="http://mathassessments.mscenters.org/view_test.php?Mode=Add&GradeLevelID=3">http://mathassessments.mscenters.org/view_test.php?Mode=Add&GradeLevelID=3</a>
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<br />Reading Assessment Tests - <a href="http://www.test4free.com/Assessfam.asp">http://www.test4free.com/Assessfam.asp</a>
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<br />Standardized Test Prep - <a href="http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/standardized_test_preparation.htm">http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/standardized_test_preparation.htm</a> and <a href="http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/index.htm">http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/index.htm</a> and <a href="http://www.uwgb.edu/tutoring/resources/taking.asp">http://www.uwgb.edu/tutoring/resources/taking.asp</a>
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<br />Grade Level Help <a href="http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm">http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm</a>
<br />By State By Grade Standard <a href="http://www.ixl.com/?gclid=CL-Rx8zyxaoCFdZ25QoddBlC0w">http://www.ixl.com/?gclid=CL-Rx8zyxaoCFdZ25QoddBlC0w</a>
<br /><a href="http://jeshrall.tripod.com/scopesequenceintr456.htm">http://jeshrall.tripod.com/scopesequenceintr456.htm</a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.touch-typing-tutor.com/">http://www.touch-typing-tutor.com/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">*ART*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">ART - Getty Museum games </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/">http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/</a></span>
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<br />Homeschool Freebie of the Day <a href="http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/">http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/</a>
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<br />Learn a language, FREE, online <a href="http://www.busuu.com/">www.busuu.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Traditional Catholic Radio - <a href="http://dc.ferrelli.cc/TCR/TCR.php">http://dc.ferrelli.cc/TCR/TCR.php</a>
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<br />Again, please add to the list in comments and I will update. <i>I expect to make lots of updates....</i></span></p></div></div>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-11375240932109368562011-07-29T20:32:00.002-04:002011-07-29T20:39:18.128-04:00Give Away!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe0uNud6DUgJR5XgbcXk7ljyaLBBGfWZZ76-ZZ_pcQKbvGSmhNqP7hRiU5sZ_7-foAP_0Y8uti1L70BhBz87t86sdW_h9nLOGaBtFoRxbkC8siRZvoEY05tp8G298a0FPe6fZCIXRN48/s1600/making+music.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe0uNud6DUgJR5XgbcXk7ljyaLBBGfWZZ76-ZZ_pcQKbvGSmhNqP7hRiU5sZ_7-foAP_0Y8uti1L70BhBz87t86sdW_h9nLOGaBtFoRxbkC8siRZvoEY05tp8G298a0FPe6fZCIXRN48/s400/making+music.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634938290903574482" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.emmanuelbooks.com/product_detail.cfm?ID=2170"><b><i>Making Music Praying Twice</i></b></a> is a music program you could win just for "liking" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/allison.girone#!/pages/Emmanuel-Books/226684867341869"><b><i>Emmanuel Books on Facebook.</i></b></a><div><br /></div><div>Have you looked around Facebook? There are lots of homeschooling resources there.</div>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-27716185660132793522011-03-29T10:03:00.000-04:002011-03-29T10:03:01.350-04:00Many Catholics Choose Homeschooling – Should You?<a href="http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2011/03/thomas-many-catholics-choose-homeschooling/">Many Catholics Choose Homeschooling – Should You?</a><br /><br />Click on the above link for an excellent article with resources and links.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-69171387835340184142011-03-23T14:13:00.004-04:002011-03-23T17:40:53.230-04:00Addressing Misconceptions of SocializationFor the complete article - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">http://kathleenscatholic.blogspot.com/2010/06/your-kids-are-stuck-in-house-all-day.html#comment-form</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Socialization is </span><i style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">NOT</span></i> compiling a list of friends on <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Facebook</span>. It is <i><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">NOT</span></i> spending all day, every day in a classroom with the same teachers and the same children who are the same age. Just when will this ever happen again in your child's lifetime? Socialization is<i> <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">NOT</span></i> having girlfriends at the age of 12, and a long list of buds to chat with on the cell phone. It is<i> <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">NOT</span></i> video games, the latest movies, the hippest jeans, or the right color shirt. When children limit themselves by thinking that this is what socialization<i> <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">IS</span></i>, their world shrinks significantly. This indeed is a shallow and lonely existence, yet peer pressures in school can raise these litmus tests to the top of a child's priority list, even for the kindest and most gentle child."<br /><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Socialization </span><i style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">IS</span></i> also the use of proper manners and conduct at all times under all circumstances. When a child spends six hours a day with other children, it only comes to reason that his instruction in this area would come from other children. Peer pressure surely is the most significant tool youngsters apply throughout the day. And parents desperately try to combat these "lessons" in the few hours their youngster spends at home. If your child is in school, I'm sure you know what I mean."</span><br /><br />Indeed and thank you Kathleen! By socialization do most objectors realize that they are encouraging a horizontal model rather than a vertical model? In a school, like Kathleen said, all socializing is mostly limited to 30 other kids the students same age. They learn only from the maturity level of their peers and is there such tremendous value in that? Do those peers, or the teacher for that matter,have their best interest at heart? Not like a parent does! Only a parent can love their child to that extent. In an educational atmosphere with mixed ages there are examples of nurturing the young and admiring and learning from the maturity of those older than oneself that exist. The model runs vertically.<br /><br />What is more "real world" preparation?Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-74612174251070223982010-10-23T23:36:00.002-04:002010-10-23T23:42:03.517-04:00Catholic Homeschooling Conference Dates - 2011<a href="http://www.chaplet.org/Conference.html">http://www.chaplet.org/Conference.html</a> New Jersey - Saturday, April 30th<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ihmconference.org/national">http://www.ihmconference.org/national</a> Dulles Expo Center/Virginia - Friday, June 10th thru Saturday, June 11th<br /><br />See all the curriculum vendors...look through books...get question answered ...purchase...<br />enroll ... hear the best Catholic speakers speaking in support of homeschooling!<br /><br />Basically, feel like you've come out of a football huddle pumped up and ready to tackle!Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-54233513139619723522010-10-16T10:03:00.003-04:002010-10-16T10:05:19.303-04:00Excellent Catholic Homeschooling websiteWhat an excellent resource! Very helpful storehouse of info for the Catholic Homeschooler.<br /><br />There's a page on the history of Catholic Homeschooling.<br /><br /><em>Perhaps most needed is all the info on Sacraments and CCD!</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.homeschoolingcatholic.com/</span></strong>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-73634852515397209892010-10-13T15:58:00.003-04:002010-10-13T16:11:05.352-04:00Homeschool Socialization Studies<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Homeschooled Kids: But What About Socialization?</span></strong><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">by Laura Osborne</span></em><br /><br />Introduction<br /><br /><strong>What about socialization?</strong> This is one of the most common questions confronting homeschooling. Socialization is the process whereby the young of a culture learn the rules, mores, traditions, and acceptable interactions of their particular society. Regardless of being at home or at school, a child will be socialized. The question then seems to be: what is the best agent of socialization? <strong>Realizing that when a child graduates, he is never again cloistered in an environment with same-age peers makes one question the authenticity of the school as a superior socializing agent.</strong> But detractors ask, does the homeschool student do as well in measures of interpersonal and communication skills as his traditionally schooled peers? Let's look at the research.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Research Positive for Homeschooling<br /><br /></strong>The following is a compilation of research studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of homeschool as a socializing agent.<br /><br /><br />1) John Wesley Taylor (1987) Self Concept in Home Schooling Children. Andrews University. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 2809A [ERIC Digest 372460]<br /><br />Using one of the best validated self-concept scales available, Taylor's random sampling of <strong>45,000 home-schooled children found that half of these children scored at or above the <span style="color:#3333ff;">91st percentile - 47% higher than the average</span>, conventionally schooled child.</strong> He concludes: "Since self concept is considered to be a basic dynamic of positive sociability, this answers to the often heard skepticism suggesting that home schoolers are inferior in socialization."<br /><br /><br />2) Julie Webb (1989) The Outcomes of Home-based Education: Employment and Other Issues. Educational Review; v41, n2, p121-33.<br /><br />Abstract: Examines aspects of the adult lives of wholly or partly home educated people. Found that all who attempted higher education were successful, that there was no evidence of prejudice regarding employment, and that the socialization of home educated students was often better than that of their schooled peers.<br /><br /><br />3) Lee Stough (1992) Social and Emotional Status of Home Schooled Children and Conventionally Schooled Children in West Virginia. University of West Virginia. [ERIC Digest 3722460]<br /><br />Stough, looking particularly at socialization, compared 30 home schooling families and 32 conventionally schooling families with children 7-14 years of age. According to the findings, children who were schooled at home “gained the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to function in society. . .at a rate similar to that of conventionally schooled children. The researcher found no difference in the self concept of children in the two groups.<br /><br /><br />4) Larry Edward Shyers (1992) Comparison of Social Adjustment Between Home and Traditionally Schooled Students. University of Florida. Dissertations Abstracts International, vol 53 num 12.<br /><br />Dr. Shyers compared 70 homeschooled children with 70 traditionally schooled children, both groups between ages 8 and 10. <strong>The research showed that homeschooled children were found to have “<span style="color:#3333ff;">consistently fewer behavior problems</span>”. The traditionally schooled children were more aggressive, loud, and competitive. The homeschooled children tended to talk quietly, play well in groups, and took initiative in inviting others to play.</strong> Shyers’ conclusion was that “the results seem to show that a child’s social development depends more on adult contact and less on contact with other children than previously thought.”<br /><br /><br />5) Thomas C. Smedley (1992) Socialization of Home Schooled Children--A Communication Approach. Radford University; Radford, Virginia.<br /><br />Abstract: <strong>This thesis investigates the commonly held assumption that public school education “socializes” students</strong>. The subjects were 33 demographically matched school-aged children, 13 of whom attend public school, 20 of whom are educated primarily by their parents. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales were used to evaluate the communication skills, socialization, and daily living skills of the subjects. These scores, combined into the “adaptive behavior composite”, reflected the general maturity of each subjects. After these data were processed using the Statistical Program for the Social Sciences (SPSS), they indicated that the <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">home educated children in this sample were significantly better socialized and more mature than those in public school</span>.</strong> The immediate implication is that home school families are providing adequately for socialization needs. The broadest implication is that we may need to reexamine the assumed basis of the socialization process.<br /><br /><br />6) Judith A. Schickendanz (1995) Family Socialization and Academic Achievement. Journal of Education, vol 177, n1, p17-38.<br /><br />Abstract: Argues that, while teacher and school efforts are important, the conditions outside of schools hold the key to increasing academic achievement substantially.<br /><br /><br />7) Jeffrey J. Arnett (1995) Broad and Narrow Socialization: The Family in the Context of a Cultural Theory. Journal of Marriage and the Family, v57, n3, p617-28.<br /><br />Abstract: Describes theory of broad and narrow socialization with emphasis on placing family socialization in its cultural context. In cultures characterized by broad socialization, socialization is intended to promote independence, individualism, and self-expression. Cultures with narrow socialization encourage obedience and conformity.<br /><br />[author’s note: can you identify which is homeschool and which is traditional school?]<br /><br /><br />Institutional Socialization<br /><br />The theory that public school is the only acceptable agent of socialization is clearly refuted by the previous research. Nevertheless, because traditional schooling is the major agent of socialization for the majority, homeschoolers are being pressured to rethink their position. The careful examination of the institutional nature of schools will lead us to conclude that indeed, the school is a socializing agent. But is it really as beneficial as it’s proponents claim?<br /><br />In the sociology monograph Situating Children’s Social Competence by Ian Hutchby and Jo Moran Ellis, they examine this very issue. They cite Mayall’s (1994) research observations which closely parallel others’ especially sociologist E. Goffman’s (1961) famous observations on "total institutions". Goffman defined total institutions “in terms of their wholesale control over the organization of the inmate’s existence”. Do the parallels work for traditional schooling? Think about it. If requiring permission to drink, stand up, talk, and use the bathroom isn’t “wholesale control”, then what is? Add uniforms, assigned seating for studies and lunch, and supervised recreation breaks in a common yard, and you’ve got all the characteristics of other institutions (i.e. prison, asylum, military, monastery). Mayall asserts that school “is a closed, complete system, where goals and practices cohere, and where the activities of teachers are limited to a focus on the teaching and training oft he children.” Huchby and Moran-Ellis point out that within an institution, the participants who follow the norms of the institution are considered well-integrated, while those unable to conform are considered troublemakers. As for the staff of the institution, their task is to mold “the inmates to some socially approved purpose...” Nevertheless, even compliant school children, like other institutionalized people, will develop an array of strategies which have been termed “institutional knowledge”. In other words, knowing how to get around some of the control structures. In the teacher’s presence they are compliant, but once she has departed, they “deploy their own procedures...”<br /><br />Note that this is not a defensive cry from home educators. These studies are a part of the sociological literature published by professors who study these issues in depth. There is more evidence to examine. Again, it’s not produced by the homeschooling community, but by those who tend to be skeptical of the ability of homeschool to provide socialization.<br /><br />In the professional journal for educators, Adolescence (Fall 1999), David Wren examines the school environment in his report School Culture: Exploring the Hidden Curriculum. He states: “Educators frequently overlook school culture. This article encourages teachers and administrators to gain a more complete picture of the school environment through an exploration. . .of the hidden, or implicit, curriculum. . .<strong>administrators need to become cognizant of the almost imperceptible yet powerful influence of institutional culture and climate.”</strong> He discusses the process of socialization, saying that “all students must internalize a specific program of social norms. . .” Author of Docility, or Giving the Teacher What She Wants (Journal of Social Issues, 11, 1955) J. Henry is quoted in summary: “Thus, teachers’ and administrators’ interactions with students help shape attitudes and ideals”. This is socialization.<br /><br />Wren goes on to point out some research investigating positive effects of school socialization. These consist of studies of Quaker and Mennonite schools, which transmit not only academics, but faith and community involvement. Says Wren, “In terms of negative effects. . .the hidden curriculum can also promote student reluctance to challenge teachers on education issues.” This implicit agenda is also reported to cause problems for students who cannot conform to the rigid routines, as well as promoting gender disparities in the teachers’ time and attention.<br /><br /><br />Conclusion<br /><br />So we now go back to the original question: What about socialization? Socialization occurs in every culture. The young learn how to behave within the constructs of that culture. The question really is, how? By immersion in a closed, institutional setting with a sub-culture of “institutional knowledge”? Or to be socialized within the same setting where one is expected to eventually function as an adult? <strong>Homeschoolers are in the real world on a daily basis. Interactions within the community while shopping, studying, volunteering, working, performing, etc. are legitimate agents of socialization. Yes, both traditionally schooled and homeschooled children receive “socialization”.</strong> Both forums are valid. The only difference, as born out by the research and evidence, seems to be the quality.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-22905089118941008462010-10-09T12:46:00.001-04:002010-10-09T12:48:06.940-04:00Homeschool Sibling BondsMy 6 year old daughter and her 15 year old brother...<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-wRMv_giZEWj6AsKX-qmMVJdY0pgLqbfvaOmG-z_i70S4UmYG8fbVAarfiYpE6_b9jlvtpKzS4Z7hm6llMA5p3vUnj-QrAGZt98iFd8prHdAi1MoxUwTgmKPKuLswDrsytN8rdwPaRU/s1600/anniewillreadingbw201010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526084973558898866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-wRMv_giZEWj6AsKX-qmMVJdY0pgLqbfvaOmG-z_i70S4UmYG8fbVAarfiYpE6_b9jlvtpKzS4Z7hm6llMA5p3vUnj-QrAGZt98iFd8prHdAi1MoxUwTgmKPKuLswDrsytN8rdwPaRU/s400/anniewillreadingbw201010.jpg" border="0" /></a> THIS is one of the beauties of homeschooling. They get to spend time together that they wouldn't have had otherwise. They are building sibling bonds.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP9NN3vVNcUD-FTUaYzVbes_XkJlJYpW294MaGAjSnduZD2m_qIwRiRQHOc3xiJvPZNpz1hob-PmV_24HCf5z1B0HqQnlSEeVfpI-8-Rb7tp2hcxNlIt50BhRwOixOPM7KTZjmsfU4zc/s1600/anniewillreadingbw2201010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526084976086168738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP9NN3vVNcUD-FTUaYzVbes_XkJlJYpW294MaGAjSnduZD2m_qIwRiRQHOc3xiJvPZNpz1hob-PmV_24HCf5z1B0HqQnlSEeVfpI-8-Rb7tp2hcxNlIt50BhRwOixOPM7KTZjmsfU4zc/s400/anniewillreadingbw2201010.jpg" border="0" /></a> They have a sibling bond that is precious and devoted. A cursory look might indicate that they are sounding out a word starting with the letter "B" together. </p>What I see deeper in this image is a young man who helps teach his sister because he loves her...<br /><br />...because serving his family is common to him<br /><br />....because he is excited to see her excitement in learning, as learning is valued<br /><br />....because spending time together is valued too<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzpW_E0BzqnthbNjYL7904rdlKwpeP3MzCCjGsSTYJT8x5lgrBhVvCDFBGRCAcBnrPg52d_jSIlInpuX5p8Ow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />They'll remember this...and my heart swells with the goodness of a moment like this.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-9849484964632448692010-08-05T16:01:00.003-04:002010-08-05T17:17:35.176-04:00The Importance of Catholic Materials<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz_REOWhlpUZ6nCnsy4pEEX5C2bndfQlqRbvgWbyPf2NP1gYC4s3ayxn9rnHTLx-b1LStlDHc7D7yaGPu-iqmv51c2Fh4zfPZ9par9Q79oFb9WV6szRCN8PH7g_ODJPIxwKa8SZiAIsk/s1600/seton+jpII.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502037708258803794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz_REOWhlpUZ6nCnsy4pEEX5C2bndfQlqRbvgWbyPf2NP1gYC4s3ayxn9rnHTLx-b1LStlDHc7D7yaGPu-iqmv51c2Fh4zfPZ9par9Q79oFb9WV6szRCN8PH7g_ODJPIxwKa8SZiAIsk/s400/seton+jpII.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Dr. Mary Kay Clark of SETON with Pope JPII ~from <a href="http://www.setonhome.org/newsletter/catholicmaterials.php">SETON's Home Study School newsletter</a>....</em></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></strong>Teaching the Catholic Faith to our children is our <em><strong>primary responsibility as Catholic parents</strong></em>. We must teach it mainly by good example, showing our children how to live our Faith each day in our daily situations. In addition, the Church declares we are to teach the Faith by “word.” This means we must teach it orally. Most of us use catechisms and other materials as well. What we must not forget, however, is that the Church is clear that all subjects should be taught from a Catholic perspective.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Back in 1864 and in 1875, and repeated in 1955, the Vatican sent instructions to the bishops of the United States, declaring that education in public schools was dangerous because of the lack of Catholic education. “To the Sacred Congregation, this method [of public education] has appeared intrinsically dangerous and absolutely contrary to Catholicism. Indeed, because the special program adopted by these schools excludes all religious instruction, the pupils cannot grasp the elements of the Faith, nor are they instructed in the precepts of the Church…”<br /></span></em></strong><br />In 1897, in the encyclical Militantis Ecclesiae, Pope Leo XIII declared: “A wide knowledge should go hand in hand with care for spiritual progress…<em><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">religion must permeate and direct every branch of knowledge whatever be its nature…it has always been the Church’s intention that every branch of study be of great service in the religious formation of youth</span></strong></em>…” Obviously, in order for every branch of study to be of great service in religious formation, every branch of study must be taught with Catholic principles.<br /><br />Pope Pius XI, in the great encyclical Christian Education of Youth, wrote of <em><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">the need for religion to permeate the whole of the learning enterprise: “…it is necessary that all the teaching and the whole organization of the school, its teachers, syllabus and textbooks of every kind, be regulated by the Christian spirit, under the direction and maternal supervision of the Church; so that religion may be in very truth the foundation and the crown of youth’s entire training….”</span></strong></em> Obviously, every facet of education must be permeated with our Catholic Faith.<br /><br />Christian Education of Youth continues: “It is therefore as important to make no mistake in education as it is to make no mistake in the pursuit of the last goal, with which the whole work of education is intimately and necessarily connected. In fact, <em><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">since education consists essentially in preparing man for what he must be and for what he must do here below in order to attain the sublime goal for which he was created, it is clear that there can be no true education which is not wholly directed to man’s last end…. there can be no ideally perfect education which is not Christian education.”<br /></span></strong></em><br />Further on in Christian Education of Youth, <strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Pope Pius XI declares: “From this it follows that the so-called ‘neutral’ or ‘lay’ school, from which religion is excluded, is contrary to the fundamental principles of education. Such a school, moreover, cannot exist in practice; it is bound to become irreligious.” In other words, if God and His Laws are left out of the instruction, ultimately students and the school deny God and His Laws. Certainly the American public schools are proof of the Pope’s warning.<br /></span></em></strong><br />Later in this paragraph, the <strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Pope states that even if children receive Catholic religious instruction but receive other lessons that are not Catholic, it is not satisfactory</span></em></strong>. “Neither can Catholics allow that other type of mixed schools, where the students are provided with separate religious instruction, but receive other lessons in common with non-Catholic children from non-Catholic teachers.” <strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Pope here, under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, states that we cannot expect to raise practicing Catholics by teaching God only in religion class but ignoring Him in the rest of education.<br /></span></em></strong><br />Immediately following, the Pope declares “…it is necessary that all the teaching and the whole organization of the school, its teachers, syllabus and textbooks of every kind, be regulated by the Christian spirit, under the direction and maternal supervision of the Church; so that religion may be in very truth the foundation and the crown of youth’s entire training; and this applies to every grade of school, not only the elementary, but the intermediate and the high institutions of learning as well.<br /><br />“To use the words of [Pope] Leo XIII: ‘It is necessary not only that religious instruction be given to the young at certain fixed times, but also that every other subject taught be permeated with Christian piety. If this be lacking, <em><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">if this sacred atmosphere does not pervade and warm the hearts of masters and scholars alike, little good can be expected from any kind of learning, and considerable harm will often be the consequence.’</span></strong></em>”<br /><br />In many documents, the Church commands us to use Catholic materials. Weaving the Catholic Faith throughout all subjects shows the child that the Faith is necessary in understanding all areas of knowledge. The omission of God in any subject sends a message that this subject can be properly learned without reference to God or the Church. </div>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-7946514288251762952010-04-20T09:34:00.003-04:002010-04-20T09:59:18.430-04:00Vocations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzuC4De4fuwAqrgTbYT1jWeoOM2QpLPaTcYciBidLUcgXALabgTPgDE124DeAUYhoTq7IVugyPFMzbwvMR1QuuWqp2KJ5YRGw2CepC1ER6WgKnfyHG99bfcFxTk8079LOGQxIz80bD3w/s1600/bishop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462212905522420386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzuC4De4fuwAqrgTbYT1jWeoOM2QpLPaTcYciBidLUcgXALabgTPgDE124DeAUYhoTq7IVugyPFMzbwvMR1QuuWqp2KJ5YRGw2CepC1ER6WgKnfyHG99bfcFxTk8079LOGQxIz80bD3w/s400/bishop.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul II on Vocations - </div><div> </div><div>"<em>Rather, it is important to accomplish the communion of life which shows them how beautiful it is to be a priest. Only then, the young man will say, “Yes, this can be a future for me too; it is possible to live like this” (Insegnamenti I, [2005], 354). Referring to the witness that awakens vocations, the Second Vatican Council underlines the example of charity and of brotherly collaboration which priests must offer (cf. Decree Optatam totius, 2).</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>I like to remember what my venerable Predecessor John Paul II wrote: “The very life of priests, their unconditional dedication to God's flock, their witness of loving service to the Lord and to his Church - a witness marked by free acceptance of the cross in the spirit of hope and Easter joy - their fraternal unity and zeal for the evangelization of the world are the first and most convincing factor in the growth of vocations” (Pastores dabo vobis, 41). It can be said that priestly vocations are born of the example of priests, as a sort of a precious patrimony communicated by word, by example and by a whole way of life.</em> "</div><div> </div><div>~ from <a href="http://www.vocationsandprayer.org/?rub=news/news&newsid=n42f7edbf1adbe">http://www.vocationsandprayer.org/?rub=news/news&newsid=n42f7edbf1adbe</a></div>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908623542820888534.post-52428390655518082152010-03-02T11:34:00.001-05:002010-03-02T11:36:07.398-05:00Encouragement for homeschoolers from a Public School teacherCertified teacher joins home-school world<br /><em>Amy Travis</em><br /><br /><br />In 2006, I took the leap from public school teacher to home-school mom for my kindergarten daughter. I did what most home-school mothers do and joined a home-school group for support. To be honest, I thought I would be lending most of the support. I had the elementary education degree and many successful years of teaching under my belt. They should be so lucky to have me in the group.<br /><br />Ego check! They didn’t need my advice on materials. There is a whole world of home-school materials that is every bit as good as public school curriculum. At first I found my refuge in the small overlap of curriculums used both by home-schoolers and the public school systems. I was overwhelmed by all the information, materials, activities and co-ops that these families were using.<br /><br />As I made my way into this world, I was amazed at all the new options and ideas I had never seen or heard of as a public school teacher. These parents had a right to snub me and my ego. They may not have had an elementary education degree or even stepped a foot in a classroom, but these parents had nothing to learn from me, and I had much to learn from them.<br /><br />Four years later, when I’m in home-school circles I don’t even mention I was once a teacher in the public schools. It means nothing in the home-school world, and from what I have witnessed, it shouldn’t. My home-school teaching (which now includes my son as well as my daughter) has taken place in the states of Arizona and Washington, where I have met hundreds of home-school families. I can’t recall a single family from either of these states that is doing a disservice to their children or their state.<br /><br />Let’s take a look at what regulations are doing for public school teachers. They are overwhelmed with all the requirements and push for students to do well on standardized tests. I still keep in touch with old teacher friends. Many feel as if their days are filled with teaching the one almighty test. I can quote some as saying, “Teaching isn’t even fun anymore.”<br /><br />How about instead of fighting for more regulations on home-school parents, we fight for fewer regulations on public school teachers? I had some great teachers 30 years ago who did not face the same government regulations. I’m not saying teachers shouldn’t be held to a high standard – just maybe not one, single standard: the test.<br /><br />Do we really want to put these same crazy regulations on home-school families? These parents are enjoying what they do and not getting one government cent to do it.<br /><br />There is a wealth of information that proves the benefits of home schooling. More government involvement isn’t going to solve the problem of some family in New Haven who is abusing the system for some reason. It is only going to hurt those good families that are doing what they should. As with anything, someone is always going to abuse the system, but all should not be punished for the few.<br /><br />Sorry I can’t provide some dirt on the home-school community. Funny, they are just doing a great job – all without regulations.<br /><br />I understand that not all home-school parents are great teachers, as not all public school teachers are top-notch. I assume that not all teachers in the public schools feel the pressure of standardized testing, but I can’t find one who doesn’t. I sure hope they are out there.<br /><br />I received my teaching degree from Indiana University in Fort Wayne and continue to renew my certificate. I currently live in Arizona and stay connected with family living in Fort Wayne.<br /><br />The above material comes not from researched evidence, but from the truth I have seen and from the heart.<br /><br /><em>Amy Travis is a former Fort Wayne resident and IPFW graduate who currently lives in Arizona. She is a former public school teacher home-schooling her two children. She wrote this for The Journal Gazette.<br /></em>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.com0