We are reading the nostalgic, descriptive poetry of the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier this term. Greenleaf (which is what he went by) was raised on a simple Massachusetts farm and often reminisced in his poetry about farm life. I am taken by his poem, “Telling the Bees”, and am curious as to whether any of you are familiar with…
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Community, not Co-op (Enquire Within Books)
Our Charlotte Mason community – Truth, Beauty, Goodness – had its first meeting of the new school year. Notice I said “community” and not “co-op”. That’s because the term “co-op” generally connotates a bunch of images that I don’t want associated with our group. Things like harried children, joyless moms, isolated subjects, segregated children, various methods and the like. Instead,…
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The Rule of Every Homeschool
Cheney running on the prairie at Blue Mounds State park This post is peppered with pictures from some travels around SW MN a few weeks ago. In that article that I mentioned in my last post, there’s Miss Mason talking directly to the homeschool mother. Time to listen! She tells us what she thinks should be the rule of every…
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Avoid the Grooves – Shift That Paradigm
hydrangeas and phlox *This post reflects some of the highlights of an encouragement talk that I just gave to a lovely Charlotte Mason support group in Cincinnati, Ohio via Skype. Time for fall planning! Time to put together the school schedule! New books, new routines, and hopefully no new grooves. Let me explain. By grooves, I mean a stagnant, settled…
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A Favorite C.S. Lewis Book
Cheney having a summer read. She still fits on the sill. Looking for a short, interesting and inspiring summer read? Here is a favorite of mine. It is a collection of letters that C.S. Lewis wrote to his younger fans. You’ll feel like he’s writing to you. He even explains how to pronounce Aslan’s name and in what order he…
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“Degrees of Separation” or “Your Child’s Future Sanity”
So I asked the group of adults sitting around the table, “What odors or sensations evoke strong, positive memories from years ago?” Silence. On my part, too. I’ve been thinking for some time now about a tremendous gap in my education. It’s a gap that many adults I know have, too. I hope to avoid having my children experience this…
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21 Lattes Later
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Please indulge me this one last post about the LER, or rather, about after the LER. Enjoy the slide show.
The Art of Mindfulness
MINDFULNESS, n. Attention; regard; heedfulness. -Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary We began the LER talking about how mindful Miss Mason was- how her attention to children and what is true about education has continued to benefit the children in our care, over 100 years after she penned her tomes. Fittingly, we ended with this verse: “Not unto us, O LORD,…
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Well-Timed Retreat
A period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director. But Wisdom’s triumph is a well-tim’d Retreat, As hard a science to the Fair as Great! -Alexander Pope Living Education Retreat July 15-16, 2011
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