Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
“A community of earnest and high-minded people” is what J.P. Inman said about those in the Charlotte Mason College. I like to think that it describes those that gathered at Shalom Hill Farm last weekend. Not high-minded in an arrogant sense, but in the sense of seeking the best education for our children with our foundations laying firmly in theology….
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The weather was great, the prairie wasn’t windy and things pretty much ran smoothly for our Living Education Retreat last weekend. Oh, sure, there were those pesky flies, but no one seemed to mind. How could you mind with a group of eighty educators from all walks and seven states with Dr. Jack Beckman sharing his expertise on Mason’s educational…
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I haven’t had much time to post this week as the preparations for the Living Education Retreat have taken over my life. We were going to just paint the upstairs, but opted to remodel the bathroom three days before Dr. Beckman arrives. Thank you so much to those who have sent notes of well-wishes and promises of prayer! I hope…
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Have you started planning for the upcoming school year? While it might be hard to think about it while enjoying the summer flowers and sipping lemonade on the porch – I have, amidst swimming lessons, vacations, planning the Living Education Retreat and a million other activities (like sipping lemonade on the porch). It’s true that I’m looking forward to the…
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Our family has built up our home library over the course of about 15 years, learning about what’s good and what’s great as we went along. So when my friend Sally blessed me with a D’aulaire title I had never seen, I was a bit giddy. After I read it to the kids, they were a bit excited, too. The…
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Turns out that teaching citizenship using Mason’s methods can be a tall order. We see that it is inextricably linked to history. We try and help the student develop a sympathetic view of the difficulties and problems of statesmanship. We prepare the student to become worthy citizens and to put their country first. Whew! I’m tired just thinking about it!…
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My friend Sandy and I have been having a discussion about high school students. Her oldest is just entering this stage while two of mine have already passed through. We’ve witnessed an interesting phenomena among homeschoolers when it comes to these years. That is, a certain detachment between teacher and student, parent and child. It appears their goal is to…
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In my first post on citizenship, I took a brief look at Mason’s rationale for teaching citizenship in the form of claiming magnanimity as the proper outcome of education. Today, we’ll examine how she went about this – what method she used. Can you guess the medium? This quote should give it away: “The mind, like the body, requires quantity,…
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My friend Sally is gathering books for her homeschool this fall and she asked me if I had anything on Marco Polo. I excitedly told her about a living book on Marco Polo that we used a few years ago for Geography and of course, I want to tell you about it, too! The book is titled He Went…
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