Ive seen some Protestant homeschool books that frankly look pretty good. What is so wrong with using Protestant materials and supplementing with Catholic religion classes?
This is an interesting point that has cropped up from time to time about not needing Catholic materials “because we teach the Faith alongside the secular/Protestant materials.” On the surface, that sounds perfectly plausible, but in reality, it can be difficult to implement. First, it assumes that one actually HAS good Catholic materials at the proper level. Then it assumes that one is going to carve out additional time to teach the Catholic perspective on the topic. That isn’t easy to do when one is trying to follow a lesson plan that has not included the Catholic spin. How many extras will be needed to tack on to the day’s lesson plan? Finally, the Catholic perspective is best learned in context. For example, if the child reads a story dealing with injustice and forgiveness in a protestant/secular text, there will be no mention of the necessity for confession to a priest. The idea that the Sacrament of Penance is unnecessary has been planted. If one waits until the child has complete
