Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
This is such a lovely idea for churches, families, or co-ops! My friends, Pastor Jason and Amy Fiedler, started making Advent boxes for their small congregation during the pandemic as a way for the church body to stay united during the Christmas season. But what began as a simple outreach has turned into a cherished family tradition. Both Jason and…
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Our Christmas Season Tradition Every year after Thanksgiving (and never before) I open up the big chest in the parlor and pull out our collection of over 150 Christmas books. We decorate around the house with them and prop the rest in vintage suitcases set in various corners. Christmas books are a tradition in our household. “There is something about…
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Are you looking for a way to grow in your understanding and implementation of the Charlotte Mason philosophy of education? I have a new group mentoring opportunity for you! I will be starting my class rotation over with Living Education Lessons, Season 1 starting on October 25th. Read what Staci has to say about LEL: “LEL is an opportunity to…
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I love retreats. And I love Charlotte Mason. So you can see how I have ended up planning over 2 dozen retreats and speaking at dozens more. It all started with the Living Education Retreat that I began with my friend, Karla Taber, many years ago.This retreat and others like it are just one way that Charlotte Mason’s legacy and…
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Another school year is beginning! This is always such an invigorating time of dreaming, planning, and purchasing. As I mentor moms from every different stage of a Charlotte Mason education – from the newbie to the veteran – there is one lesson that it seems I always need to share with them. In a living education, we seek to put…
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I can’t think of a better way to start off the new school year than by taking a class with other like-minded moms walking this Charlotte Mason journey. Are you a leader of any sort in the Charlotte Mason world of education? (The answer is “yes” – parents are leaders!) If so, you might be interested in my upcoming class,…
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At the 2022 Living Education Retreat, my friend Dawn Duran presented her talk, The Thoughtful Citizen: Mason’s Wisdom For Today, and has graciously agreed to share it with you! Below you will find a pdf of all the quotes she shares and you will find that helpful as you listen. I hope you enjoy this slice of the LER, particularly…
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I think you could say that my face is exuding joy in this picture! This was perhaps my favorite talk yet as I spent the last year steeping myself in joy literature. So much thought and prayer went into this plenary – Joy: Mainstay of a Living Education. Listen for the joy testimonies from dear friends that I share. Pause…
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Introduction to Criticism Lessons As you put together your plans for the upcoming school year, I want to share with you a tremendously helpful article! What we have here are notes that Charlotte Mason made while evaluating teachers teaching students in her school. And some of those notes may surprise you! There are lots of teaching tips from Charlotte Mason…
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