by Brandy Vencel | Nov 28, 2018 | Book Lists, Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Mother Culture, Mother's Education
(Plus: Get Your FREE Mother Culture Habit Tracker!) Even though I know winter here is laughable compared to a lot of places, winter reading still holds a special place in my heart. It’s definitely cold enough to cozy up under a blanket with hot herbal tea by my...
by Dawn Duran | Nov 27, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, G.K. Chesterton, Home Education, Homeschooling, Shakespeare, Wendell Berry
I often write about learning in community but have limited my scope to the Charlotte Mason homeschool framework. The greater community is much larger than this yet is often neglected by homeschooling moms as they seek opportunities for learning for their students....
by Caitlin Beauchamp | Nov 21, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Parenting, technology
Perhaps the best way to begin a conversation about atmosphere is to talk about what it isn’t. This is, in fact, exactly how Charlotte Mason goes about it: Our motto is, — ‘Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.’ When we say that education is an...
by Angelique Knaup | Nov 7, 2018 | Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. Isaiah 50:4 (NIV 1984) My personal ‘Morning Time’ starts as I wake up, reach for The Cloud...
by Richele Baburina | Oct 31, 2018 | Art, Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Mother's Education
Brush Drawing is a watercolor technique that works incredibly well for both nature journaling and illustration, capturing the gesture and essence of subjects with relatively few simple yet eloquent strokes. Brush Drawing: a Basic Course was developed with a view that...
by Brandy Vencel | Oct 17, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling
He should have practice, too, in reading aloud, for the most part, in the books he is using for his term’s work. These should include a good deal of poetry, to accustom him to the delicate rendering of shades of meaning, and especially to make him aware that...
