There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature—and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ourselves. This is the reason that we should learn the humanities - because the humanities teach us about humanity, both our own humanity and the humanity of our neighbours.

If you're like me and feel like you can't get enough of Little House On the Prairie, what do you do when you've finished the series? Of course, you can go back to the beginning and start rereading it (which I recommend). Or, you can give some of these books a try...

Four Year Cycle Utilizing Homeschool Connections with UNLIMITED ACCESS   If you follow a four-year cycle, such as that used with Story of Civilization by Phillip Campbell, you can use recorded, independent-learning courses with Homeschool Connections for your 5th through 12th grade curriculum. Here is a list of recorded courses through our Unlimited Access program […]

ANNOUNCING Homeschool Connections’ new four-year cycle for live, interactive courses … In response to requests from students and their parents, Homeschool Connections has organized a four-year cycle of coordinated courses for all students in your family, third through twelfth grade. This is so your entire family can learn about the same era at the same […]

I majored in applied mathematics in college, yet it wasn’t until I became a homeschooling mother that I discovered math in literature. I’d like to help you to also discover how you can introduce living books into your homeschool and take a break from the drill, drill, drill.

This article is an excerpt from the book Why Should I Learn This. To order click here: Paperback eBook   Why Should Christians Learn Tolkien?  Henry Russell, Ph.D.  J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to Father Robert Murray, SJ, “The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in […]