Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
I’ve been constantly teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 15 years. Because we homeschool, I get to show the preschooler how to hold a pencil and the high schooler when to use parenthetical documentation. Early years are full of copywork, dictation and written narrations while the later years are spent studying the masters – E.B. White, William…
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So says Hermione in The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare. It’s before everything goes bad for her and believe me, she’s going to need it. Grace, that is. The Winter’s Tale is the play that we are loving this term. We do quite a bit of Shakespeare in our school. Since we experience at least two plays a year, my students…
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A Blog what? Six months ago, that’s what I would have asked. But today I am actually participating in one. So, for my friends who have never experienced a blog carnival, I will attempt to explain what one is. Generally speaking, a blog carnival is when someone gathers links to different posts by different bloggers.All the links are on the…
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I’d like to share about a favorite living book for Valentine’s Day. When I pulled this one off the shelf, LizzieBee said, “Oh, I LOVE that story!” I do, too. Plus, I’m writing this so you can get your own copy in time for Valentine’s Day. ; -) The book is The Story of Valentine by Wilma Pitchford Hays, illustrated by Leonard…
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Today, I received a lovely Christmas letter via snail mail from a friend that I met last summer at a conference in North Carolina. Her name is Jeannette and she is from Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. Isn’t that the coolest name for a town? But that’s not really what this is about. It’s about connections made by students day-in and day-out….
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First smile. First word. First step. Many children have creative, diligent mothers who chronicle these milestones for their children. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at keeping scrapbooks, photo albums or records. But my six-year-old, Cheney, had a “first” this week which I will remember because I’m writing about it here! She gave her first complete narration, completely unsolicited. Narration is…
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Courage, beauty, strength, talent and unwavering faith describe Marian Anderson. Today, for MLK Jr. Day, we read When Marian Sang by Pam Ryan. This book was the perfect bridge between our current studies on the Civil War and our discussion of what this national holiday is all about. Marian gracefully moved forward in a country that didn’t treat her with…
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I’ve homeschooled for 15 years now, more if you count my oldest’s toddler years. Through the years our school has had a few different mottoes. Right now it’s the phrase up in the blog header, Maxima reverentia debetur pueris which is Latin for “The greatest respect is due the students”. Isn’t that nice? Actually, it’s quite radical. I lifted it…
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This post was going to be about one of our favorite living books we are using for Geography this year, Halliburton’s Book of Marvels – The Occident.We had been reading Chapter XII – Christophe’s Castle, marveling at this icon of Haiti and the brutal history behind it. You can see an image of it on the cover. Then came…
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