Nancy Kelly -Guidance for Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool and Life
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As you guide your children through their school days implementing the Charlotte Mason method, you will notice how wide and generous the curriculum is! Her program is not just the three Rs, not only vocational work, not the latest trend in education, and certainly not test preparation. No, her philosophy of education encourages us to establish the vast science of…
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Books dealing with science as with history, say, should be of a literary character, and we should probably be more scientific as a people if we scrapped all the text-books which swell publishers’ lists and nearly all the chalk expended so freely on our blackboards. Charlotte Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Eduction (Vol. 6) p. 218 In our Charlotte Mason…
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“It’s like a sermon, counseling, and teaching all in one…so great!!”-Rachelle D. Are you a leader of any sort in the Charlotte Mason world of education? If so, you might be interested in my upcoming class, Grace for Grace, Season 6, Living Education Lessons. We will take a deep dive into the book of John (chapters 1-7) and CM’s Scale…
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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters Do you consider yourself courageous? As homeschool moms, we certainly need to be. Without courage, how can we face each new day with its myriad of demands on us? How can we handle the illnesses or inconvenient…
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As this strange year of 2020 draws to a close and we look forward into 2021 with hope, living in peace is more important than ever. Beginning on January 11th, 2021, I will be leading a Living Education Lessons, Season 5 – This Sacred Life. Here is what it will be about: THIS SACRED LIFE – SEASON 5 – LIVING…
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Welcome to my annual Reader’s Journal post! Here you will find a list of the books that I read this year with my top 5 highlighted. I think I am surprised that I didn’t read more books, what with the pandemic and all. My list does not include my Bible reading, The Cloud of Witness, Charlotte Mason’s 6 Volumes, or…
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“A little thing is a little thing; but faithfulness in little things is a very great thing.” -from Kohila by Amy Carmichael Do you have a special verse for your homeschool? One that reminds you that all this hard work, daily lessons, and strenuous housekeeping is for a greater purpose beyond what you can see? I cling to Zechariah 4:10…
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Why not celebrate the season with a giveaway?! Over 8 years ago, a young mother with a toddler contacted me about mentoring. Her earnestness and fidelity to God and her family impressed me and a deep friendship developed. Clearly, another one of His grace-for-grace actions in my life. Have I mentioned that she’s a brilliant wordsmith and that she loves…
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