make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
dictation, children who know everything, teaching spelling and English as a second language….seriously
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
If you would like to support this podcast, click HERE.
In this episode, Elizabeth and Bonnie welcome Bonnie’s daughter Lucy as a guest. We discuss a variety of random things, including, but not limited to: spelling, comparing dictation with copy work, spelling, tips and tricks for teaching a child who knows everything, teaching differences according to gender and working with kids when English isn’t your first language.
3:41 - Copy work and Dictation
10:00 - Skills acquired through dictation
13:21 - Tips for teaching a child who "knows everything"
17:09 - How to foster humility in our children
25:12 - Did you teach differently based on gender?
33:24 - Homeschooling in a bilingual/multi-languages family
41:57 - Thoughts on sticker charts/stamps or prizes specifically for behaviour
We cover a lot in 45 minutes.
Dictation posts
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/dictation-and-a-childlike-trust?rq=dictation
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/teaching-children-to-read-without-curriculum?rq=spelling
Resources for dictation, grammar and punctuation
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/dictation-for-newbies?rq=grammar%20and%20punctuation
Gordon Neufeld resources
My Pinterest page for dictation
Contact
- On Instagram at @make.joy.normal
- By email at makejoynormal@gmail.com
- Search podcast episodes by topic
- www.bonnielandry.ca
- Shop my recommended resources
Thanks for listening to Make Joy Normal Podcast!