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The 2019 Afterthoughts Book Awards

by Brandy Vencel | Jan 3, 2019 | Book Lists, Book of the Year, Books & Reading, Favorite Books

This second half of this year of reading felt … strange … to me. For the first time in ten years, I had very little pre-reading to do. This meant that I could choose books. I know it sounds amazing, but I floundered at first. All that choice paralyzed me....

The Official 2018 Afterthoughts Read Aloud List

by Brandy Vencel | Jan 1, 2019 | Book Lists, Book Reviews, Books & Reading, Children's Books, Favorite Books

It’s that time again! I love to read book lists and I love to share book lists, and I know you are just the same. We finished 22 titles this year — we’re in the middle of a few books that I’ll list at the end. Those will also appear on...

Restful Homeschooling? Just Add Joy.

by Brandy Vencel | Oct 22, 2018 | A. G. Sertillanges, Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Homeschooling, Mother's Education, read

Once I finally kicked that terrible cold or flu I had, I woke up to find myself terribly behind on all sorts of things. I didn’t have much energy, but what I did have was quickly expended doing all the things I hadn’t done for weeks, plus all the things I...

Restful Homeschooling? Just Add Joy.

by Brandy Vencel | Oct 22, 2018 | A. G. Sertillanges, Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Homeschooling, Mother's Education, read

Once I finally kicked that terrible cold or flu I had, I woke up to find myself terribly behind on all sorts of things. I didn’t have much energy, but what I did have was quickly expended doing all the things I hadn’t done for weeks, plus all the things I...

How Masterly Inactivity Protects Sibling Relationships

by Brandy Vencel | Sep 27, 2018 | Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Educational Philosophy, high school, Masterly Inactivity, Parenting

Chapter 8 of Your Teenager is Not Crazy starts off with a story of two teenage sisters. The father is driving the girls to school when the older, Jocelyn, realizes she’s forgotten her clarinet. The younger, Jasmine, is immediately enraged: Are you kidding me?...

The Read Aloud Liturgy

by Brandy Vencel | Aug 23, 2018 | Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Parenting

It all started about fourteen years ago. I already had a habit of reading aloud to my toddler, but for some reason I felt like I’d had a life-altering experience the day I was reading Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn’s Teaching the Trivium and arrived at the...
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