Looking for posts on how to raise contemplative kids? Here you’ll find links to all my posts on homeschooling and parenting. We are raising four rambunctious boys to be saintly contemplatives. Yes, it is possible! Please see the page on my book series A Spiritual Growth Plan for Your Children for a free temperament test and more resources.
Bible-based homeschool units
Creation unit
Jacob and Esau unit
Learning typology with Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Teaching typology with Joseph & his brothers
Homeschool units on the papacy
The papal conclave for kids
Meet Pope Francis (for kids and their parents)
More lessons from the Bible
Finding patterns in the Bible
Bible verses for you and your kids to memorize
Make your Bible study memorable with Legos
Prayer & spiritual growth for kids
YOU are your child’s model of prayer
Teach your children mental prayer
Mental prayer for adolescents
Sing the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary with children
Create a guided meditation for kids
Meditation for kids: the thankful leper
Teach your kids the one thing necessary
Meditation for kids: Manna in the wilderness
Meditation for kids: Jesus our healer
The powerful Sign of the Cross
Temperament studies
Becoming your child’s spiritual director
Motivating your phlegmatic child (and yourself)
Helping your choleric child grow in holiness
The contemplative homeschool
The faith-based homeschool
Teach your kids something useless
Educate your kids for divine union
A fresh start to religious education at home
Narrations and Christian prayer
Homeschooling and Original Sin
Using a homily format for homeschool
3 resolutions for a more contemplative school year
Domestic monastery: living by the bell
Should school focus on work or leisure?
Holiness & education both begin with openness
Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and learning styles
Catholic parenting
Spiritual support for Catholic dads
Why I don’t let my boys be crude
10 ways dads can help their children grow in holiness
Humility: the most important virtue for parents
4 tips for getting kids to do chores
5 reasons not to give your child an iPad
God and parenting woes
10 ways to keep your kids Catholic
Raising boys to be men–not beasts
Finding God in children’s literature
Peter Rabbit & the fall of man
Benjamin Bunny & the narrow gate
Yertle in Babylon
Happy Epiphany from author Jean Craighead George
Frodo, Abraham, and you
Homeschool methods
Should we “push” our children to learn?
Is fear or love the better motivator?
Seasonal posts
Advent activities for your family
Educational games for your Christmas list
Hectic Advent? Change your school calendar
Family and homeschool activities for Lent
Fortnight for Freedom activities for the whole family
Books and resources
Books to teach boys virtue
Golden Children’s Bible
4 favorite books for your youngest child
New discoveries from the homeschool conference
Educational games for your Christmas list
Math can be poetic
Pro-life fiction for every age group
Memorize the Faith with your child
Miscellaneous homeschool posts
Report from the homeschool conference
Homeschooling with the Carmelite Saints on Radio Maria
Homeschool parents, you can change the world!
The power of stories
Tangrams: combining math and art
Vatican teaching on Catholic schools