A month into our new school year and loving it
hippiemommy
Don’t you love the start of a new school year? The kids and I started school about a month ago. We finished our last school year early, which worked out…
Charlotte Mason
Socialization
The older that my kids get, the less that I am worried about “socialization”. I went to a mix of public and private schools. My dh was homeschooled up until…
Obedience – a difficult word
Today as I was reading in Home Education by Charlotte Mason, I was thinking about how many different parents (including myself) now shy away from the word “obedience”. So many…
Can you tell I’ve been sick?
Man, this pregnancy has been hitting me hard. I feel like an amoeba. I am tired all the time… well, except when I’m throwing up. I am getting too old…
The Beatitudes
Matthew 5 The Beatitudes 1Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2and he began to teach them…
Trains of thought
From Home Education by Charlotte Mason (from the chapter “Habit is Ten Natures”) …it is as if every familiar train of thought made a rut in the nervous substance of…
Outside time
Sorry for the delay in entries! Last Monday night I prayed that God would help me balance my time. When I woke up Tuesday, my computer was dead Lucky me,…
The importance of time spent outside
I think my mom was naturally very Charlotte-Mason-minded I’ve started working my way through Home Education, and I am really loving it. I am realizing how much my mom focused…
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