Homegrown Catholics: Books

Book Recommendations

HOMESCHOOLING

The Homeschool Experiment, a Novel
Charity Hawkins (Paperback)

Catholic Education: Homeward Bound - Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling
Kimberly Hahn, Mary Hasson (Paperback - Feb 1, 1996)

Haystack Full of Needles, A Catholic Home Educator's Guide to Socialization
Alice Gunther (Perfect Paperback - Jul 14, 2008)

Catholic Homeschool Companion
Maureen Wittmann, Rachel Mackson (Paperback - Feb 1, 2006)

DISCIPLINE

The Temperament God Gave Your Kids: Motivate, Discipline, and Love Your Children
Art Bennett, Laraine Bennett (Paperback - Feb 17, 2012)

Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids
Dr. Ray Guarendi (Paperback - Apr 1, 2003)

Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka (Paperback - Nov 28, 2006)

WOMANHOOD, MOTHERHOOD & MARRIAGE

The Domestic Church: Room by Room
Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle (Paperback - Apr 29, 2011)

Please Don't Drink the Holy Water!
Susie Lloyd (Paperback - Sep 1, 2004)

Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids
Susie Lloyd (Paperback - Mar 15, 2009)

Homegrown Faith: Nurturing Your Catholic Family
Heidi Bratton (Paperback - Aug 1, 2011)

Courageous Love

The Love Dare

CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION & FAITH

We're On a Mission from God: The Generation X Guide to John Paul II, The Catholic Church and the Real Meaning of Life
Mary Beth Bonacci (Paperback - Mar 1996)

Did Adam & Eve Have Bellybuttons...And 199 other questions from Catholic Teenagers
Matthew J. Pinto (Paperback - Jan 2, 1998)

College Apologetics
Rev. Anthony Alexander (Paperback - Jan 1, 2009)

The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom
Gerald L. Schroeder (Paperback - Jun 16, 2009)

Catholic For A Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God
Emmaus Road Publishing

LIFE SKILLS (Sex Education Alternatives)

All Things Girl Leader's Guide
Teresa Tomeo, Molly Miller, Cops Monica (Paperback - Jan 5, 2009)

All Things Girl: Friends, Boys, and Getting Along
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Aug 8, 2008)

All Things Girl: Girls Rock!
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Oct 1, 2008)

All Things Girl: Modern and Modest
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Nov 17, 2008)

All Things Girl: Mind Your Manners
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Jan 5, 2009)

All Things Girl: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...What is Beauty, After All?
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Sep 19, 2008)

All Things Girl: Truth for Teens
Teresa Tomeo, Cheryl Dickow (Paperback - Aug 20, 2009)

All Things Girl Journal
Teresa Tomeo, Molly Miller, Monica Cops (Paperback - Sep 1, 2008)

FOR TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS

I Kissed Dating Goodbye: Study Guide
Joshua Harris (Paperback - Apr 1, 2003)

Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship
Joshua Harris (Paperback - Jul 26, 2005)

Real Love: The Ultimate Dating, Marriage and Sex Question Book
Mary Beth Bonacci (Paperback - Sep 1, 1996)

HOME ECONOMICS

Sewing With Saint Anne
Alice Cantrell (Spiral-bound - May 1, 2002)

Tea & Cake with the Saints
Alice Cantrell (Spiral-bound - Sep 20, 2007)

Tin Cups & Tinder: A Catholic Boy's Little Book of Fire, Food & Fun
Alice Cantrell (Paperback - Sep 18, 2010)

The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden (Hardcover - Apr 24, 2012)

The Daring Book for Girls
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz (Hardcover - Mar 27, 2012)

DEVOTIONALS & GOOD READS

Devotional Stories for Little Folks
Nancy Nicholson (Paperback - Jan 1, 2002)

Bigger Stories for Little Folks
Nancy Nicholson (Paperback)

The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton
(Perfect Paperback - Oct 26, 2007)

The Father Brown Reader II: More Stories from Chesterton
Nancy Carpentier Brown (Perfect Paperback - Nov 10, 2010)

Homegrown Catholics - Our homeschooling experience

Raising our children at home 24/7 is quite the vocation. It requires inner strength, or as we call it "God's Grace." Each child is taken as a seedling, planted and nurtured right here in our home garden, watered with God's graces. One day God can harvest the fruit and let it sweeten the lives of others.

As a child, I wore a mustard seed with a bible verse [Mark 30-32]around my neck. I pondered the fragility and potential of that little seed. What amazing potential did I have, and now what of the potential of our children!? In high school, my favorite quote was: "When you take the time to do the things you have to do when you have to do them; the time will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them!" - Zig Zigler

So we're taking the time to enrich our childrens' lives, so that they can someday be sent into the world not just as educated citizens - but more so messengers of God. It often takes all my energy and will power to get out of bed each day and have everyone at home depending upon me to entertain with lessons and activities. But I know the end result will be our confidence in knowing we did everything we could to give our children the best Catholic Education WE could provide.

I don't know that I'll ever retire from being a teacher to my family, and I don't want to wait until my husband retires and our children are all grown before we really live our life. Homeschooling allows us to live now, love better now, and give praise and thanks to God now for all that we currently enjoy.

Homegrown Catholics blog is a place for us to share this journey with you. Let it be a resource of renewal and inspiration!

God Bless,
Melissa & Tom
and our growing family

*Visit my other blog for more straight forward journaling about my life Growing in Grace, my Catholic Journey, and my take on world issues. My personal journey to evangelize despite opposition.
*To view samples of what I sew and craft for homework and sale, go to Modest Mommies.

1 comment:

Julia JohnsonJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:28 PM
Lovely site. Our family loves Father Brown, too. This was completely unintentional, but I posted Father Brown on my January page at catholicteacherdaydreams.blogspot.com. Please visit me, and keep up the good work.