Is Seton too Catholic?!

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2025

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  • @jessicaperez1370
    @jessicaperez1370 6 лет назад +62

    Too Catholic and to rigorous kind of sound like good things now a days, comparatively speaking.
    Why would you buy a Catholic curriculum and not want it to be Catholic?

  • @christinebishop5291
    @christinebishop5291 6 лет назад +21

    We used Seton for 10 years. At first, I thought it was to old fashioned, but it grew on me. I am so glad during those years, we used it. My kids love the Lord, Mama Mary, the Saints and all things Catholic. I feel so blessed. We moved on because things became to tough to teach in High School, so we joined a partnership and do things on line. Since we have the catechism down we know longer need to study that. In stead we study what ever pops up that week. Church Fathers, philosophy, apologetics, our own bible studies, and frequent the sacraments. If it were not for Seton I don't know if my kids would love the church as much as they do. You should be a spokesperson for Seton either online or in one of their magazines.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад

      Christine Bishop oh its so wonderful to hear that y’all had such a great experience with Seton! It is very encouraging to other Seton mamas!Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your experience!

    • @user-vg8ez9cu6u
      @user-vg8ez9cu6u 4 года назад +1

      What do you use for apologetics?

  • @millardme33
    @millardme33 6 лет назад +30

    We love Seton! We love how Catholic they are, and I totally agree with you. My kids get plenty of secular influence all around them. I love how Seton works our Faith into the curriculum.

  • @marysalcido610
    @marysalcido610 4 года назад +16

    How can a Catholic homeschooling organization be "too Catholic?"??? I am a traditional Catholic; we attend the Traditional Latin Mass, follow Pre-VII traditions, and basically stay away from the modernization that has caused such a split in the Catholic Church. I use Seton, and other than a few differences, I love that every subject is centered around the Faith. I've homeschooled my six children for over 15 years; I've used Mother Of Divine Grace, Our Lady of Victory, Homeschool Connections, and a few of my kids even did their last few years on the states online homeschool cite. I don't think Seton is too Catholic, in fact, and in some aspects, it's not Catholic enough.
    Our Lady of Victory is very pre-VII and very traditional, which I love; however, I went with Seton because I liked their layout and how it's organized, plus I think the way they incorporate the Faith into the little details is a wonderful way of showing my children that our Faith is who and what we are; we are to live in this world not be of this world. I think Seton does an excellent job reminding us that teaching the Faith is the most important part of educating our children.

  • @kirstenfondren9226
    @kirstenfondren9226 Год назад

    Very helpful. Ty 😊

  • @abil4127
    @abil4127 Год назад

    Thank you so much for the review! I am a single mom and I work full time. I am going to use Seton to start my little one on pre k, we are gonna be on a tight schedule because he will still attend daycare and I work, but the public school system is absolutely terrifying.

  • @holdenerfamily7921
    @holdenerfamily7921 6 лет назад +17

    Yes, we do need to count nuns. Haha. Thank you, Seton. 😘

  • @Onniesprairiegarden
    @Onniesprairiegarden 4 года назад +7

    I'm so sad to hear that people think it's "too Catholic". We are in our 5th year doing Seton and we have loved it. I love that our faith is involved in every lesson! Sacred art! We would love to count nuns😁 I was amazed at my son's cursive doing Seton! So proud! Every lesson has been great! The stories in the reading is fantastic, also! I love that it expresses doing charity!!!!! Anyway, I can't say enough about how we love Seton!

  • @MagicalGirlRose319
    @MagicalGirlRose319 3 года назад +2

    When I was homeschooled, my mom got Seton for me and my little sister to have a Catholic curriculum for our at home education.

  • @rueggcrew2906
    @rueggcrew2906 5 лет назад +2

    Oh my goodness! This makes me want to dive right in to Seton!! :) I have bought some of their materials second hand and thought they were awesome. I was introduced to the history curriculum while doing the free online Charlotte Mason Catholic curriculum, Mater Amabilis. And I LOVED it. I, like you, am a convert and love how you said that it's helpful for us to learn at a child's level along with our children. It helps us grasp things that many cradle Catholics were taught in Catholic school or something their Catholic parents knew. :) I am seriously contemplating starting a RUclips channel just to connect with you Catholic sisters! Thank you for the lint on your shoulder and gum on your magazine bc what keeps me from it is looking around and wondering how I could ever be polished enough!! I thoroughly enjoyed your video and respectful tone when explaining those of a different opinion. :) Blessings!!

  • @bloominginthelight
    @bloominginthelight 6 лет назад +9

    Girl! You’re making me want to get Seton history! I’m so anti-textbook but ... I want Catholic history.

  • @km4482
    @km4482 2 года назад +2

    I actually really loved Seton. We went with CHC this year and I kind of regret it. Seton suited our family much better and my kids did so well with it.... I found CHC soooo stressful to teach... I definitely didn't find Seton too Catholic. I actually cried when I opened the box and pulled out all of the beautiful books with all of their beautiful pictures and content and I also felt it helped our family to grow in faith... I am planning to go with Seton again once we finish up with CHC

  • @LonestarHomeschoolMama
    @LonestarHomeschoolMama 6 лет назад +6

    Thanks so much for sharing! I don’t get to hear much about catholic homeschool curriculum.

  • @cecymar6362
    @cecymar6362 4 года назад

    This is wonderful!! Thanks! I am evry exaited to get them.

  • @danielledarlene2501
    @danielledarlene2501 6 лет назад +2

    Lots of great information

    • @holdenerfamily7921
      @holdenerfamily7921 6 лет назад +3

      Yes. Thank you again, and again, for taking the time to show us inside. I’ve been looking for a video like this for years. LOTS of great info.
      P.S. we were both cradle Catholics and attended Catholic schools. Homeschooling and the Traditional Latin Mass opened our eyes-a beautiful, life changing/saving journey.

    • @millardme33
      @millardme33 6 лет назад +1

      @@holdenerfamily7921 we go to the TLM, too! 💗

  • @globetrecker84
    @globetrecker84 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this review! I have been looking at the "Catholicism COmes to the New World" book for Gr. 4. My son has been using MasterBooks and loves it- he's not big on "traditional workbooks" but have found I would like to add Catholic religion and history books. I've found a lot of Christian curriculum out there is sadly anti-Catholic. Does the New World curriculum focus on World history or American history? Just curious as we are not American and don't need US History :)

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  Год назад +1

      Grade 4 is primarily American history if I remember correctly! But if you go on their website you can see inside the book and they have info on each book!

    • @globetrecker84
      @globetrecker84 Год назад

      @@MyLittleDomesticChurch it did appear that way from the table of contents in the sample . Sounds good :) I do have A Story of Civilization set so we may just use that as a read aloud :)

  • @amymeyer7490
    @amymeyer7490 6 лет назад +8

    Hey! Don't worry about the light or the kids! That's life! My question is, why does anyone complain about the Catholicity? I mean... If you're Catholic, you should live it. The name references in the handwriting could have been saints... or not! If children hate school it has a lot to do with the dynamics of the parent/child relationship. Seton can be monotonous, but no where on earth are we continually happy. Children have subjects they dislike no matter what school they attend. I appreciate your video!

  • @msmary126
    @msmary126 6 лет назад +5

    Thank you thank you thank you for this! My five year old (oldest) is in K and I'm doing the floundering....I just need to sign up next year!

  • @Msj2thej
    @Msj2thej 3 года назад

    Thank you for the video, I was doing exactly what you said you did about going to Seaton website and having second thoughts because of what people said about the school. My daughter has attended Catholic School from TK to third grade. So I finally jumped in and submitted the application. I really enjoy the colorful pictures in the books.

  • @CheriCarol
    @CheriCarol 3 года назад +1

    I'm a convert too and I think I will learn just as much as my kids if I decide on Seton

  • @katburns5773
    @katburns5773 5 лет назад

    I grew up going to public school where there isn't really much good talk about Catholics/the Catholic church, especially in history class. I went to a separate religion class on Sundays, which now doesn't seem like we got enough education about our religion. I think Seton does a wonderful job of incorporating religion in every aspect of their studies just by what I've seen in grades ahead and in what we've accomplished thus far in the pre-k curriculum.

  • @sharonpinto6862
    @sharonpinto6862 4 года назад +1

    I am a stay a home mom of six, been thinking of home schooling for quite some time but are afraid to star ... how is the price ... can you advise on that... thank you

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  4 года назад

      Sharon Pinto hi there! If you want to enroll your kids with Seton it’s about $500 for each child. It’s a bit more for middle and highschool I believe. If you don’t want enrollment books run about $200 per child I believe. Enrollment comes with more of course. I have a video on that as well if you’re interested.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  4 года назад

      Here is the link to that video! I hope this is helpful! ruclips.net/video/akTvWqgyPTQ/видео.html

  • @10acrefarm5
    @10acrefarm5 6 лет назад +2

    That History sounds fabulous :) I love the faith being intertwined in all .

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад

      10 Acre Farm hey! I was just thinking about you the other day! How are you?!

    • @10acrefarm5
      @10acrefarm5 6 лет назад +1

      @@MyLittleDomesticChurch HI back to you! We're doing very good ty :) Working on "fleshing out" our curriculum--your talks give me ideas and inspiration! Congratulations on your new (news) of daughter. SUCH beautiful news--such a beautiful family and you are such a warm mama. Hugs to you :)

  • @sararogers6705
    @sararogers6705 3 года назад

    I really want to do Seton as well and I am converting as well.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  3 года назад

      That’s so exciting about coming home got he Catholic Faith!!! What a great joy!!! Seton is a great program. We are no longer using it but i have many videos that I hope will be a blessing to you!!

    • @laurenatkinson1892
      @laurenatkinson1892 Год назад

      ​@My Little Domestic Church do you have a video as to why you are not using it anymore? I am really drawn to seton but am undecided

    • @laurenatkinson1892
      @laurenatkinson1892 Год назад

      ​@My Little Domestic Church do you have a video as to why you are not using it anymore? I am really drawn to seton but am undecided !,# am

    • @laurenatkinson1892
      @laurenatkinson1892 Год назад

      ​@My Little Domestic Church do you have a video as to why you are not using it anymore? I am really drawn to seton but am undecided !,# am

  • @nikita2109
    @nikita2109 6 лет назад +3

    Great review!! So in depth, really useful for families like ours looking into different curriculums. I've never heard anyone say Seton was too Catholic, but I have heard it's tough going/ very academic. Any thoughts on that?

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад

      Niki this one might be helpful for this topic! If not let me know and I will make a video on this topic! ruclips.net/video/c4V1gTLk9aQ/видео.html

    • @TracyR4
      @TracyR4 6 лет назад +2

      Unfortunately, I have heard that " Seton's too Catholic" , and it's perplexed me ever since. I too am a convert and we came from being Protestant. We've also homeschooled for many years now. But in our Protestant days I never , ever and still to this day, ever hear " This curriculum is too Protestant." So the very fact that I hear people say that Seton is too Catholic just dumbfounds me. Why would you not want it to be Catholic, and Catholic in every way? You are teaching your children to love their faith. Lord only knows that our kids need it more than ever today in the climate that we live in.

  • @joanofarc6402
    @joanofarc6402 5 лет назад

    Thank you. This was excellent. I agree it’s the right amount of Catholic symbols and teaching.

  • @audreys.7651
    @audreys.7651 6 лет назад +2

    Do you do every subject every day? I know you said handwriting is like once or twice a week, but what about the others? On Seton, I saw example lesson plans and saw day 1- day 5 and/or Monday, Tuesday, etc.... Do you ever double up to make like History M,W,F or anything like that? I know I can do whatever I want, but I'm wondering what works for you? Just trying to weigh options and gather experienced views...(anyone on here can add their input also)

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад +3

      Audrey S. Great question! I think it’s different for every family but for me this is how we do it...
      Daily subjects:
      Religion
      English
      Phonics
      Reading
      Math
      Roughly 3x a week:
      History
      Science
      Once a week (atleast for now because the kids are doing well on these subjects on their tests):
      Vocabulary
      Handwriting
      Art
      Music
      And then Spelling depends on each child and where they are and how much attention they need

  • @aadamy
    @aadamy 5 лет назад +1

    One thing I would love to find are more books with people of color in them and mixed families. In the St Joseph books too, unless a saint is of color - everyone is white. Can anyone recommend some books? We do talk about Mother Mary looking different to different people...thanks!

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  5 лет назад

      Arielle Adamy were a mixed family as well. My husband is from Central America. We talk a lot about saints from all over the world and have pictures and drawings of them! As for books, I’ll have to think about it! Hopefully some other mamas will chime in!

  • @StFrancis9
    @StFrancis9 5 лет назад

    I just started the prek, but my child is 3... gng crazy with trying to keep a schedule. I also have a 1 year old. Any advice?

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  5 лет назад +1

      StFrancis1982 I would just do about 10-15 minutes a day in the morning with working with the books. And then personally we watch alittle leap frog show and sing songs together. The most important part is a gentle rhythm to the day. And special things each day like Monday fold laundry, Tuesday go to the library Wednesday Bake bread etc. just little things to anchor the week and to help give you a sense of peace and accomplishment!!

  • @valeriesearles3000
    @valeriesearles3000 6 лет назад +1

    Wonderful video! Does Seton give you a list of picture books/other books that correlate to the history chapters or do you find those on your own?

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад +2

      Valerie Searles thank you! In the lesson plans they give you different people to look up in the Catholic encyclopedia or give ideas for time periods and or specific historical events to get a book from the library on. I know they have chapter books in their magazine that could correlate with different time periods as well!

  • @karla514gc7
    @karla514gc7 6 лет назад +1

    I don't think it's too Catholic at all and I'm a cradle Catholic. My kids enjoy the pictures and the simple prayers on some of the pages. I think you did a good job explaining things. JMJ

    • @karla514gc7
      @karla514gc7 6 лет назад +1

      Oh and the lint thing, lol. Girl, don't you worry. I'm sure most of your viewers totally understand!

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад +2

      Karla 514gc I hope I didn’t make it sound like Cradle Catholics wouldn’t enjoy Seton! I just knew some cradle Catholics who felt they wanted something different even though I think Seton would be a wonderful addition to anyone’s homeschool!! Thank you for the lint comment lol! When I was editing the video I was like “oh my goodness!!! Mom clothes!!!” 😂

    • @karla514gc7
      @karla514gc7 6 лет назад +1

      @@MyLittleDomesticChurch Haha Yes, Mom clothes! I've been there! And no I totally understand what you meant. I agree with you. You did a fantastic job explaining everything :)

    • @karla514gc7
      @karla514gc7 6 лет назад +3

      Many have watered down the Catholic faith, even at Catholic Schools. It's so sad.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  6 лет назад

      Karla 514gc oh good! I’m so glad to meet more and more Seton mamas on this journey!! Such a blessings! Thanks girl for the reassurance 😉

  • @pachisusan
    @pachisusan 5 лет назад

    I have never understood people who said Seton is "too Catholic". Um, if you are Catholic, how can it be TOO CATHOLIC?? We are supposed to live our faith, and we are supposed to have it permeate each part of our lives. I have seen that many people who say Seton is "too catholic" are those who are not letting their faith permeate their lives, or they are not Catholics who go to Mass every week and actually live the faith. Also, when a person does not accept all the teachings of the church (or at least are working on understanding the tenets they do not agree with), they will say it's "too Catholic".
    What I would say is that Seton is traditionally Catholic, and some of the materials may seem dated to some people. I think that's more the issue. The stories in the Catholic readers, and the way the people are dressed are really different than what we are used to. At first, my daughter dismissed the stories as being too old fashioned, but when we started talking about the universal truths that they contain, she saw how timeless they actually were.
    I appreciate Seton. We have used it K - 8 fully enrolled. We tried Mother of Divine Grace for 9 and 10, and they just didn't work out for us well, and our daughter asked to go back to Seton. We didn't choose well, so we will be re-doing 10th with Seton. We are looking forward to getting back in the fold.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  5 лет назад

      { I LOVE } Pixel-Pushing thank you for your comment. I wanted to let you know of another video I did about the “negative” things I heard early on and my take on those things now hat I have used Seton! Thought you might like this one as well! I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. ruclips.net/video/aI0QkpLH6YA/видео.html

  • @rosie-rv9ll
    @rosie-rv9ll 5 лет назад

    So you prefer Seton to Catholic Heritage Curricula now? We've tried workbooks from both, I prefer CHC, but I'm a bit worried it's not enough, like I will be supplementing with other books

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  5 лет назад

      rosie2 hi!! I have always preferred Seton but I have found myself thinking that CHC would be a better fit and then I always go back to Seton. I do like some of CHC hands on options like the Tour of the World in Second grade and the Marian Rosary set for Third!

  • @fioparkhurst3539
    @fioparkhurst3539 4 года назад

    All I can think is: why would a Protestant purchase a catholic curriculum?

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  4 года назад

      I’ve only heard this “too catholic” from Catholics. I know it sounds odd but this has been something I’ve heard a lot so I wanted to make the video!

  • @kendrakeller4260
    @kendrakeller4260 5 лет назад +1

    It drives me crazy to hear people trash on Seton. We don't use Seton for one simple reason, it doesn't fit with our educational philosophy as well as other curricula resources. I suspect that those who trash on it have also found that it doesn't fit with their educational philosophy and they may just not have the background in various philosophies to explain what they need.

    • @MyLittleDomesticChurch
      @MyLittleDomesticChurch  5 лет назад

      Kendra Keller yes Seton has so much beauty! I can see how it won’t fit for everyone but it is still wonderful on its own!

  • @hiyamichelle
    @hiyamichelle 5 лет назад

    We love Seton! Great job on your video!!!!