One of the basic tenets of a Charlotte Mason Education is that “Children are born persons.” What does that mean; that a child is born a person? While I won’t assume to understand what CM meant by that completely, as a CM homeschooling mom, part of its meaning is becoming more and more apparent to […]
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Is it just me… or does the Handbook of Nature Study give you the impression that an effective teacher ought to collect things for the children’s classroom… living things, for the sake of observation and learning? Surely the instructions on how to create a pond aquarium or a small animal trap are for the reader’s
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Nature teaches so gently, so gradually, so persistently, that he is never overdone, but goes on gathering little stores of knowledge about whatever comes before him. ~Charlotte Mason We are blessed to have a Charlotte Mason group here in Southern California. From what I understand, we are a rare breed. I often find myself feeling
Every now and then, when attitudes seem to sag, when tiredness sets in, when it just seems like it may end up being ‘one of those days’ – we pack our books, some snacks, coffee to go and take our lessons outdoors 🙂
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I’m noticing this year how much we are loving our books. The kids and I are absolutely love, love, LOVING these books! Has this happened to you yet? If it hasn’t, rest assured it will. Like Little Duke, for example. We really didn’t like it. It was so… different from anything I’d read to her
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I discovered a link to this youtube video of Kent Risley as I was copying my daughter’s YR2 poetry from this page on Ambleside Online tonight. His story about the poem is painfully touching, and his recitation of it brings life and expression to it in ways you’d never imagine just reading the words on
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This was in the paper today… “From budget cuts to lawsuits and political unrest, 2010 is likely to be a challenging year for Orange County schools.” “Adding to local schools’ financial burdens are a series of national education reforms being pushed by President Obama, including a plan to tie teacher evaluations to their students’ performance.
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This fresco, The Descent of the Holy Spirit, located in the Spanish Chapel attached to the Church of St. Maria Novella, in Florence was loved greatly by Charlotte Mason. It represented to her a great truth, that “God the Holy Spirit is Himself, personally, the Imparter of knowledge, the Instructor of youth, the Inspirer of
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Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
This is our second year of implementing recitation with our children, ranging in age from five to nine. Some of the selections we have used are: Caterpillar by Christina Rosetti, The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lullaby by Edith Nesbit, Trees by Joyce Kilmer, 1st Corinthians 13, and Joy to the World. In that time,
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