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The Catholic Charlotte Mason website (4reallearning.com) has an Advent and Christmas Reading list and a Tomie de Paola unit study for Advent/Christmas. Scroll down the home page until you see the links. If you've never visited this site before (maintained by Elizabeth Foss and MacBeth Derham), there are lots of Charlotte Mason resources here -- including a discussion list. I highly recommend the website and list!

Family Advent Customs by Helen McLoughlin -- full text of this book published in 1954 by Liturgical Press. Ways to celebrate St. Nicholas Day, the Annunciation, and more during the Advent season.

Christmas to Candlemas in a Catholic Home also by Helen McLoughlin. Includes prayers for Christmas Eve, the Christ Candle, Christmas carols and recipes, and more traditions for the season from Christmas to the Epiphany.

Home School News

Sites of the Day

Today in History: AP, History Net ▪Library of Congress ▪Today's Weather Fact

Astronomy Picture of the Day

The Catholic Calendar Page

Daily Dose of the Web

Visible Earth

Home School Sites

Catholic Home Schooling: ▪Catholic Charlotte Mason ▪Catholic Educators Resource Center ▪Catholic Scholars Online ▪CHSNA ▪Domestic-Church.com ▪Favorite Resources for Catholic Home Schoolers ▪NACHE ▪TORCH

Courses of Study: ▪World Book's Typical Course of Study (Preschool - Grade 12)

Discussion Boards: ▪Catholic Charlotte Mason Group (4 Real Learning) ▪Catholic Home School Message Board ▪Charlotte Mason Study Group of Salt Lake City ▪Cathswap (buy and resell Catholic home school books) ▪SLCatholic (Catholic families who use Sonlight Curriculum)

Gifted Children: ▪Hoagies' Gifted Education Page ▪Prufrock Press

Home School Links: ▪A to Z Home's Cool ▪Home Education Magazine ▪John's Homeschool Resource Page ▪Michael's Home Education Page ▪NHEN ▪NHERI

Legal: ▪Home School Legal Defense Association

Lesson Plans: ▪bigchalk: The Education Network ▪Blue Web'n ▪Copernicus Education Gateway ▪The Gateway to Educational Materials ▪DiscoverySchool.com ▪HomeworkSpot.com ▪Learning Network ▪National Geographic ▪The New York Times Learning Network ▪SparkNotes.com ▪ThinkQuest ▪Yahooligans! Teachers' Guide

Methods: ▪Penny Gardner's Charlotte Mason Site ▪The Well-Trained Mind (Classical Education)

Special Needs: ▪NATHHAN ▪The National Academy for Child Development

Toddlers/Preschool: ▪Little Saints Catholic Preschool Program ▪Terrific Toddlers ▪The Perpetual Preschool

Living Books

Award Winning Books for Children: ▪Caldecott Award Winners ▪Mark Twain Award Winners ▪Michael L. Printz Award Winners ▪Newbery Award Winners ▪Whitbread Book Awards ▪Young Reader's Choice Awards

Bestsellers for Adults and Children: ▪Amazon.com's Bestsellers ▪BookSense ▪Independent Bestseller ▪NY Times ▪Publishers Weekly ▪San Francisco Chronicle ▪USA Today

Books According to Grade Level: ▪St. Charles Public Library ▪Multnomah County Library ▪University of Deleware ▪Education 4 Kids ▪Houston Public Library ▪Los Angeles Public Library

First Chapters: ▪USA Today (for adults).

Charlotte Mason Booklists: Read Around the Year Booklist

Lorenzo Lotto
The Nativity, 1523
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1939.1.288

For more information on this painting, see the National Gallery of Art.

Picture Study

Lizzy Visits the Sculpture Garden With Gordon, an animated musical story and Saint George and the Dragon, an online exhibit for children are just two of the art activities and projects on the NGA Kids site.

Explore and learn more about specific art objects, artists and browse through the Timeline of Art History at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Take a tour of paintings from The National Gallery of Art. The tour of the week: Raphael.

Nature Notebook

Nature Websites: ▪Animal Classifications ▪Celebrating Wildflowers Coloring Books ▪Collecting Rocks ▪eNature.com ▪Mary's Gardens ▪National Wildlife Federation

Catholic Sites

News and Information: ▪AmericanCatholic.org ▪Beliefnet Catholic Page ▪Catholic Community Forum ▪Catholic Exchange ▪CatholiCity ▪Catholic.net ▪The Catholic Faith Magazine ▪Envoy Magazine ▪EWTN ▪National Catholic Register ▪New Advent ▪RC Net ▪United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ▪Zenit

Reference: ▪Catechism of the Catholic Church Search Engine ▪The Catholic Encyclopedia

Book Stores: ▪Ave Maria Press ▪Bethlehem Books ▪Ignatius Press ▪St. Joseph Communications

Rome: ▪L'Osservatore Romano ▪The Vatican

Family Websites

This is a collection of websites made by other home school families. If you'd like yours added, please e-mail us.

Derham Family Homepage

Donna Young's Home Site (this site contains many free home school forms you can print out to help organize your home school)

Romens Catholic Family Life

Rubicon Academy

St. Francis Homeschool

The Teel Family Home Education Page

Trinity Prep School

How to Home School

Articles on Home Schooling

Articles on Education

Home School Forms and Certificates