Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
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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Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed orange; but some have in them an unfailing sap, both from the tree of knowledge and from the tree of life. -from the Preface to Companionable Books by Henry Van Dyke…
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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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