Reviews for Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents

The average rating for Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-05 00:00:00 Brian Sampson This book was written by one of the founders of the Seton Home Study program, and online Catholic homeschool program. I gather that it's much like a school-at-home program, which does not suit by desires, preferring a Charlotte Mason/Classical education for my children. Her view of what homeschool "looks like" in practical application is not applicable to what I expect to do in our home, but I still found some parts interesting & informative. 1. I will keep this on my shelf, as I liked the examples of how to incorporate Catholic family living into school time. She talked about family activities as well as group activities with other Catholic homeschoolers. 2. Discipline section - pretty irrelevant for a hs book IMO and I disagree with her rationale... good Bible verses, bad interpretations. Sounds like one of those awful child-trainers who think Jesus wants us to beat our kids into submission. yeah. don't think so, honey. 3. I really enjoyed reading the history of where Catholic schools went wrong & are now only slightly different than secular (gov't) schools. 4. I can't rightly agree with her declaration that everything we teach should be from a Catholic world view. Stories only about saints or specifically-Catholic activities in our everyday life. It seems very, very limiting. She suggests using Protestant-produced curriculum when Catholic version are not available, and I appreciate her "warning" that some Christian-based curriculums can, whether on purpose or not, have some tendencies toward anti-Catholic viewpoints, as many secular programs do, though the Protestant ones at least express absolute morality. I don't plan to use any curriculum for history or literature (where such slants would be clearly evident) so this doesn't apply to me, but I found it interesting.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-11 00:00:00 Bertie Noland This book seemed out-dated and overly militaristic in tone about Catholic homeschooling. I err on the side of conservative Catholic homeschooler, but the author's tone went way over the top. I finally put the book down (on our library's donation shelf) after she said public school children were not loved as much as homeschooled children. I really cannot picture how or why I would recommend this book to anyone else.