“A child of any age should be a well-read person for his age.” – Charlotte Mason . some books we…
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School Planning Post 2015 with Giveaway
Kate Greenaway! Here are your favorite school planning posts: –Fall Planning –The Thing is the Thing –Our Schedule, Our…
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Time, Peace, and Creativity
I have been thinking about this little phrase, shared a few years ago as a quick answer to a question…
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Our Schedule, Our Atmosphere
Mason on atmosphere: “It is thrown off, as it were, from persons and things, stirred by events, sweetened by love,…
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For the New School Year – a Preface, and Prologue, and a Prayer
From the preface of The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondley – THE QUESTION GLAUCON: Who, then, are the…
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Love Affairs in Education or The Thing is the Thing
midnight at the LER – see the big dipper? (Matthew Baerbock – photo) Are you busy planning your school year?…
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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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Joy Reigns – A Little Back-to-School Note
Joy reigns in all our schoolrooms, every lesson satisfies the mind-hunger proper to children; they are quite happy and content,…
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The Rule of Every Homeschool
Cheney running on the prairie at Blue Mounds State park This post is peppered with pictures from some travels around…
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Avoid the Grooves – Shift That Paradigm
hydrangeas and phlox *This post reflects some of the highlights of an encouragement talk that I just gave to a…
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Fall Planning
Have you started planning for the upcoming school year? While it might be hard to think about it while enjoying…
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