Is your homeschool faith-based?
I’ve read at least a dozen books on homeschool philosophy and gleaned something from every one. But none exactly met my vision of what I wanted our homeschool to be. Some were literature-based (Charlotte Mason/ Real Learning ). Others were history-based (Neo-Classical/ The Well-Trained Mind ). Others were classics-based ( The Latin-Centered Curriculum ). The faith-based methods fell into two general categories of Protestant, Bible-based ( Ruth Beechick ) and either Protestant or Catholic textbooks that incorporated the faith into each subject (Seton Homeschool and Catholic Heritage Curricula). I decided to create a Catholic Bible-based homeschool method. Teaching with homilies, not sermons One way in which the Contemplative Homeschool is different from other faith-based methods is that I spread religion across the curriculum in a homily, not sermon, format. A sermon, common in Protestant churches, starts with an idea. The preacher finds Bible passages to sup