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Mothering a Book Glutton (Charlotte Mason and Gifted Kids)

by Brandy Vencel | Jan 8, 2019 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Gifted, Home Education, Homeschooling, Other Thoughts, Parenting, Preschool, Virtue

The law is liberal, taking in whatsoever things are true, honest, and of good report, and offering no limitation or hindrance save where excess should injure. – Charlotte Mason Not all gifted children are early readers; it’s true. However, comma, from my...

In That Enchanted Place

by Caitlin Beauchamp | Sep 25, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Other Thoughts, Parenting, Preschool, Trauma

Along a particular path at our local botanical garden there is a bush that blooms all summer in clear shades of orange and magenta and yellow. Bees throng to it — big, slow bumble bees with tidy yellow bags of pollen on their hind legs. Here, for just a moment,...

On Baking a Cake: A Few Thoughts About Atmosphere

by Brandy Vencel | Aug 1, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Preschool

About once a week or so, my daughter and I bake a cake. This isn’t something I ever purposed or planned. I’m not a skilled baker, lacking the nicety baked goods seem to require of a person. But somehow, this has become our Special Thing, our ritual. I suppose this...

An Elemental Relationship

by Caitlin Beauchamp | Jun 28, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Homeschooling, Preschool

(on Charlotte Mason, sensory integration, and things seen at the dentist’s office…) Recently, during our biannual exposure to children’s television at the pediatric dentist, I saw a commercial that’s stuck with me. As I recall, the commercial introduces us to...

2018-2019 Preschool Daily Learning Notebook

by erica | May 1, 2018 | Calendar Time, Daily Learning Notebook, homeschool, Math, PreK, Preschool

2018-2019 Preschool Daily Learning Notebook is a post from Confessions of a Homeschooler. If you’ve enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Erica on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+! Also be sure to stop by her Community to join the discussion or her...

In Praise of the Creek: An Introduction

by Caitlin Beauchamp | Jan 18, 2018 | Charlotte Mason, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Preschool, Robert Farrar Capon

Hello, good readers of Afterthoughts. My name is Caitlin, and I’m grateful to Brandy for inviting me here with you. Shall we get off on the right foot with a little embarrassing transparency? As a youngish mother of young children, my temptation in writing this first...

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