Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
Who wouldn’t want a curated book list from Lois Lenski, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, or Jerram Barrs? Here at Sage Parnassus, I’ve amassed a few book lists over the years. I thought you might appreciate having them all in one post for easy access. There are some hidden gems here that I know your family will adore just as my family…
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Some mornings I take a walk across town to Island Park where you enter under a stone gateway that has the title, “Where Friends Meet.” Alas, no friends are meeting there at 6:00 a.m.! The park is bordered by the Des Moines River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. A few years ago, a dam was removed and replaced with…
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See that picture of my Riverside Shakespeare? I read it in college at the University of Minnesota many years ago. I didn’t enjoy it and plowed through it for the grade. Almost entire plays have pink highlighter throughout as I grappled with each play at breakneck speed. Thank goodness Charlotte Mason entered my life a few years later! Thanks to…
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If there’s one thing that strikes me when I read what the Parents Union School (PUS – Charlotte Mason’s schools for children) teachers thought about teaching Shakespeare, it would be the joy with which the plays were approached and appreciated by both teachers and students. This article will focus on the “how” of teaching Shakespeare in a living education and…
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Charlotte Mason Inspiration and Community As the school year wraps up for many of us, let’s exercise our wills and choose to finish well. Let us not grow weary in doing good. Perhaps this little community is just the encouragement and help you need! LEL is an opportunity to allow other women to come alongside you in your efforts toward…
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Here is a post written by one of my sons after his freshman year in college. What does a Charlotte Mason graduate raised on living books do when he gets to college and has to read all those fact-filled textbooks? I hope you find Jack’s take on it encouraging! When he wrote this, he was studying English at the University…
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Announcing the 17th annual Living Education Retreat! Below you can find the two-page flyer with links to registration. The theme this year is “Learning to Live” and each speaker will share their knowledge, experience, wisdom, and love for Charlotte Mason and her philosophy of education. This long-running and renowned event lovingly brings together CM veterans and newbies each year. The…
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“The function of education is not to give technical skill but to develop a person; the more of a person, the better the work of whatever kind. -Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6, p. 147 The above quote from Charlotte speaks to the heart of her philosophy. But will a living education work for the STEM (science,…
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Join the New Class As a new year begins we all have new resolves. Charlotte Mason tells us that “vague aspirations are not to be mistaken for definite willing.” Why not commit to learning and growing more in your understanding and implementation of the Charlotte Mason philosophy of education? I have a group mentoring opportunity (Charlotte Mason Class) for you!…
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