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...
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...
by Dawn Duran | Oct 15, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Groups and Co-ops, Home Education, Homeschooling, Physical Education, Swedish Drill
It’s an exciting time of year, isn’t it? Summer will soon fade into the cooler temperatures of autumn, and a new “year in books” will begin for Charlotte Mason homeschoolers. For many families, back to school involves a return to regular community...
by Angelique Knaup | Oct 8, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Richard Louv
Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all the local things that are connected by the larger, ultimately mysterious form of the Creation. In speaking of...
by Brandy Vencel | Oct 3, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling
We as teachers depreciate ourselves and our office; we do not realise that in the nature of things the teacher has a prophetic power of appeal and inspiration, that his part is not the weariful task of spoon-feeding with pap-meat, but the delightful commerce of equal...
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?...
