CLAA mothers often ask me how to lay out a family schedule that includes all the different ages of the children.  I am going to share with you a sample of how I have scheduled our homeschool days using Google docs.  If you would like to make a copy of the doc in your own Google Drive and make changes to fit your own family’s schedule, you can view the Schedule document or click on the image below.  

Recently, I’ve been working to really nail down the key principles for my daily life.  So this is a work in progress, but I want to share with other mothers.   (They will be updated and added to over time.)  Have a good marriage. A woman was created by God to be her husband’s helper.  Avoid “mommy culture”.  I’m raising my children to be future husbands and wives, and they all will leave home one day. Keep the Precepts of the Church. Don’t be a hypocrite.  Don’t hold my children to things that I myself don’t practice. Live a balanced life. … Continue

  Christian people tend to think that they are pretty smart and that they seek the truth.  Yet, when we look at Christian education, the evidence suggests otherwise. Since around 1995, the “classical education” movement has lied to Christians, making up their own history of education, and using this fictional story to sell millions of dollars of homeschool products, and start schools–even colleges! The lack of confidence in modern Christians, owed to their neglect of Christian studies, leaves them afraid to ask questions or seek proof for things asserted by homeschool publishers and conference speakers.  Christians are like the people … Continue

Aristotle (384-322 BC) If we only read Moses, David, Solomon and Plato, we would have an education that rivaled history’s greatest scholars. However, the efficiency of instruction desired to make as many wise students as possible is not to be found among the early masters. Moses left us the Law. David left us the Psalms. Solomon left us the Proverbs. Plato added his dialogues. Unfathomable wisdom is to be enjoyed in them all, but very few would possess the time and leisure to swallow and digest their teachings in a manner that led to a well-ordered mind. To meet the … Continue

The Ratio Studiorum, or Rule of Studies, published by the Society of Jesus in 1599 is a key historical resource in researching, restoring, publishing and teaching the true classical Catholic curriculum today.  When we consider that St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, died in 1562, we realize that the Ratio was published in the golden age of the order, just as its famous saints had finished their amazing lives. The Ratio Studiorum provides us with a complete curriculum, intended to preserve the classical Catholic curriculum as it came under attack from groups that targeted Scholastic Philosophy as … Continue

If you’re a devout Catholic who cares more about the Catholic faith than anything else, you desire to give your children the best possible Catholic education.  However, you also feel an obligation to help your children prepare for their future occupations, which includes college preparation and specialized studies and work.  As your children move into their “high school” years, the pressure seems to grow more intense and college prep consumes all resources and attention and you go to bed with regrets about what your children are studying–and what they’re not studying. How can we find the balance between the spiritual … Continue

In this walk-talk, William C. Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy discusses the sources of problems that discourage Catholic students from studying the Summa Theologica, and how it can be studied and enjoyed by all Catholics willing to put in the time and effort required. To join us in the study of the Summa Theologica, visit our Curriculum page.