Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
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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