How can a parent be sure they have a good Catholic curriculum?
OLRS: If parents are trying to design their own, it could be difficult in the sense that they will be “shooting from the hip”, so to speak. The first criterion is to get good Catholic books, preferably in sequence, with all the supporting books. A sequential curriculum is much easier to teach and to learn. Secondly, do not mix books from other religions. If a secular book must be used in limited cases, because of the unavailability of a good Catholic book, use Catholic material such as encyclicals or other Catholic books to supplement the secular text, or at least to give the secular book a Catholic perspective. A Catholic child can easily be taught to differentiate between a godless secular book and a Godly Catholic book, but he will have difficulty differentiating between a book of another religion and a Catholic book. Thirdly, make sure that the Catholic Faith flows through all the subjects and is not taught separately or just in catechism form. Remember that we are trying to educat
