The following article is from the May 1914 issue of the L’Umile Pianta. The topic is truthfulness, written by an ex-student of Charlotte Mason’s teacher training course. HOW TO HELP UNTRUTHFUL CHILDREN TO BECOME TRUTHFUL. I cannot think now why I ever undertook to write this paper. The more I consider the subject, […]
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Here’s a collection of some interesting things we saw over the past few weeks. Have you ever noticed a seagull’s nostrils or “nares”? You can see right through them to the other side. There was a large snake (gopher I believe) in the parking lot at the beach. I’ve heard they’re more common at beaches
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We’re being trained continuously to pay less attention.
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This is how it looked yesterday. Many people head indoors, but our kids learned early on to head outside to experience the rain. Our 19yo son surfed one day (not recommended in the rain!) and drove up to the local mountain the next to snowboard. Where else can you surf and snowboard a day apart?!
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My husband recently came home with a rust colored box of whisky with a little bird logo on the front of it. One of his sisters, who is a sommelier, recently stayed in our home to enjoy the warmer weather and babysit our black lab while we took the family for a trip up to
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I’m re-reading a biography of Amy Carmichael titled “A Chance to Die,” written by Elisabeth Elliot, with my third child’s book group and something different struck me this time in the chapter titled, “The Inescapable Calling.” Amy is riding a gig along a country road one day with a man her family affectionately called “D.O.M.,”
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We’ve heard a lot about ChatGPT lately and many are concerned about how it will affect us. It most certainly will affect us, especially in the area of information. So I thought I would put it to the test to write an essay on a topic Charlotte Mason herself cared deeply about.
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My sweet friend Kristine, who I spent much of my early years learning alongside when our oldest children were in Kindergarten/1st grade, recently contacted me about a resource for the preschool years. It sparked some thoughts which led me to jot down some things I’d been meaning to compile for years – mostly that focusing
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Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale, The Nightingale, was published in 1843, long before the internet ever existed. But as our modern world marches forward with every prescribed solution to the problems we face, perhaps there is something we can still learn from this old tale. If you haven’t read it, you can do so
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I love MEP math and have used it for years. Unfortunately, like many things, I jumped into it out of necessity before really knowing what all I was doing. I made some mistakes, I was humbled, I learned, and now, thankfully, it’s to your benefit 🙂 Here are some things to know before you start: What
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