At our local CM meeting this month we discussed Self Education, which Charlotte Mason wrote about in the first chapter of Vol. 6. For the sake of brevity, really, I will try, I will highlight a few of my favorite quotes and say just a few things: The gist of it, I believe, is that […]
I had ideas of a post earlier today entitled “The Perfect Storm”. I was set on telling you how multiple elements intersected creating supernatural situations requiring my utmost patience and discernment today. Things like: a very long and active weekend leaving us all tired and short on sleep, a 2 1/2 year old who discovered
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If you live locally, you’re going to love me for this post. This past month, the Lord, in all His wisdom and grace has providentially, pointed us to the most fantastic little nature outing! You will never believe this place exists in OC. And the best part is that there are NO RANGERS to tell
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Object-lessons should be incidental; and this is where the family enjoys so great an advantage over the school. It is almost impossible that the school should give any but set lessons; but this sort of teaching in the family falls in with the occurrence of the object. The child who finds that wonderful and beautiful
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An article from God’s World News titled, “The Art of Retelling” just came to my inbox. I was almost startled when they mentioned Charlotte Mason herself! The age-old communicative tool of retelling has been used at least since the days when Moses was commanded to repeat the works of God to the children of Israel.
I took the kids to a conference with me a couple of weeks ago and told them they would have to find something to do quietly while we were there. They decided to make story books. Below is my six year old boy’s book. He drew the pictures at the conference, then bugged me for
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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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We recently borrowed The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown from the library for my two year old. There is a lot for little ones to find as you read it to them… Here’s another one of our favorite farm books. If you don’t have it already, just buy it. You’ll love it and
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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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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