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22 Mar 2011

Homeschooler Helps: Kahn Academy!

By Colleen Hammond, in Homeschool | Leave a response Leave a response

A non-profit, Khan Academy offers students an extensive video library, practice exercises, and assessments from any computer with access to the web. Their library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.

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Posted in Homeschool | Tagged academy, bill, gates, Homeschool, khan | Leave a response

FYI: Our Son’s Prie Dieu (Prayer Kneeler) Prices Will Increase March 1st, 2011
08 Feb 2011

FYI: Our Son’s Prie Dieu (Prayer Kneeler) Prices Will Increase March 1st, 2011

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Prayers

UPDATE: It looks like Ian fixed his website!

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Our son Ian’s new website was hacked and is under construction, so your best bet is to visit his Facebook Page.

Continue Reading -> “FYI: Our Son’s Prie Dieu (Prayer Kneeler) Prices Will Increase March 1st, 2011″

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Posted in Catholic Church, Prayers | Tagged Abortion, Atheism, Bioethics, cancer, Carpentry, Christmas, Clinton, Communism, Courtship, Dessert, dieu, Europe, Fashion, femininity, Feminism, folding, Freedom, G.K. Chesterton, Games, gardasil, gossip, Hand made, Healthcare, high quality, Homeschool, Humor, Immigration, Immodest, Interview, kneeler, kneelers, Latin Mass, Lent, Made in USA, Marxism, Masculinity, Masonry, meatless, mini, Motu Proprio, Movies, Music, Muslim, oak, pine, Pravda, pray, prayer, Prayer Kneeler, prie, Prie Dieu, Quotes, red, Sacred Heart, Saints, School, Second Amendment, seminarians, Sermons, Skirts, Socialism, Sports, stem cell, Sunday, Swine Flu, Texas, Thrift, Vaccine, Vatican, wood

02 Aug 2010

Should Homeschooling Parents Have College Degrees?

By Colleen Hammond, in Family Life, Homeschool, Parenting | 2 Responses 2 Comments

Judgment test: This article appears in Psychology Today. It’s written by a college English Professor. So, does the Professor support college degrees for parents or not?

Well, I was wrong. This lovely lady thinks otherwise! Check it out and share.

Continue Reading -> “Should Homeschooling Parents Have College Degrees?”

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Posted in Family Life, Homeschool, Parenting | Tagged brodie, college, degrees, Homeschool, homeschooling, laura, parents, psychology, today | 2 Responses

Our Son’s New Prayer Kneeler/Prie Dieu is For Sale
27 Jul 2010

Our Son’s New Prayer Kneeler/Prie Dieu is For Sale

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Featured, Prayers | 22 Responses 22 Comments

Compare our son’s two high quality Prie Dieus/Prayer Kneelers (below) to other places that charge well over $500!
Our son’s custom built, high quality, hand-made (in Texas!), folding Prie Dieus/Prayer Kneelers are priced perfectly for any gift!!! Meticulously hand-crafted in the USA, these Prie Dieus are ‘glued and screwed’ for stability and long life. The durable construction ensures you’ll get years of use, giving you the option to pass it along as a valued family heirloom.

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Posted in Catholic Church, Featured, Prayers | Tagged Abortion, Atheism, Bioethics, cancer, Carpentry, Christmas, Clinton, Communism, Courtship, Dessert, dieu, Europe, Fashion, femininity, Feminism, folding, Freedom, G.K. Chesterton, Games, gardasil, gossip, Hand made, Healthcare, high quality, Homeschool, Humor, Immigration, Immodest, Interview, kneeler, kneelers, Latin Mass, Lent, Made in USA, Marxism, Masculinity, Masonry, meatless, Motu Proprio, Movies, Music, Muslim, oak, pine, Pravda, pray, prayer, prie, Prie Dieu, Quotes, Sacred Heart, Saints, School, Second Amendment, seminarians, Sermons, Skirts, Socialism, Sports, stem cell, Sunday, Swine Flu, Texas, Thrift, Vaccine, Vatican, wood | 22 Responses

29 Jun 2010

Like Redwall? You’ll LOVE This!!!

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Family Life, Homeschool, Humor, Parenting | 2 Responses 2 Comments

I got a chance to get a sneak peek at this a few days ago. Charming! Chivalrous! Catholic! Robin Hood Mouse!!!

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Posted in Catholic Church, Family Life, Homeschool, Humor, Parenting | Tagged book, comic, de Souza, Dominic, Homeschool, Hood, Humor, Mouse, Robin, Rodent | 2 Responses

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