We are currently developing weekly lesson plans. In the mean time, we use the Coming Home Catholic e-letter as our family's lesson plan. Although we have tried other curricula, that which works best for us is to have Catholic night every Tuesday. Together we read the Sunday readings, discuss the history of the writers of the books, introduce new prayers, discuss relevant doctrine from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, read about upcoming saints' days, and pick a reading for the following week. The children, ages 8-13, are in charge of desserts, so it is always fun and calories with learning!

 

We use the standards (above) as a check-off list to make sure we are instructing our children appropriately. If we are missing something on the standards, we add it to our lesson plan. Click here to see our lesson plan outline. Our primary focus is to live our Catholic faith. We refer to doctrine, examples from saints, and love in dealing with others throughout our everyday activities. Doing so does make us aware of our own faults, but also makes us aware of  our many blessings.