Magic Mirrors: Exploring Living Books
Here is a living book that I am reading with my 12-year-old daughter. It is my second time through and this truly is a living book by the wonderful author, Elizabeth Yates. Prudence was a schoolteacher in Connecticut in 1833 who dared to open a school for young black girls who wanted an education. It’s one of those books…
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All the World’s a Wonder-ball
One of the things I love about this whole living education thing is that everyday I get to learn and discover alongside my children. Then I become interested in something that strikes me and pursue it at my own pace. Learning about Amy Carmichael, the Irish missionary to low caste girls and boys in India for over 50 years is…
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Spelling Other Than By Dictation
I read this article in the Charlotte Mason Digital Collection and found it thought-provoking. Well, thought-provoking for those of us who continually examine how to do things in the most natural way as prescribed by Charlotte Mason. It is good to know that even those trained under Mason continued to ask questions and seek guidance on how to do things….
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A Well-Read Child
“A child of any age should be a well-read person for his age.” – Charlotte Mason . some books we enjoy The air has taken a cooler turn as our our thoughts turn towards the upcoming school year. Everyone is talking about books, myself included. My mentoring sessions have increased as usual for this time of year and I find…
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Wonder Thoughts and a Winner
hollyhocks in Ontario, Canada from seeds given 2 years ago in Windom, MN I just returned from a nourishing trip to St. Catharines, Ontario. The Wonder Together Retreat was well done and encouraged dialogue and community. It is so exciting to see these little pockets of interest in a CM education slowly growing everywhere! I shared “wonder thoughts” throughout the…
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School Planning Post 2015 with Giveaway
Kate Greenaway! Here are your favorite school planning posts: –Fall Planning –The Thing is the Thing –Our Schedule, Our Atmosphere –Avoid the Grooves –Time, Peace, and Creativity I am off to Wonder Together 2015 in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada and then to spend a few days with some good, good friends. I can’t wait. How many sets of the…
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The Cloud of Witness Book – Part 1
A few years back, I wrote about the volume of devotional readings that Mason gave to her graduates titled The Cloud of Witness. It has been my heart’s desire to reprint this little gem. At the Living Education Retreat this past weekend, I gave the opening Conversazione in which I explained how this reprint came about. The problem was that…
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Continually Seeking – Notes from the 2015 Living Education Retreat
Another LER has come and gone. This year was at a special location (Villa Maria Retreat Center) because it was our 10th year of meeting together. Storms and humidity made for some uncomfortable weather, but there was plenty of sunshine, too. The people, the discussions, the relationships, the new knowledge – these things are what made my heart sing. I…
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