“The function of education is not to give technical skill but to develop a person; the more of a person,…
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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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STEM Education and the Charlotte Mason Method
After speaking to a group, I am often asked to address the question of how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and…
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Fairy Rings
“Where science does not teach a child to wonder and admire it has perhaps no educative value.” –…
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Composition Advice from a Science Book – Language as the Clothing of Thought
Are ideas wanting in your homeschool? If so, you will find composition challenging. Composition starts with oral narration, copy…
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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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Knife Wielding Strangers or Mom’s Nature Study
For who has despised the day of small things? – Zechariah 4:10 So, this day started out like so many…
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Science Narration Journals
I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive. – Albert Einstein When my two oldest, now graduated, entered the…
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The “How I Wonder What You Are” Mood
You know what a magnificent spectacle the heavens have offered these last few frosty nights. Well, one of our…
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