December 19th, 2008

New Column

You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today:

A Simple Little Christmas

December 18th, 2008

Homeschool Connections

Last night I attended an online presentation about organizing your classroom given by Maureen Wittmann at Homeschool Connections. Since I’ll be presenting there next month, I was curious to see how the online presentation went.

It was really cool.

Not only did Maureen offer helpful tips, pointers, and down to earth practical advice, I was impressed by the commnication between participants as well.

During the talk, which you could hear

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December 15th, 2008

Come on Over

to Faith and Family Live! where we are:

talking about shopping, wrapping, and what’s left to be done voting for a winner in our Catholic Living Haiku contest. giving away a lovely, handmade Christmas tree skirt

December 12th, 2008

Accidental Ingestion

Girl (peeking into the pot of chicken soup): I don’t like celery and I never eat it … Okay, sometimes I do eat it, but never on purpose.

December 11th, 2008

Two Questions

1. Do you let your kids watch Sponge Bob?

2. Is Sponge Bob ever not on?

December 11th, 2008

Too Real

Some of the younger kids are playing an imaginary “Baby” game this afternoon. They are taking turns pretending to be babies, crying and calling for their mothers.

It is making me insane.

December 10th, 2008

Upcoming Homeschool Talk

Did you know you can attend a homeschool “conference” without leaving your home?

On Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at 7:30 pm central time, I’ll be giving an online talk at Homeschool Connections.

CARING CONNECTIONS: In this talk, Danielle considers some of the ways in which homeschooling family relationships differ from relationships in other families. Included will be husband-wife relationships, parent-child relationships, relationships between siblings, and the family unit’s relationship with

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December 10th, 2008

He’s Easy

Stephen: For Christmas, I want an MP3 player or a harmonica. Either one.