On the last night of our trip at the Childlight Conference, many of us gathered at the Broad River Greenway for a nature hike and listened to Janet Pressley play her awesome blues in an old cabin in the humid air, watching (and of course catching) fireflies. I wish I could have bottled a few […]
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Have you thought about forming a Charlotte Mason Nature Study Group or Co-op?It has been a wonderful blessing for our little group in so many ways. We highly recommend it. Every group is different and will have a flavor all its own depending on its members.Here are some of the things that have worked well
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Doesn’t this movie look adorable!? The film is a documentary by French filmmaker Thomas Balmès that follows the first year in the life of four babies born into four very different homes: a mud hut in a Namibian village, a yurt in the Mongolian steppes, a skyscraper in Tokyo, and a townhouse in San Francisco.
From my earliest memories, I have always loved two things: books and nature. I could not read enough as a child. I brought my book to the breakfast table and propped it against my cereal bowl to read through breakfast. I did the same thing at lunch. My dad banned books at the dinner table
Have you seen this book of puritan prayers and devotions? I learned about it from Kristine – she is a fantastic resource and I am blessed to know her! I purchased the book recently and am downloading the music album (see below) as I write this. Challies, a blog I read at times posted this
Speaking of icing on the cake, this is my friend Jen today. Her and her boys collected all of these butterflies and moths. She was explaining the process to us and it’s a little more involved than you’d think because butterflies don’t die in perfect position for mounting. I know she read Girl of the