African American History Books
Liturgical Season Book Basket - Ordinary Time
Artist Study - Monet
Composer Study - Mozart
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Art Books
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Cookbooks
Favorite Sites
- Grace Before Meals
The online source for families looking to strengthen their relationships through shared mealtime experiences. - Epicurious.com
My favorite source for recipes. - One More Soul
Info about the harms of contraception and sterilization, help in discerning whether to have another child. - The Couple to Couple League
Best Natural Family Planning instruction around! (I'm biased - Tom and I are a CCL teaching couple). - Catholic Educator's Resource
Their bi-weekly email newsletter is a must read. - Cathe Friedrich Fitness
The best exercise DVDs out there, and a great online support forum too.
Charlotte Mason Education Websites
- Ambleside Online
Not just for home educators! Check out the resources for supplementing your school children with Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies/History, Fine Arts, and Foreign Languages. - Simply Charlotte Mason
Don't miss the CM Bookfinder (click on top left link). Search by subject and/or grade level for high-quality book suggestions for your children.
Montessori Sites
Favorite Home Education Sites
Blogs I Enjoy
- A Garden of Roses and Lilies
- As Cozy as Spring
- By Sun and Candlelight
- Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks
- Footprints on the Fridge
- LaPaz Home Learning
- Life in the Onion Dome
- Minnesota Mom
- Montessori for Everyone
- Real Learning
- Shower of Roses
- Starry Sky Ranch
- Sweetness and Light
- The Family-Centered Life
- Waltzing Matilda
Check these out!
- Catholic Mothers Online
- Daily Mass Readings
- SwapaCD
- PaperBackSwap
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About Me
- I am a Catholic wife and home-educating mother of two: Nathan (8) and Zachary (6). I am also a certified catechist for The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and a chastity speaker, my husband and I are Natural Family Planning instructors. I have a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA, and left the corporate world after nine years to run my own small business. The name of my blog is a perfect reflection of me - a former personal chef and adoptive mother to two very special gifts from God.
Currently Reading
Recently Read
Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Masterfully written story of a dying author who is finally revealing her troubled past to her fans. An extraordinary and riveting story that I continued to ponder long after finishing.Yann Martel: Life of Pi
I thoroughly enjoyed this fantastical tale of a child who survives a shipwreck, sharing his lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross (Penguin Classics)
Her children grown, her marriage at odds, how will stubborn Kristen respond? Again, a true-to-life portrayal of human nature and the choice we all have to nurture resentment, or allow our trials to be redemptive.Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife (Penguin Classics)
A very realistic tale of marriage - when disillusion sets in, how will Kristen respond? I especially appreciated how the challenges - and joys - of both marriage and parenting are masterfully related.Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath (Penguin Classics)
Beautifully written tale of a young girl in medieval Norway, who must choose between the good man her family approves of, or the man who excites her passions but has fallen from grace .Ray Guarendi: Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids
Humorous approach to common parenting issues from a clinical psychologist and father of ten children.Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
While not a political supporter (especially after reading this book!), it was educational for me, as a mother of two biracial boys, to read Obama's experience of growing up biracial in America.Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Historical novel about two women enduring 25 years of war and injustice in Afghanistan. Tip - don't read this if you're already feeling depressed!!! But definitely do if you're in the right place to be able to handle the intensity of it.Immaculee Ilibagiza: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
A survivor tells her story of hiding in a bathroom for 3 months during the genocide and her spiritual journey from fear and hatred to trust and forgiveness. A difficult read at times, but beautiful and filled with hope.Gregory Howard Williams: Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Eye-opening story of a biracial boy coming of age in the 1950's Midwest and the bigotry he endured.Morris L. West: Daughter of Silence
Set in the hills of Tuscany, this thought-provoking legal drama explores the question of culpability and free will.Paul Horgan: Things As They Are (Loyola Classics)
A boy's transition from the state of innocence to knowledge.Adele Faber: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
I finally read this after hearing it recommended umpteen million times - now I'm highly recommending it - extremely helpful communication advice.Rumer Godden: In This House of Brede
A highly successful professional woman leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community.Helen Doss: The Family Nobody Wanted
Inspiring and entertaining story of a Caucasian couple who adopt 12 children, mostly of mixed races, in the 1940's - when this was simply not done!Maria Augusta Trapp: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The first couple of chapters are what inspired the "The Sound Of Music", the remainder of the book tells the story of their escape to America and their fascinating life there.Francois Mauriac: Vipers' Tangle (The Loyola Classics Series)
A dying patriarch's attempt to come to terms with alienation from his family and his consuming personal greed, written by the Nobel Prize winner for Literature.
Language Arts Sites for Little Children
- Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids
- Storyline Online
- Handwriting Worksheets and Printable Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
- Alphabet Printable Activities - Worksheets, Coloring Pages and Games
- Junior Mad Libs
- Unit Studies for Various Picture Books
- SurLaLune Storytime Site: Themes for Preschool Storytimes
- Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics
Math Sites for Little Children
Art Sites for Children
Science Sites for Children
- Learning Centre: Sammy's Science House
- Domino Pressure
- String Thing Acoustics Game
- Design It, Build It Fidgit
- Physics Games
- Robert Krampf's Science Education
Lots of experiments that do not require special equipment. - Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game
Nature Study Sites
Spanish Sites for Children
Inspiring Posts from Others
Favorite Music
Truly Good Kids Music
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