Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
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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Citizenship. What is it, exactly? When Linda Johnson asked me what Mason used for the subject of citizenship at a presentation about 6 years ago, I was only able to give her the stock answer of “Plutarch”. Since then, it is a subject that I keep coming back to again and again and have learned that it is so much…
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About three years ago, my family was talking about the classical education model and the three stages of the trivium – grammar, logic and rhetoric. LittleJack was in high school taking a few college classes at the time. After listening to the conversation, he said, “Wait – this sounds a lot like what Piaget said. I’m pretty sure separating the…
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LittleJack has posted an entry over at his blog, A Dim Atavism, on the teen track at the CLUSA (ChildLight USA, the former name of the Charlotte Mason Institute) conference. He helped facilitate the activities for the students and had a great time. Here is a link to the post: A Dim Atavism
This past week, LittleJack, Porfiry and I spent five days in Boiling Springs, NC at the Charlotte Mason Education Conference (ChildLight USA Conference). I could describe the event as a L’abri conference where you focus specifically on education. It’s an annual event that I look forward to for many reasons. Inspiration is a major reason that I attend. Listening…
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