Welcome to our Catholic Home Schooling specialty store.

In our specialty store you will find the full range of materials you need for effective home schooling - from designing cirricula, or using an existing cirriculum, to the actual resource materials the home school instructor and home school student will use. We have resources listed topically by both subject and age or learning level, for your convenience.

Catholic Education: Homeward Bound

Geoffrey Chaucer The Everyman Paperback Classics series offers the latest scholarship on the works of the world's greatest poets, writers and philosophers. Each edition includes a comprehensive introduction, chronology, notes, appendix, critical responses, and a text summary. Presented in an affordable edition with wide format pages for generous margins for notes. Contact your sales rep or …

What is really essential for being a good husband or wife - a holy spouse? Christopher West contrasts ideas from the past with the down to earth theology of John Paul II in addressing this vital question.

Catechism Catcher Kit includes:  1 B&W (Black and White) template to be copied on coloured paper, 5 "Ready to fold" copies on coloured paper, 1 B&W template for B&W printing to be coloured with pencil crayons or markers.

This Catechism Cube Kit includes: 1 B&W (Black and White) template of instructions 6 B&W templates to be copied on coloured paper (including 6 different Cathletics Study Strips) 7 templates printed on coloured paper for immediate use

This is the authoritative catechism produced by the Council of Trent and published by order of St. Pius V. which was originally commissioned during the Reformation period, in order to explain the Faith clearly and calmly in the face of Protestant objections. It still serves as an excellent compendium of the Church’s traditional life and belief.

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Key Cards: Self-Quizzing Cards The Key Card spinning flap rotates to reveal the answers!  Learn Catechism terms and explanations, Bible names, prayers and more...by covering and revealing the answers. 18 different cards are available. Great for sacrament preparation and gifts, altar server training, religious education incentives & refresher tools for all ages!

Cathletics Playing Cards are intended for regular card games with an added flash card feature.  The nubered cards offer special listings of terms gathered from our rich Catechism & Tradition of the Catholic Faith.  The face cards, as well as the 4 suits are tailored to reflect the Holy Family and the Trinity.

Teaches children how to count while they learn about the Catholic faith. There is a different story for each number up to fifteen. The book is full of pictures for the children to color.

Teaches the letters of the alphabet while children learn about the Catholic Faith.

Catholic literature moves the heart of man, impels the will and exalts us to action.  With hundreds of book reviews, illustrations, portraits, essays and histories, these guides are a vital presentation of Catholic literature.

Martha Rasmussen This book is a popular overview and study guide to the history of the Catholic Church. Written for non-scholarly readers with little historical background, it includes descriptions of society in different historical eras in order to make the history of the Church more understandable. The book avoids unnecessary names, dates, and scholarly disputes, but it explains important …

Kimberly Hahn and Mary Hasson Two experienced home schooling moms present a very thorough, balanced and practical guide to both the merits of home education, as well as the important ideas, resources and curriculums to home school. Hahn and Hasson cover all aspects - statistics supporting home schooling's excellence, the nitty-gritty of lesson plans, and hundreds of ways to keep the fun in …

Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Writings of the Church Fathers, Summa Theologica, and the Douay-Rheims Bible.

Catholic Mosaic by Cay Gibson Living the Liturgical Year with Literature An Illustrated Book Study for Catholic Children The book includes study guides for 52 children's picture books and is organized by themes in the liturgical year. But it's much more than that . . . this book is a treasure that you can mine for years, a mosaic of great ideas and activities to make the year of the Church …

Fr. John Laux Packed with fascinating information.  Scores hundreds of points without a wasted word.  Full of brief Bible quotes that show how Catholic teaching is truly Scriptural.  Topics include the Sources of Faith (Scripture and Tradition), the Blessed Trinity, creation, Angels, Original Sin, Christ the Redeemer, the Blessed Virgin, Sanctifying & Actual Grace, good …

The 67 brief chapters of Child's Bible History introduce the young student to the most famous persons, places and events in Sacred Scripture.  Used by one large and successful Catholic home study school as a 4th grade religion text, this compact little book is also appropriate for older readers, either as a main text for religion class or as supplementary reading. Child's Bible History …

The Catechism set comes with two hard back books, Mother Mary... God's Gift to You and The Parables of Willy Wheat .  Both books are illustrated and in full color.  In addition, each set includes wheat berries for activities in the books and a rosary and scapular.

"The Land of Counterpane," "The Land of Nod" and 62 other poems voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings.

This is the college guide that changed college guides! This revised and updated edition of ISI's critically acclaimed Choosing the Right College is perfect for those students—and their parents—who want an independent, truthful assessment of what is really happening at 134 of the nation's top schools. Unlike other college guides, which provide irrelevant statistics and …

Christ and the Americas  is the long-awaited high school American history text by the author of Christ the King-Lord of History. It fills a great void because it gives proper attention to and appreciation for the role of the Catholic Church in American history. Beginning before Columbus and concluding with the 1990's, this book covers the vast panoply of American history in a fast-paced …

At last, a workbook for students to use along with Anne Carroll's Christ and the Americas! The workbook helps the student in mentally processing a large amount of information and grasping the major historical concepts as well as names, places, dates and events. Then, with the answers filled in, the questions become a great study guide and memory aid. This workbook includes the Catholic …

Here is a fast-paced, enjoyable, highly readable and fascinatingly interesting Catholic world history that is in great demand for high-school students-and makes excellent, informative reading for adults too! It covers largely Western world history since the coming of Christ-and all from a Catholic viewpoint. The book just flows and flows, recounting episode after interesting episode of our …

At last , a comprehensive workbook for students to use as a study guide alongside the history textbook Christ the King, Lord of History , which is itself a thorough-going, fast-paced, high school Western history text that shows the Catholic Church is the central figure in all of Western history.   Each chapter of this workbook is complete in itself with Questions and Answers that follow …

Perform-a-text combines text and activity in one book. Clear, comprehensive and interesting presentation of the Catholic Faith based on seven key concepts: God, Creation, Christ, Church, Grace, Sacraments and Commandments. Stories from Scripture, lives of the saints and contemporary situations give students Catholic role models and examples of living the faith. The lessons are complimented by …

Teacher's manuals are very detailed, thorough and full of practical ideas. Review and discussion questions stimulate classroom dialogue and help children verbalize what they have learned. Liturgical and Holiday lessons help children participate in the Church year. Prayer service suggestions build a spirit of community as children pray together spontaneous and formal prayers. Living the Lesson …

David L. Greenstock This book is more than you bargained for! It contains the best and most solid instructions of the Faith to elementary-age children presented in appealing and interesting stories and examples. But it also has over 150 illustrative “stick-drawings” that parents-homeschoolers-teachers can re-draw on the blackboard or paper while explaining or reading the stories to …

The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu is an important source for the history of the turbulent 6th and 7th centuries. Focusing on Egypt where he was a Monophysite bishop, John is one of the few contemporary historians who describes the conquest of this formerly Roman province by the Muslims.      Though his Chronicle follows closely that of John Malalas and the anonymous …

Perfect for unit studies of the early years of the Church! The events surrounding the burning of Rome and the subsequent Christian persecution provide the backdrop for this story of faith and friendship. A young slave from Britain finds himself in Rome at a tumultuous time. Through his acquaintance with Christians he comes to understand and love the new religion. Out of his zeal for the love …

Martin Cothran's Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle is a guided tour through the first part of the greatest single book on communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric. With questions that will help the student unlock every important aspect of the book, along with fill-in-the-blank charts and analyses of great speeches, this companion text to Aristotle's great work will send the student on …

This Color Me Catholic Kit includes:  1 B&W (Black and White) template of instructions, 4 B&W double sided templates, plus 1 B&W template on cover stock to be photocopied, assembled & coloured with pencil crayons or markers.  To create 4 distinct 16-page mini-booklets, along with a printed folder to carry them.

“Come and See” KIDS Friends of God , written for pre-school and early elementary school children, is fun and easy to use. The content is biblical and solidly Catholic, and teaches the Ten Commandments as well as some traditional Catholic prayers..   Each chapter contains: a Bible story a memory verse an illustration to color perforated pages for easy removal a simple craft …

Come and See KIDS - In the Beginning, A Catholic Bible study for Children Laurie Watson Manhardt, Ph.D. This Bible study is intended for pre-school and elementary-age children. Each chapter of the book has a Bible story from the life of Jesus, a memory verse, a picture for the child to color and a craft activity. This book is great for either the home-schooling mom or a parish ccd class. …

Come and See KIDS- The Life of Jesus A Catholic Bible study for Children Laurie Watson Manhardt, Ph.D. This Bible study is intended for pre-school and elementary-age children. Each chapter of the book has a Bible story from the life of Jesus, a memory verse, a picture for the child to color and a craft activity. This book is great for either the home-schooling mom or a parish ccd class. …

“Come and See ~ Catholic Bible Study” David and the Psalms begins with the Book of Ruth, and continues through 1 and 2 Samuel and the Book of Psalms. Study the lives of Ruth, Samuel, Saul, and David as well as the psalms and canticles, which were associated with their lives and have continued to be associated with the life of Jesus Christ and of His Church. In depth Catholic Bible …

Come and See Catholic Bible Study: Moses and Torah covers the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Study the ways in which God reveals Himself to Moses, delivers His chosen people from slavery in Egypt, and gives the law. Special Features : Large, easy-to-use format Vivid commentary Encourages use of Scripture and the Catholic Catechism Questions that prompt …

The third installment in the “Come and See” Catholic Bible Study Series, The Synoptics invites you on a journey through the Holy Land and the Gospel texts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Drawing insights from biblical archeology and the writings of the early Church Fathers, this study compares parallel passages from the three Synoptic Gospels to construct a vivid picture of the life …

Paul F Ford Foreward by Madeleine L'Engle This peerless guide has served as an adventurer's passport to the land of Narnia for 25 years. It will be the perfect resource to the Narnia movie coming out in the 2005 holiday season. Updated references include a new foreword and a simplified reference system.

The greatest spiritual autobiography of all time, this classic work is a literary and theological masterpiece. Although written 1500 years ago, it reads fresh and new to this very day. John K. Ryan's masterful translation brings out the luster of Augustine's unmatched tale of his soul's journey to God.

Spreading and Defending the Faith - Sacrament of Confirmation Preparation. The teacher's guide helps the catechist direct the students to see the Holy Spirit at work and to respond to His love in all areas of their lives: spiritual intellectual, moral, service to the Church and community, and more.Features: Prayers, definitions, gifts of the Holy Spirit, apologetics, fruits of the Holy Spirit, …

Floyd G. Cullop Reading level: Young Adult. Guides the student through a careful reading and near memorization of the Constitution, using a variety of study skills.

Leigh & Cheryl Lowe Simple Old Testament verses, shorter poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses , "Thirty Days Hath September." the Table Blessing, and alphabet pages. Imitation is important in education, but so is the object of that imitation. What to write is just as important as how to write. Not only do we want our littlest ones to form beautiful letters, we …

Copy Book II Verses from the Old and New Testaments, books of the New Testament, the Lord's Prayer, and poetry by Robert Herrick, Hilaire Belloc, and Walter de la Mare, and alphabet pages. Imitation is important in education, but so is the object of that imitation. What to write is just as important as how to write. Not only do we want our littlest ones to form beautiful letters, we want them …