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charlotte mason no separation

There is no separation between the ‘practical’, ‘intellectual’, and the ‘spiritual’.

October 11, 2020
by Amy

Charlotte Mason advocated for children to receive a broad and generous education. While we, as educators, see the importance of setting aside planned ...

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charlotte mason chief duty of mothers

The Chief Duty of Mothers

October 4, 2020
by Amy

From the last two principles, we see that we have a will, a capacity to make choices about the ideas we accept or reject, and that we also have reaso ...

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charlotte mason way of the reason for moms

The Way of the Reason (for Moms)

September 27, 2020
by Amy

From the last post in the Mother Culture Roadmap, we learned that the will is our means of choosing to do what is right, and that it is easily fatigu ...

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The Way of the Will for Moms

September 20, 2020
by Amy

In Charlotte Mason’s fourth volume, Ourselves, she describes a country called Mansoul. This country is full of potential - there are fields, natural ...

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mother's education more than books

A mother’s education is more than reading books.

September 13, 2020
by Amy

Mother culture is about the pursuit of education for ourselves. We recognize that ‘education’ is not something we finished years ago. It’s not someth ...

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mothers education less more (1)

In a mother’s education, less is more.

September 6, 2020
by Amy

Does reading broadly, from several living books, on a frequent basis, sound overwhelming? Or to put in another way, does the goal of educating yourse ...

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To self-educate, mothers should narrate.

August 30, 2020
by Amy

Once we have brought together a collection of living books that widen our interests, and have carved out a bit of time to read them, what do we do ne ...

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How to Plan Mother Culture Time

How to Plan your Mother Culture Time

August 23, 2020
by Amy

In the last post in this series, I discussed education as the science of relations. It is right to develop an interest in a wide variety of knowledge ...

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A mother’s education is the science of relations.

August 16, 2020
by Amy

I have been away from this series for a long time, so let’s review how we can apply Charlotte Mason’s principles of education to ourselves as mothers ...

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How to Start Habit Training in Moral Habits

June 29, 2020
by Amy

When it comes to habit training, I’m a big fan of starting with what I consider ‘concrete habits’. These are habits that require visible action. Maki ...

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