Girl Reading – etching by William Roffe To brighten your March, here is a superb, 10-page reading list for children by Jerram Barrs, Professor of Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture and Resident Scholar of Francis A. Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis (used with permission). He’s also one of my favorite speakers at the Rochester L’abri conferences,…
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La Casa Giocosa
The Young Cicero Reading by Foppa, c. 1464 It’s Italian for “The Joyful House”. Now wouldn’t that be…
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The Best Part of Education – Masterly Inactivity and Roller Skates
It indicates the power to act, the desire to act, and the insight and self-restraint which forbid action. – Charlotte Mason on masterly inactivity, Vol. 3 p. 28 Masterly inactivity is so important in your child’s education. I sometimes think that more learning goes on during those times where they are going off and seeking out all those things that…
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Feeling Their Feet and Small Things
Frederick Warren Freer Mother and Child Reading A wonderful quote came up in our book discussion on Mason’s Volume 3, p. 38 about children “feeling their feet”. I love the picture that it paints in my mind. I had an example of one of my children “feeling her feet” just this past week. While we were learning about Wordsworth,…
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A Reflection from the Hive*
“You cannot learn to love art, unless you first love what art mirrors.” – John Ruskin The paintings of local artist David Strom are a familiar sight in our small town. So familiar are his works to our family that years ago, when we were viewing Monet’s haystacks at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, my son informed the docent…
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Authority: A Gift and a Grace
postcard postmarked 1919 and featuring our house on the right I have mentioned in the past about Charlotte Mason and her wise advice on parenting. I still consider some of her words to be the most thoughtful parenting guidelines in print. Recently, I have been reading more about her thoughts on authority and docility. She says that these two are fundamental but…
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Gathering Books for Lent and Easter
Paperwhites! Thanks to dd for thinking of this last November. Today – a card with a beautiful picture of Croatia, a loved one in chemo, flowers in 10 degrees, basketball, influenza and an email asking me about more books for the upcoming Lenten season. I can always come up with book recommendations. These are books that are worthy living books…
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How to Not Raise a Crank – Euthyphro to the Rescue!
Let’s begin with a definition, shall we? According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of crank is “an annoyingly eccentric person; also : one who is overly enthusiastic about a particular subject or activity.” A crank is something Charlotte Mason spends a bit of time railing against and her complaint of this type of person is found throughout her curriculum. Sorry…
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