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Offline Plenus Venter

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Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
« on: December 06, 2023, 04:23:49 AM »
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    • Does anyone have any Traditional Catholic home school curriculum recommendations? Any suggestions or reports of your experiences would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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    Offline Nadir

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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #1 on: December 06, 2023, 04:58:30 AM »
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    • My husband and I homeschooled out three, who are now ages 41, 40 and 37. We knew  no traditional Catholics and used a collection of secular and Catholic books, as well as protestant material. We used whatever we could get, often from used book collections 2nd hand. All our homeschool peers were either new age, unschooling or protestant.

    We did sign up with a protestant program called Light Educational Ministries and found them excellent, but they are in Australia. There was very little around in those days, and we lived in an isolated location. No computers, no radio, no TV, no electricity, a true blessed existence.

    All three did well and all practice the Faith.

    How old are your children?

    There are dozens of similar-themed threads here on CathInfo if you can do a search.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #2 on: December 06, 2023, 05:33:50 AM »
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    • What ages?
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #3 on: December 06, 2023, 06:08:01 AM »
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    • Thank you Nadir and Mater Dominici, it's preschool right through, but especially high school years. Not my children, my nieces and nephews! I'm in Australia too, so I know what you had to deal with Nadir. I'm aware of Our Lady of Victories and Kolbe Academy, but I haven't done any serious research yet, I would be glad to hear feedback from anyone who has used these curricula. It sounds like the sede nuns have a great programme but you have to rob a bank to afford it... the schools are so wicked now and it is such a struggle for the poor parents...
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #4 on: December 06, 2023, 06:10:51 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on December 06, 2023, 04:58:30 AM
    No computers, no radio, no TV, no electricity, a true blessed existence.

    All three did well and all practice the Faith...

    There are dozens of similar-themed threads here on CathInfo if you can do a search.
    No wonder they still practice the Faith. That's the way to keep out the spirit of the world. Well done! 
    I did do a search but I always struggle to get what I'm looking for with the search engine. Problem with me or the search engine???
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #5 on: December 06, 2023, 06:33:11 AM »
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    • https://ada.school/

    This is the best Catholic curriculum I could find.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #6 on: December 06, 2023, 07:35:32 AM »
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    • Spread across all grade levels, I use many different resources. I tend to look for programs based on subject rather than aiming for an all-in-one approach. So, for example, our reading/writing/spelling programs are from companies that specialize in language arts rather than being specifically Traditional Catholic.

    However, I do use one Catholic company for quite a few things and that's Homeschool Connections. They're not exclusively Traditional, but they're conservative enough that we use many of their classes, including religion courses. (I've only come across one that was a little too N.O. for us.) Unlimited access to as many recorded classes as you please costs us only $330/year. We've also done some of their live courses.
    A few courses we're currently doing: HS Chemistry, MS Geography, MS History (based on a Catholic textbook), Advanced Spanish, MS Applied Science, AP Computer Science, MS Baltimore Catechism, and a literature class based on Little House on the Prairie.

    Some other companies that I currently use or have used and liked:
    IEW.com (owner is Catholic, so you won't find anything offensive here)
    AllAboutLearning.com
    MathMammoth.com
    MemoriaPress.com (they cover all subjects, but I mostly use them for Latin and handwriting resources)
    PamelaWhiteWriting.com (live classes)
    KhanAcademy.org (many subjects, but I wouldn't use this for anything other than math ... I only list this one because it saved my sanity as I could never keep up with math lessons before switching to Khan Academy)

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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #7 on: December 06, 2023, 07:37:02 AM »
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    • Quote from: Plenus Venter on December 06, 2023, 06:08:01 AM
     It sounds like the sede nuns have a great programme but you have to rob a bank to afford it... 
    :laugh1:
    I would certainly look into this the day after I win the lottery. But, I can't win since I don't play.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #8 on: December 06, 2023, 07:40:29 AM »
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #9 on: December 06, 2023, 03:54:16 PM »
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    • We used Seton in the 90's and was happy with it. 
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #10 on: December 06, 2023, 04:57:31 PM »
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    • Quote from: Frank on December 06, 2023, 06:33:11 AM
    https://ada.school/

    This is the best Catholic curriculum I could find.
    Thank you Frank. Do you actually use this and find it really good? This was in fact the only resource that I could find when I did my search on Cathinfo. Incredulous promoted it a few years back. Good to hear experiences from others who have actually used it.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #11 on: December 06, 2023, 05:04:22 PM »
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    • Quote from: MaterDominici on December 06, 2023, 07:35:32 AM
    Spread across all grade levels, I use many different resources. I tend to look for programs based on subject rather than aiming for an all-in-one approach. So, for example, our reading/writing/spelling programs are from companies that specialize in language arts rather than being specifically Traditional Catholic.

    However, I do use one Catholic company for quite a few things and that's Homeschool Connections. They're not exclusively Traditional, but they're conservative enough that we use many of their classes, including religion courses. (I've only come across one that was a little too N.O. for us.) Unlimited access to as many recorded classes as you please costs us only $330/year. We've also done some of their live courses.
    A few courses we're currently doing: HS Chemistry, MS Geography, MS History (based on a Catholic textbook), Advanced Spanish, MS Applied Science, AP Computer Science, MS Baltimore Catechism, and a literature class based on Little House on the Prairie.

    Some other companies that I currently use or have used and liked:
    IEW.com (owner is Catholic, so you won't find anything offensive here)
    AllAboutLearning.com
    MathMammoth.com
    MemoriaPress.com (they cover all subjects, but I mostly use them for Latin and handwriting resources)
    PamelaWhiteWriting.com (live classes)
    KhanAcademy.org (many subjects, but I wouldn't use this for anything other than math ... I only list this one because it saved my sanity as I could never keep up with math lessons before switching to Khan Academy)
    Wow, Mater Dominici, you are one committed home school mum, congratulations! Thank you so much for so many useful suggestions. I only just noticed the 'mod' beside your name, I guess that makes you Matthew's wife? I will look into all that material, thanks again.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #12 on: December 06, 2023, 05:06:38 PM »
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    • Quote from: songbird on December 06, 2023, 03:54:16 PM
    We used Seton in the 90's and was happy with it.
    Thanks, songbird, I remember hearing of that one years ago, I'll check that out too.
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    Re: Seeking Home Schooling Solutions
    « Reply #13 on: December 06, 2023, 11:15:57 PM »
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    • Quote from: Plenus Venter on December 06, 2023, 05:04:22 PM
     I guess that makes you Matthew's wife? 
    Yes, true. Our oldest has just one semester of high school left, so we've been homeschooling for a little over a dozen years and currently have seven school-aged children.
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