Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
I’ve been teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 25 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 Strunk, William…
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I have been mentoring other moms in the homeschool community for over 25 years. It wasn’t until about 12 years ago that the Lord led me to offer my mentoring services to the world at large. I was seeing that I could offer the encouragement and support to sweet mamas that I was interacting with online or that I met…
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“Simplicity” is a popular word these days. Books abound on how to live simply, frugally, without clutter, and in tune with the earth. Webster’s defines it as, “the state of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded.” Charlotte Mason thought that simplicity was extremely important and held eternal consequences. She even wrote a Bible Study on the topic, stating its importance as…
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The Search for Parents Are Peacemakers A few years ago, I began doing research to write a talk on “peace”. During that time, I was reading a favorite book, For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. Imagine my surprise and delight when I came across her mention of a pamphlet put out by Mason’s Parents’ National Educational Union (PNEU)…
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It was her last semester in our Charlotte Mason Truth, Beauty, Goodness Co-op for High School. Hard to believe that my youngest will be graduating! I decided to let her choose our literature selections from a short list of titles. She chose Till We Have Faces and The Great Gatsby. At first, I was a bit hesitant to tackle two…
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These days of February can be long, cold, and dark – literally and figuratively! I think my classes are the perfect antidote to the homeschool doldrums that can set in to our hearts and homes. There’s nothing better than checking in and learning together with other Charlotte Mason educators to help us over the hump. Are you a leader of…
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Registration is now open for our upcoming retreat which will be held July 7-9 on Lake Koronis, MN! The theme this year is “Joy: Mainstay of a Living Education”. Will you be joining us for our 16th (can you believe it?!) gathering? Our ongoing tradition of sharing the wisdom, experience, information and sympathy of veteran and new teachers in the…
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As 2021 closes and we begin anew with 2022, consider joining a small group of women who want to dive deeper into what Charlotte Mason says about peace and habits. Beginning on January 3rd, 2022, I will be leading a Living Education Lessons, Season 5 – This Sacred Life. Here is what it will be about: THIS SACRED LIFE –…
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It’s that time of year! I’ve had so many requests to post this list before Christmas that I now try and get it up before December 1st. Here is the list of books that I read this year, beginning with my top five that I recommend for your reading pleasure. My list does not include my Bible reading, The Cloud…
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