We read the first few lines of Caddie’s Recitation tonight at bedtime… A traveller through a dusty road strewed acorns on the lea;And one took root and sprouted up, and grew into a tree. I had to learn the rest, so I looked it up and found this poem that I just loved: Small Beginningsby […]
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A few years back when I first met Kristine, she sent me a copy of this booklist (see below), which also happens to be posted in the file section of the Ambleside_Year0 Yahoo Group – a wonderful place for those of you who may have little ones who want to learn more about CM. It
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This past week we had a long drive home from the Tar Pits in LA so I decided to listen to an audio I’d downloaded to my ipod called “Making the Heart Sing With Recitation” by Bonnie Buckingham. She had a lot of good things to say on there. My 8yo daughter was the only
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Monergism is offering a free download of J.C. Ryle’s “The Duties of Parents” for EPUB, Kindle, or in PDF format. Reading through, it was interesting to find much emphasis on early habits, and other hints of ideas near and dear to CM’s heart. Living in the same country at the same time, I wonder if
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Ever since Jan Bloom was here, I’ve had this uncontrollable urge to scour used books at the library. There are hidden on shelves there, for $.50 or $1, unbelievable treasures. Just like little windows into the world around us, they wait to be discovered and opened once again to reveal their enduring contents. This one
We are currently reading ‘The Golden Touch’, the story of King Midas in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book at bedtime in hopes of being able to enjoy most of the YR2 ‘free reads’ (books read at any pace, any time, without narration; described as “books no child should miss”). From the looks of it and
The topic at our recent Charlotte Mason meeting was Art and I thought I’d share some CM thoughts for anyone that may not have been able to attend. It’s lengthy, but worth the read, so if you don’t have time now, come back later with a cup of tea and enjoy! The Grand Canal, Venice
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This is Sobering… A coarsened cultural environment has eliminated the heroic ideals that once inspired young men. Boys, and young men in particular, respond very well to noble purpose but haven’t had much to go on in the past fifty years of our bedraggled history. So many of the young men I see in my
Kristine loaned me a book the other day called Gospel Powered Parenting by William P. Farley. With so many parenting books out there, I’m not one to get overly excited about the latest greatest, but with a title like that and a recommendation from a very well read friend like Kristine, I knew I had
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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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