Introduction to Criticism Lessons As you put together your plans for the upcoming school year, I want to share with…
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Charlotte Mason and Critical Thinking
Who could live if every mouthful of bodily food were held up on a fork for critical examination before it…
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My Top Five Books for Teaching Composition
I’ve been teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 25 years. Because we homeschool, I get to show…
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High School Chemistry Using Living Books
Books dealing with science as with history, say, should be of a literary character, and we should probably be more…
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Charlotte Mason & Sunday School
One cannot embrace the Charlotte Mason philosophy for any length of time before it spills over into other areas of…
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Crits: We Must All Be Mary Robinsons
Today I am sharing with you an article that I have found tremendously helpful over the years! It has helped…
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Composition, Letter Writing, and Narration
Esbjorn Doing His Homework by Carl Larsson 1912 “I do not think I should ask a child to imitate a…
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On Teaching Homer’s Odyssey
The father of Plutarch had him learn his Homer that he might get heroic ideas of life. Had…
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Grapple Them to Thy Soul: Resources for Hamlet
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.- Polonius, from…
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Science – Each New Thing is a Delight
from A Gardener’s Almanac by Mary Azarian Science, a Vast and Joyous Region Science is one of these…
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Excretion of the Mind
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. This scene is by Tasha Tudor from Rosemary for Remembrance. Excretion of the…
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Borrowed Views: An Addendum
Dappled autumn light on our porch and the perfect green table my girls found by the side of the road!…
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