…so besotted (infatuated) is our educational thought that we believe children regard knowledge rather as repulsive medicine than as inviting food. Hence our dependence on marks and prizes, athletics, alluring presentation, any jam we can devise to disguise the powder. […] This atrophy of the desire of knowledge is the penalty our scholars pay because […]
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More enormous relief to teachers, a self-sacrificing and greatly overburdened class can be found in a new post by Dr. Jennifer Spencer of Childlight who admits she wrestled with CM’s assertions on composition for many years. You can read about her findings and conclusions in her latest blog post over at Childlight here: http://childlightusa.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/the-due-use-of-books-by-dr-jennifer-spencer/
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From Science and Religion, part 3by Mrs. Dowson, L.R.C.P. & S., I.Volume 11, 1900, pgs. 13-18 …there is good work to be done in showing the confusion of thought underlying a belief that science or anything else can adequately interpret the meaning of the higher reality in terms of the lower. Dr. Ward says that
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The weather has been really fickle. First it’s fall so we pulled out our warm jackets and boots, then it’s back in the 90s squeezing in more beach and pool days, then cold again, then extreme heat – whatever it is, it’s handicraft season as far as I’m concerned 🙂 Here’s a potato chip scarf
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We recently headed back to a local creek for nature study. There’s so much here that we’ve discovered over the years. Giant water bugs are smaller this time of year. Early last year we wondered what they ate in this creek since there didn’t seem to be anything else of significant size. Then we found
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If you live in Southern California, you are familiar with the “marine layer” which sometimes hampers a perfectly sunny day at the beach. A few miles inland it’s a hot, sunny beautiful day so you rally the troops and head to the beach only to find that the coast is completely overcast. Sometimes you pack
I recently heard a very liberating discovery dug up in the May 1914 edition of L’Umile Pianta. But before I mention it here’s part of Redeemer’s description of the ‘magazine’: In 1895 the House of Education Old Students’ Association was formed to provide current and ‘old’ students who were scattered abroad, opportunities to keep in
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How often today do we come across children who can’t hold a conversation, can’t sit still, can’t focus? What is our society’s answer? ADHD – medicate! Is this really the answer? In some cases, perhaps, but in so many children? What are the stats now? I think in some states it is 10% or higher.
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Welcome to the October 2012 Edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival all the way out here in California!! The continued theme of the carnival is Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles and we are now on principle 16 and 17 which focuses on the will. Here they are in her own words: 16. There are two
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We had our very first rain of the season here in California this week beginning with Thunderstorms early in the morning. The kids can’t get outside fast enough! Rainy days are rare and pure joy for the kids as they stomp around the puddles. After the rain is the best time to spot tracks in