The Catholic Homeschool Companion

Straight talk: parent-to-parent Forty-three Catholic homeschoolers share their tips, tricks, and techniques to make your homeschool a happier, holier, and more productive learning environment for you and for each of your children. Here's your one-stop resource for information, insight, and inspiration about every aspect of educating your children at home — written by those who understand it best: homeschooling parents themselves! "The Catholic Homeschool Companion is an invaluable resource for all Catholic parents who seek to form their children not only in knowledge, but in wisdom and love." Mark Shea CatholicExchange.com  Would you like to teach science or phonics better? Introduce your child to Latin, piano, or great works of art? Try new classroom approaches that other parents find effective? In these pages, you'll find helpful essays from more than forty veteran homeschooling parents to help you do all this and more. "Each chapter is written by an expert—a real homeschooling parent who speaks with the voice of real homeschooling experience. There is something for everyone in this book!" Danielle Bean My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom

You'll also find wise advice and practical tips to make you a better teacher and your homeschool more productive and enjoyable. "This is truly the 'companion' all Catholic homeschooling families need. Some of the best and brightest Catholics contribute their expertise on a wide range of topics critical for successful homeschooling. In addition to the expected articles on teaching phonics, math, and foreign language, you will learn how to get your teens into college, how to prepare your children for the sacraments, how to use the computer for virtual schooling, how to work with children with special needs such as ADD and autism, and much, much more." Cathy Duffy 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum Of course, homeschooling involves more than academics. That's why The Catholic Homeschool Companion includes essays to help you foster your children's moral and spiritual development, involve time-challenged dads, teach kids with special needs or in special circumstances, and handle other common problems homeschoolers face. Are you frustrated trying to fulfill state academic standards or diocesan requirements for sacramental preparation? No problem! Here's shrewd advice from parents who've fought those battles already. "Homeschooling your children in a Catholic environment can be a daunting task, the key to which requires the right support and reliable resources. With The Catholic Homeschool Companion Maureen Wittmann offers a primer on how to begin and how to succeed in this laudable effort." Our Sunday Visitor  There's also humor to lighten your heart when the daily grind gets you down, and, for those really bad times when you wonder whether homeschooling is even worth it, The Catholic Homeschool Companion brings you heartening testimony from teenagers and young adults who tell how grateful they are that their parents taught them at home. Information, insight, and inspiration: it's all right here in The Catholic Homeschool Companion, the must-own resource for new and experienced homeschoolers alike.

"This book is awesome!"  Matthew Pinto Author of Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? The Catholic Homeschool Companion by Maureen Wittmann and Rachel Mackson 512 pages paperback

xxxxx Articles include: Core Subjects Nancy Brown: Grammar Phobia Nancy Stine: Learning to Love Science Marcia Neill: History as God's Plan Joan Stromberg:Teaching Catholic History through Genealogy The Father's PerspectiveDan McGuire:Faith of Our Fathers Frederick Cabell, Jr, Esq.: Reading Aloud: A Role for Dad Steve Wood:7 Ways Mothers Can Recruit Fathers Steve Wood:21 Things Fathers Can Do for Their Homeschool Enrichment Subjects Monica Sohler: Handwriting: Making the World Beautiful, One Letter at a Time Pattie Kelley-Huff: Art Appreciation: Symbolism in Religious Art Mary Glantz:Teaching a Foreign Language to Young Children Laurie Navar Gill: Learn Geography thru the Missions Maureen Wittmann:Civic Duty Strategies and Styles Pattie Kelley-Huff:Integrated Learning or Unit Studies? Design-Your-Own or Ready-Made? Cynthia Blum: Character-Building & School Readiness: The Early Years Maureen O'Brien:Establishing a Coop: Guidelines & a Checklist MacBeth Derham:Education in the Out of Doors Annie Kitching:Virtual School Unique Circumstances Stacey Johnson: School Is Where the Army Sends Us Rachel Watkins:Homeschooling While Chronically Ill Nicola Martinez: Homeschooling While Working Full-Time Children with Special NeedsJanine Cerino Seadler: Teach Your Dyslexic Child at Home Carol Maxwell:Teaching a Child with Attention Deficit Melissa Ramirez Naasko:Homeschooling on the Autism Spectrum Finding Inspiration Cay A. Gibson:With the Eyes of the Soul Janet Cassidy:Flags of Doubt Nicola Martinez:February Funk: How to Make It Up Through the Downs Homeschooling CommunityLynne Cimorelli:How to Throw an All Saints' Bash Maureen Wittmann:Field Trips Pete Vere, JCL:Homeschooling, Canon Law, and the Right to Receive the Sacraments Home Management Sue Kreiner: Escape the Clutter and Find Peace Holly Pierlot:Function and Beauty: Getting Homes in Order Gregory K. Popcak, MSW:Secrets to Prevent Burnout Students and GraduatesMichael Aquilina III: Unschooling at Its Best Brendan Hodge:The Final Product of Homeschooling: A Friend Colin Fry: Homeschooling with a Disability High School Carol Maxwell: Literary Analysis Made Easy Alicia Van Hecke:Apologetics: Sacraments, Service, & Study Barbara Little:From High School to College Maureen Wittmann:Job-Search Skills for Teens AppendicesAppendix A: Cath Homeschooling Resource List Appendix B: Catholic Home-Study Schools Appendix C: Resources for Kids with Disabilities Appendix D: Foreign-Language Resources

"This book is awesome!"  Matthew Pinto Author of Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? The Catholic Homeschool Companion by Maureen Wittmann and Rachel Mackson 512 pages paperback $24.95 Order online now or call 1-800-888-9344 Sophia Institute PressBox 5284, Manchester NH 03108 We always welcome contributions to our non-profit apostolate. If you would prefer not to use the PayPal button below, you can add a contribution directly to your shopping cart at our on-line store. Sophia Institute Press is the publishing division of