Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
Mason on atmosphere: “It is thrown off, as it were, from persons and things, stirred by events, sweetened by love, ventilated, kept in motion, by the regulated action of common sense.” Vol. 6, p. 96 I am writing this post up as I listen to the soothing soundtrack of Little Women. It keeps my mind calm, even though the girls…
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From the preface of The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondley – THE QUESTION GLAUCON: Who, then, are the true philosophers? SOCRATES: Those who are lovers of the vision of truth. –Republic of Plato, BOOK V.E THE ANSWER Jesus said:…
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The name of Dena’s homeschool! A friend from California decided to use the phrase, La Casa Giocosa, for her homeschool. I wrote about it here. She sent me this picture of one of their entryways. It’s extra-fitting because she is Italian! Don’t you just want to enter and share the joy? I wanted to explain about homework in our Truth, Beauty,…
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DD made this wreath from her herbs – it smells wonderful! This week will be a quick post in the form of some humor. Hopefully, it will make you smile. And do share if you have any others to add! 1. Why did Mason’s gardener quit? Because of her insistence that he always aerate after a single weeding. 2. Why…
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midnight at the LER – see the big dipper? (Matthew Baerbock – photo) Are you busy planning your school year? I am. I will have 4 in 4 different levels. Yes, it takes some work to get it all together, but it’s fun and I like to plan. I am often asked about how I go about teaching (insert subject…
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motto badge – each attendee received one The bells from the courthouse chimed out the national anthem as I sat on the porch early this morning. I was sitting in the speckled morning sun, thinking about this past weekend at the Living Education Retreat. The unity of the community gathered there was a slice of heaven. I had shared with…
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clematis in the morning I am slowly preparing my heart and mind for next week’s Living Education Retreat. This brings joy. There has been much of that around here lately – luminous newlyweds, healthy relatives, blooming things. Here is a poem for summer that I love and I hope you take the time to savor it. EPHEMERA by Barbara Crooker…
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I am reading a book that Alison recently shared with me. If you are interested in the Armitt and Mason’s relationship to the museum or who her peers were and how they worked together, you will like this book, too. Here is an interesting tidbit about Madam Shimoda from Japan – someone I had heard about but never understood what…
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We should never have lost them. They were sitting right in front of us all this time. That’s how I look at Mason’s method of education. She based her philosophy on natural law and unswerving faith. It’s how children learn and is proven in study after study. This past weekend at Ferrum College in the Blue Ridge Mountains the…
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