Merman Knight
Our 6yo son at the beach today 🙂
Copywork
I’ve had by boys doing copywork, or transcription, since the age of 6. Basically, I type a quote from their literature (I use the font QMF from the Queensland style found through EFI Fonts using three rules), print it out, and have them copy it into their composition notebook. Copywork is not just handwriting practice,
A First Reading Lesson
So we had a reading lesson a la Charlotte Mason style today. Turner is five and a half and has learned his sounds and letters. We have listened for rhymes and similar sounds in words, played with words by changing the beginning or ending sounds, but this morning we tried a First Reading Lesson according
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Games Kids Play
When you hear children talking about games, you can usually expect it is something indoor and played on an electronic screen. But some kids will still play simple outdoor games when you give them the opportunity and let them be. Like chase. At Peter’s Canyon in Orange, after admiring a sundog in the sky, enjoying
The Man in The Gardens
But much may be done with sparrows. A friend writes: — “Have you seen the man in the gardens of Tuileries feeding and talking to dozens of them? They sit on his hat, his hands, and feed from his fingers. When he raises his arms they all flutter up and then settle again on him
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Confessions of a CM Mom
I think sometimes as women, we can run amuck with assumptions, so I thought some Confessions from me might encourage a CMer or two out there. If I hadn’t given California CMers a bad name already, it’s surely in the bag now 🙂 Feel free to gasp as necessary. Nonchaloir, by John Singer Sargent Disclaimer
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Picture Perfect Homeschooling
I used to have this picture perfect image of what homeschooling would be like, especially after reading some of Charlotte Mason’s writings. I imagined joyful children delighting in living books, asking for “one more page pleeeeaase!”, dancing to classical masterpieces, painting beautiful pictures, running through grassy meadows with butterflies and songbirds fluttering about. Ahhh…. so
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scheduling a life
I love my schedule. I refer to it throughout the day. It’s like having a road map to know what comes next. Over time, parts of my schedule become habit, and I hardly need it, but I still find satisfaction in checking something off my list, feeling productive, doing as I ought. I have a
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Finding Our Way
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