Biography might just be my personal favorite genre of books. I read my first biography in 3rd grade. It was titled Babe Didrikson – Girl Athlete and was from the Childhood of Famous Americans series. My latest read is about a favorite author, Lois Lenski (1893-1974). She wrote dozens of books, most notably her Mr. Small series and her charming…
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Love
This week I wrote a guest post over at Educating Mother. Please take a walk over there to read my post on love – just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Sursum Corda in Natural Law
What I desire to set before the reader is a method of education based upon natural law.(Mason, 1955, p. 3) Last year at the CLUSA conference during a lecture on education models, the speaker mentioned that Mason’s curriculum is based on natural law. The woman next to me leaned over and whispered, “So, what exactly is natural law?” I quickly…
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A Very Blusterous Day Outside
“Correct me if I am wrong,” he said, “but am I right in supposing that it is a very Blusterous day outside?” – The House at Pooh Corner So right now, it’s -4 degrees F outside but feels like -24 degrees F with the windchill. I’m not kidding – I just checked the Weather Channel. Clearly, this was a good…
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A Living Book for St. Valentine’s Day
Are you looking for a living book that ties in some of the history of Valentine’s Day? Here is a post about a favorite of ours! Saint Valentine
Sphere of Influence
For those of you eager to read more about Charlotte Mason, here is something that will interest you. I just read a fascinating chapter on Mason in a hard-to-find book. I must say that I am not endorsing this book, only chapter 7 (“Knowledge as the Necessary Food of the Mind” Charlotte Mason’s Philosophy of Education pp. 105-125), written by…
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Forest for the Trees
The fact that oral language is foundational to all learning was emphasized at our book discussion group a few nights ago. The next day I was more aware than usual about this fact. May I share with you an example of how oral language skills, narration in particular, can build a foundation for future connections, composition, critical thinking and good…
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Scintillations From Their Own Genius
As I sat down to plan out some details of our next semester in the new year, I read some encouraging words from Charlotte Mason on composition. Exciting words, really. Wouldn’t you like to think that a practice in your school might someday result in a Homer, Scott or Shakespeare? Among these is the art of composition, that art of…
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’ll be back in a week or so – everyone is home and I’m spending all my time with them! We took some pictures today, as you can see. Enjoy your holiday season. Godspeed, Nancy (Luke 2:1-20)
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