The Catholic Daily Planner and 2016 Saints Calendar(You can order the 2017 Saints Calendar & 16-Month Planner now, ready to use beginning in September!)I had every intention of sharing our 2015-2016 Curriculum Plans last fall. However, once our school year got...
At the end of our school year, with a little inspiration from gift ideas on Pinterest, the children helped create cards for their tutors using PicMonkey, public domain clip art, and gift cards from Target, Barnes & Noble, Dairy Queen, and Dutch Bros! Thanks...
We are already nearing the end of our school year and I am finally (finally!) getting around to sharing my curriculum plans. This post has been in my draft folder since last summer, but since some of you are still interested to hear the details, and since I always...
This year I have started teaching our oldest two boys apologetics using Christ 101 by Dr. Scott Sullivan.Dr. Sullivan, a homeschooling father of eight, has just released Logic 101 which looks like it will also be another great course for teens and adults.The ability...
To celebrate the new school year I'm hosting a giveaway each day this week (September 1st-7th) featuring educational products and books! Today's giveaway is sponsored by Mama's Notebooks and Shower of Roses! The next time I come up with a "great idea" to schedule...
So I have decided to keep using the children's nicknames online for now. Thank you all for your help with this decision. I'm so blessed to have such great visitors here at Shower of Roses! It's been such a joy to share our family with you here and I'm looking...
I have lost track of how many times I have been asked this past year whether I would recommend All About Reading (from All About Learning) or Primary Arts of Language (from IEW). It's a tough question to answer… I think they are both excellent and solid...
I started working on this post months ago and finally had a chance to get back to it last Friday, converting it into another "Seven Quick Takes" post. Of course I ran out of time to finish it then, but am wrapping it up this morning or else it will never get...
"Homeschooling is one of our responses to preserve all things Catholic. This is our cross. Let us not come down from such a privileged place. Yes it's hard! But it's a privileged place. And when you are privileged, it's gonna be hard...." This...
Panoramic Picture of Crater Lake taken from the Observation Station with my iPhoneThe first week of our 2013-2014 school year may not have included our usual "back-to-school traditions," (perhaps we will get to those this week) but it sure was nice to spend...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
