Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
The mother sighed. “So he sits with half-shut eyes, dreaming, dreaming, not one word has he heard!” Hans Christian opened his eyes. “Truly, my mother, every word has gone deep into my heart. I but closed my eyes that I might see more clearly – see that small town of Bethlehem on a night of stars and cold.” …
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The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1850 (Christina posed for Mary) Here are my favorite Advent resources that I have used over and over again. There are few things I haven’t shared before and a few that you’ve heard me talk about already. Please don’t try to do more than one or two things – keep it simple and just…
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Festive handcraft for the attendees in Peoria! The Truth, Beauty, Goodness Community teachers recently traveled to Peoria, IL to present an Awakening immersion at The Field Before Us. This is an all-day session where we model an actual meeting of our Charlotte Mason community with the attendees participating as the students. Then in the afternoon, we talk through each subject…
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Today I am sharing with you an article that I have found tremendously helpful over the years! It has helped me be a better teacher in my home, at church, in our co-op, and during immersion sessions. I have shared it many times when meeting with others trying to teach in a Mason paradigm. In fact, this was a very…
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I didn’t plan to be reading Richard III during this election season. But, since we’re here, it’s hard not to draw parallels and comparisons to the current political climate. Richard is a master of spin. Shakespeare presents this amazing ability of Richard’s and we can hardly believe it ourselves – how can he do this? How does he get people…
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As I was preparing for the Weekend of Living Ideas, I revisited some notes about keeping a Citizenship notebook. I know that others have used certain aspects of this here and there, and certainly I have made use of all of these notebooking activities – just not compiled into one notebook. Here, all the ideas are gathered and placed in…
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I want to recommend a book I recently discovered that is full of whimsy and charm. In fact, my dd(15) keeps taking it up to her room to read and I keep asking her to bring it back down. More on that in a second. Exciting news for Living Education Lessons! First, there is now open registration for a new…
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Occasionally, I hear from a mother who wonders if she should have her student reread a book by assigning the same book again the following school year or having him reread it during his free time. Usually, the parent feels like her student didn’t “get it” and the concern is that there may be a gap or a lack of…
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I have the pleasure of sharing a guest post from a friend, Heather Suemnicht. I first met Heather years ago at the Living Education Retreat where she immediately struck me as bright and magnanimous. As you will see, she lives in Baraboo (who wouldn’t want to live in a place called “Baraboo”?), Wisconsin with her equally wonderful husband, Tyson, and…
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