by Brandy Vencel | May 18, 2018 | Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Other Thoughts
:: 1 :: Did you hear about the 3-audios-for-the-price-of-2 sale? It’s also called buy-2-get-1-free! Either way you look at it, this sale ends Monday, so if you want to take advantage of it, you need to do so ASAP. Here are the available audios right now: No...
by Brandy Vencel | May 16, 2018 | Book Lists, Books & Reading, Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Mother's Education, Parenting
It’s that time again! At the end of each spring, I publish two reading lists: The Mother Culture Reading List and the Mothers’ Education Course Reading List. As the title says, this first one is the Mother Culture list. Mother Culture is your life blood as...
by Brandy Vencel | May 14, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Classical, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling
On a bright July morning in 2008, I was 8.5-months pregnant and very nauseous (always nauseous). We had also just moved, proving that difficult situations can always be made worse. But no matter. Our new house was perfect for us and today was designated the first day...
by Angelique Knaup | May 9, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Truth Breaking Through Lies It rests with us to form habits of the good life in thought, feeling, and action, and even in spiritual things. We cannot make ourselves ‘good’; but in this way, we can partner with the Holy Sprit to lay paths for the good life in the very...
by Brandy Vencel | Apr 18, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling
Imagination tells us that ‘Mother’ does not understand us, does not know half what great persons we are; that ‘Father’ is not kind, that Lucy or Edward is more noticed than we are, that lessons are hateful, that going for a walk is a bother,...
by Angelique Knaup | Apr 11, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, CiRCE Talks, David Hicks, Education, Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education, Parenting, Virtue
Education is a Science of Relations! The relations were like a trail of breadcrumbs leading to somewhere special. The breadcrumbs: a comment I made on Charlotte Mason Boot Camp, Brandy’s answer to my comment, my resolution to listen to the Book of Proverbs and Andrew...
