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Brendan Hodge

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:36:27 -0500

Brendan is a homeschool graduate and runs the Humanities Program site.

Cat Hodge

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:37:55 -0500

Cat Hodge's bio is pending and will be added here.

Melissa Wiley

alivanmom — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:07:00 -0500

Melissa Wiley is a homeschool mom of five and the author of a number of children's books, including the Charlotte and Martha prequels to the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Melissa blogs at Here in the Bonny Glen.

Also See:

alivanmom — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:13:37 -0500

Our study and discussion questions for the Chronicles of Narnia.

About the author

Suchi Myjak — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:38:03 -0500

Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in the late 1800's on the frontier of the United States. She wrote a whole series of books about her own childhood in which she chronicles pioneer life. Through the series we are taken from her early childhood (approximately age 5 in Little House in the Big Woods) all the way into early married life (The First Four Years). She is a very gifted story-teller and includes many details of everyday life that are particularly fascinating to us today who are so removed from that lifestyle.

10th Anniversary Celebration and Website Re-Opening

alivanmom — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:31:58 -0500

Current Book Giveaways:

Ten years ago, my friend Jen e-mailed me, asking about my favorite homeschool resources. My husband (he's an engineer, what can I say?) turned my response into a website and love2learn was born. Ten years later we have over twenty reviewers, nearly a thousand reviews and a lot to be grateful for - God is good!

And so, a few thanks are in order (in addition to my husband and Jen!):

All praise and thanks to God for His graciousness. If there is anything good and helpful here it is surely because of Him!
For the assistance of the special patrons of our website: Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. John Vianney, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Therese of Lisieux.
To Suchi Myjak who is responsible for the new website (and has agreed to be our technical administrator)
To my 14 and 12 year old children who are very diligently moving the reviews from the Love2learn Blog to the new site (this process will probably be continuing for the next week or so)
To my dad who came up with the love2learn name for us. And to numerous family members who have helped out in many ways.
To my wonderful review and advisory team.
To our advertisers who have kept our site financially afloat - especially to Catholic Heritage Curricula and Thomas Aquinas College who have been with us for many years.
To all those who have supported our site through the years with their prayers and their encouraging notes - these mean a lot to us!

We will be celebrating throughout the month of January with book giveaways each week on the Love2learn Blog. Click over there to be entered in the current drawings

The following authors, publishers and retailers are donating books for our giveaways.

We have received such generous donations of books for our celebration that we are unable to accept any further donations.

Thank you and God Bless you!!!

Alicia Van Hecke
webmaster

25 Ways to Inspire a Love of Learning in your Children

alivanmom — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:51:52 -0500

1. Go outside and look at the stars together. Learn the names of a few of the constellations.

2. Play with your children – sports, legos, board games, hide-and-seek, etc.

3. Educational DVDs & videos can be a good way to get them interested in a new Science or History topic.
(use the “pause” button to stop and chat)

4. Children love “real” things. Let them help you with real jobs and house projects.

5. Play “the stair game” – quiz your children on anything and let them take a step forward with each correct answer.

6. Go to the beach (forest, pond, desert) and draw pictures of what you find.

7. Attend a concert -- community orchestra or band types are especially family friendly!

8. Attend sports matches – especially community ones.

9. Plan ahead for an art museum trip by introducing each child to a beautiful painting they can search for once you arrive.

10. Spend time with other families who love learning.

11. Shoot a game of pool and discuss the geometry you are using.

12. Pop a batch of popcorn and sit down to a good family read aloud.

13. Go on an adventure walk in your own neighborhood. Bring water bottles and magnifying glasses!

14. Have Grandpa or Grandma teach you a new card game.

15. Set up a book club with a couple of friends and their moms or dads.

16. Choose a country and find recipes native to that place. Invite several friends to do the same, and get together for a day of ethnic cooking.

17. Take a class yourself -- community college? online? -- and share what you are learning with your children.

18. Join another family for an afternoon of crafts or board games.

19. Learn to count to ten in a foreign language.

20. Plant a garden. Have a contest to see who can grow the tallest sunflower.

21. Visit museums, zoos and libraries together.

22. Have some special outings with one child at a time.

23. Talk about their studies around the dinner table.

24. Hang maps on your walls.

25. Let your children see that you love learning too.

A Calendar of Resources

Suchi Myjak — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:29:28 -0400

Calendar:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Feasts and Seasons:

Lent

Easter

Advent

Christmas

Liturgical Year Resources

Useful Links:

Around the Year with the Trapp Family

Calendar of Saints

Catholic Culture Calendar

CIN Calendar

Domestic Church

Women for Faith and Family

A Calendar of Resources - November

Suchi Myjak — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:29:28 -0400

The Month of The Holy Souls

November 1st
The Solemnity of All Saints
A Year With God: Vol. 1, Celebrating the Saints Throughout the Year
All Saints Day from the Catholic Encyclopedia
Answers to Questions concerning Mary and the Saints from Catholic Answers
The Communion of Saints from Biblical Evidence for Catholicism

November 2nd
The Feast of All Souls
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 3rd
Feast of St. Martin de Porres (d. 1639)
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm02.htm

November 4th
Feast of St. Charles Borromeo
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 11th
Feast of St. Martin of Tours (397), Bishop
Catholic Encyclopedia
Veteran's Day

November 13th
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DOC/19981101/SAINTS/cabrini.htm
http://www.cin.org/cabrinsd.html
Famous Birthdays:
Robert Louis Stevenson (b. 1850), author, A Child's Garden of Verses and Treasure Island

November 15th
Feast of St. Albert the Great (1280), Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 16th
Feast of St. Gertrude the Great (d. 1302)
http://www.cin.org/gergreat.html Feast of St. Margaret of Scotland (d. 1039)
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 17th
Feast of Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 18th
Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (d. 1852)
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/duchesne.txt

Solemnity of Christ the King
On the Feast of Christ the King Pope Pius XI
Christ the King is Lord of the World and History Pope John Paul II

November 22nd
Feast of Saint Cecelia
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 23rd
Blessed Miguel Pro
Chaplet of Blessed Miguel Pro
Blessed Miguel Pro - Heroic Mexican Martyr
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm16.htm
Recommended Reading: Blessed Miguel Pro, North American Martyr by Ann Ball

Thanksgiving
The American Thanksgiving Tradition Interesting and informative website run by the Plimoth Foundation.

November 25th
Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (d. 307)
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 27th
Feast of the Miraculous Medal (1830)
Catholic Encyclopedia

November 29th
Famous Birthdays: Louisa May Alcott (1832), C.S. Lewis (1898)

November 30th
Feast of Saint Andrew (d. 61), Apostle, Martyr
Catholic Encyclopedia
Don't forget to start the Christmas Novena which starts on St. Andrew's Feastday.

A Calendar of Resources: April

Suchi Myjak — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:29:28 -0400

April 1st
Famous Birthdays -William Harvey (1578) English doctor, author of The Circulation of the Blood
April 2nd
Famous Birthdays - Hans Christian Anderson (1805)
April 3rd
Famous Birthdays - Washington Irving (1783) American author, Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
April 10th
Famous Birthdays - Clare Boothe Luce (1903) Catholic author, editor Saints for Now
April 13th
Feast of St. Martin I
Famous Birthdays - Thomas Jefferson (1743), Marguerite Henry (1902) author, The King of the Wind, The White Stallions of Lipizza
April 14th
Famous Birthdays - Annie Sullivan (1866) Helen Keller's teacher
April 15th
Famous Birthdays - Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
April 18th
This Date in History:

(1775) Paul Revere's Ride
(1906) San Francisco earthquake
April 21st
Feast of St. Anselm
April 22nd
Famous Birthdays - Queen Isabella of Castille (1451) Isabella of Castille is a complex, controversial and dominant figure in World history. She was responsible for financing Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World, for driving the Moors (and the Jews) from Spain and beginning the infamous Spanish Inquistion. Her daughter Catherine was the unfortunate first wife of Henry VIII of England.
April 25th
Famous Birthdays - Guglielmo Marconi (1874) Scientist, Inventor

This Date in History:(1915) The Anzac Landing at Gallipoli
April 28th
Feast of St. Louis Marie de Montfort
April 29th
Feast of St. Catherine of Siena
Recommended Reading: St. Catherine of Siena by F.A. Forbes.
April 30th
Feast of Pope St. Pius V