Catholic Home School Moms Kerry Olvera

Katherine is a consultant for all college bound students, but knows very well the needs of the Catholic Homeschool families.
Listen in as Katherine discusses how and when to prepare your students for college life, and all the facets that surround that decision.
Financial aid, choosing a major, picking a school, and how to prepare for it all over four years of high school.

Ginny Kochis: Work at Home Mom and Homeschooling Mother by Kerry Olvera

This is a brief description of the three seers Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia on the 100 year anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.

Pam has been married for 27 years and has 7 children ranging from 24 to 11. So, she has been homeschooling for 20 years now. She has had 6 children to homeschool at a given time. Although she is down to having only 3 children left to homeschool, she still has lots of experience for us to draw from.

In this episode, you will also learn:

How her family uses morning prayers
Why she recommends daily Mass
The benefits of the band and orchestral program in her local community
How the Homeschool Co-Op supports the home studies
Why she feels having another person grade papers objectively is important
Ways she is preparing her children for college
How testing and writing papers has been important for college prep
Ways she motivates her children that have special learning needs
How the “Sandwich Generation” Pam is in affects her homeschooling
What keeps Pam motivated to continue to homeschool for over 20 years
How praying the Rosary has changed her family
The impact that a visit to Rome had on her family
How the arts have played a role in her children's development
Way her faith has taught her family to serve others
The key to the future of her family
How Pam describes her family



Recommended Reading:

Rediscover Jesus - Matthew Kelly
The Hidden Power of Kindness - Father
The End of the Present World

Michelle met her husband at college and has been married 27 years. They have 7 children, comprised of 6 boys and 1 girl and they range in age from 24 years old to 6 years old. Her husband wanted a large family and to homeschool the children. Michelle said you can have a large family, but not homeschooled because she was so overwhelmed at the thought of it.

Her children started out in Catholic school, and the first communion of her son was the catalyst for changing her heart about homeschool. Also during the same time, she began to meet more homeschool families and she could see a different dynamic within this families. So she took the plunge and began homeschooling when her oldest son was in 3rd grade.

In this episode, you will also learn:

How Michelle balances having multiple children homeschooled at the same time
Why she belongs to 2 different Co-ops
How Michelle also manages to work part time
The lengths she goes through to juggle the schedules
The biggest challenges Michelle has faced
What has made her children more independent learners
What motivates her family to continue homeschooling
Ways that intermittent public school attendance has proved frustrating for her children
What Michelle would change about her homeschooling experience
How her expectations had to come in line with the reality of homeschooling
The extra curricular activities Michelle chooses and why
What types of family devotions work for Michelle’s family
The unusual Christmas traditions she has with her family
How Michelle describes her family
Why Michelle recommends trying out homeschooling a year at a time

Kim Tisor is a mother, a morning show host for a local radio program, and she is also a fellow podcaster. Kim has 3 children ranging from 6-11 and she has been married for 17 years. Kim was a convert to Catholicism after being raised as a Southern Baptist. Kim home schooled her children for awhile, and made a year by year decision as to whether they would continue it. Eventually, it came time to make a different choice. Kim is here to share her journey to those decisions for her family.

We will also learn:

How Kim came to home school her children initially
How she balanced homeschooling with her career
What caused her to send her children back to traditional school for now
How the Holy Spirit plays a role in her decision making process
A surprising fact about February
How she went from protestant to Catholic
The role Advent played into her conversion
What drew her to the Advent traditions
Why her denomination choice had to be a family decision
The purpose of her podcast about Catholicism
How she infuses her faith into every area of her family life
How the transition to Catholicism affected her children