Precious in His Sight

I don’t know what it is exactly, but there is something so precious about the way the little children look at the world.  Their eyes are so wide-eyed in wonder and are a constant source of heartwarming amusement to those that love them!  Once any of my children start to achieve THEIR own mastery of [...]

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A Catechism Scavenger Hunt!

I love being a "sneaky mom"!  I just tested the kid’s knowledge of the Catechism without a formal test…we had a Scavenger Hunt today!!
The overall theme was all to honor Our Lady in the garden and give God praise!  We started and ended our hunt with the statue of Our Lady of Grace in our [...]

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Flowers Embellished by Mary

It always amazes me the depth of meaning to be found in tending Mary’s garden.  I never would have guessed that the roots of the garden could plant flowers in  our spiritual lives as ~virtue~, but with MARY it certainly can!! Here is an excerpt I stumbled upon today…..

In the Madonna House Apostolate of Combermere, [...]

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Making Books With Children

We love books!  We will often record our adventures through our studies by Notebooking and Lapbooking our way through….it is a way for us to not just take notes, but also make a memorable keepsake that we continually learn from and from which we often re-tell our adventures to others!  Most of which we keep [...]

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“Oh, For the Love of…”

Despite the Utopian spring day, what I overheard from the girls bedroom amid the  sounds of squealing and shouts of "MO-OM…she won’t give it back to me!"  and "Mooooooooom!  I want to read it!"…"No, I am up to the BEST part where they…"…"No, I am at the climax of the action, I can’t stop now!!"  [...]

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Living Math.

Hands- on math is always a big hit here!  Maria Montessori once said in the Absorbent Mind:
"We give opportunities for exploration and discovery
which “open fields full of interest.”
“To explore, one needs to be filled with intellectual interests,
and these it is our business to give.”

We have been using Living math this year and loving it!  It [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers…and most especially to the Queen of all mothers….Our Lady!!
There are some beautiful articles in honor of Motherhood that I wanted to share….
Rebecca at Babylove has quite a beautiful post about theGratefulness for the Vocation of Motherhood
And Elizabeth Foss’s sweet post What goes around Last but not least….celebrate Mother’s [...]

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God Knits His Seamless Garment

Our Lady of Walsingham
    "Wooden statue of the Mother of God with the Infant Christ at Walsingham. The statue, dating from the 19th century, was crowned with papal crowns in 1954, the year of the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption. Shown here carried in procession traditionally led by the Arhcbishop of Westminster, [...]

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Forming Children as “Christ-bearers”

We are doing many wonderful hands-on projects right now. I am reminded of a study I read once that I heard quoted by Archbishop Fulton Sheen…it went something like this:
" Association is a key to memory:
a. You remember approximately 10 percent of what you read.
b. You remember approximately 20 percent of what you hear.
c. You [...]

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A little Tulip fun!

Since so many of you Real Learning people have been sharing your great craft ideas for a Mary Altar…we came up with our own Mary craft for today!
In honor of Our Lady and the tulips, we created our very own tulip stained glass!
Here is how we did it!First you need an image…like these:simple tulip image [...]

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