Today is the birthday of William Shakespeare (1564). In his honor, I am posting photos from our Truth, Beauty, Goodness Co-op’s amateur production of The Winter’s Tale. It was great fun and the children did an amazing job memorizing their lines. Enjoy! THE CAST PRINCE FLORIZEL AND PERDITA STATUE OF HERMIONE (LIZZIEBEE) PAULINA (MARIT) BRINGS THE STATUE TO LIFE! POST…
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My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
“We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them.” – an old Russian proverb Since Mother’s Day is coming up, I wanted to share with you one of our favorite books about mothers. My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World will warm the heart of anyone who reads…
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Surprise Trust Falls
Little Jack tells me that he has been participating in some new collegiate hi-jinks. This one is called “surprise trust falls.” You know about trust falls, the team-building exercise where one person stands in the middle of a circle of colleagues or up on a platform and then falls, depending on the others to catch him and prevent his head…
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Boys Run to Seed
I hate to admit it, but being a city girl who never met a farmer until she went to college, I had to look up the idiom “run to seed” or “gone to seed”. I mean, I knew what it meant in general, but I just wanted to get my facts straight. I wanted to understand this quote from Towards…
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Felicity of Mind
I stole this book from my mother’s bookshelf years ago. As a young girl, I remember seeing it on our coffee table during the early ’70s. About 10 years ago when I was back home for a visit, I slipped it into my suitcase. The author of New Every Morning is Dr. Philip E. Howard Jr. He wrote these meditations…
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The Stress of Education
Once a month we meet for our Charlotte Mason Book Discussion Group. I’d call it a support group, but that makes it sound like we have a problem. Hmmmm. Anyway, almost every time we meet, someone mentions that Mason’s philosophy differs from their teacher training. Sometimes the paradigm is the complete opposite of how we were taught to teach children….
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On Being a Pushover
There are two situations in which my children can count on me being a complete pushover. The first is pregnancy.* KIDS: Mom, can we have ice cream? ME: Don’t be ridiculous. It’s 9 in the morning and you just had breakfast. KIDS: Please? ME: Fine. The second situation is when the sun first begins to shine again upon our frozen…
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The Green-eyed Monster??
Our adventure through The Winter’s Tale continues in our Truth, Beauty, Goodness Co-op. I like to introduce each act with some interesting information that will enhance the students’ reading. We began this play by discussing King Leontes’ major problem – jealousy. I introduced the idiom “the green-eyed monster” and we talked about the devastating consequences of a life lived with…
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Saint Patrick’s Day: A Riddle, a Pot and a Book
Here’s my favorite St. Paddy’s Day riddle. Ready? Q: “What’s green and stays out all night?” A: “Paddy O’Furniture” Moving on… In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I would share a picture from my honeypot collection. This is one of my “newer” pots. It’s from 1979 and I picked it up at a thrift store. I think it’s…
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