Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
Sometimes, after reading so much goodness out of Charlotte Mason’s 6 volumes, I just want to write about the beauty and simplicity of her decidedly unique and innovative philosophy. You know what I mean? As when the most simple definition that you’ve read a dozen times before suddenly reveals a depth of meaning previously unrealized in your life? That’s what…
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The father of Plutarch had him learn his Homer that he might get heroic ideas of life. Had the boy been put through his Homer as a classical grind, as a machine for the development of faculty, a pedant would have come out, and not a man of the world in touch with life at many points, capable…
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I have been working on giving my blog a fresh look! I have a few more things to do with it yet. What do you think? I have finally begun Living Education Lessons! Season 1 is full, but if this is something you might be interested in, sign up at the bottom of this page. I hope to have multiple…
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from Around the Year by Tasha Tudor It’s hard to believe that our Charlotte Mason Community, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, is in its ninth year! What a blessing it has been to all the families involved and what a boon to each of our homeschools, helping us to more effectively implement a full, living curriculum. We always have a planning meeting…
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Here are my reads for the year, starting with my top 5 picks. If you wrote a list of the books you read this year, please feel free to link to it in the comments below. (My list doesn’t include my Bible reading, CM’s 6 volumes, or the books I read in our school. ) 1. Charlotte Mason: ‘a pioneer…
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Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are. That was a popular commonplace entry from the teens in our recent short story reading group. We finished off our reading group with…
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It rests with us to give the awakening idea and then to form the habit of thought and of life. -Charlotte Mason, Vol. 3, p. 81 Last Friday we had another Awakening session out at peaceful Shalom Hill Farm. Some came to have a little retreat from the daily routine, some for the lessons that were taught with Charlotte Mason’s…
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In the Gloaming by George Inness 1893 By the light of the evening star When the moon is growing dusky As the clouds afar, Let the door be on the latch In your home, For it may be through the gloaming I will come. -Barbara Miller Macandrew Gloaming is an Old English word that refers to dusk or early evening….
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Mary by Henry Ossawa Tanner 1914 Our Advent readings over the years have varied greatly. When there were lots of diapers to change, I tried following different programs and crafty ways to go about readings for Advent. What worked best for us? When I simply read a few verses from the Advent readings and we narrated. Simple. Holy. A lot…
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