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Customizing a Curriculum for my Charlotte Mason Homeschool

March 29, 2020
by Amy with No Comment Getting Started with Charlotte Mason HomeschoolingHome EducationUncategorized

Do we sometimes expect too much from our homeschooling curriculum? Obviously it's important. A crucial part of the Charlotte Mason philosophy is to give our kids a broad and generous education. A curriculum certainly helps me make sure that we get the pr ...

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How I Teach Hymns and Folk Songs in my Charlotte Mason Homeschool

March 22, 2020
by Amy with No Comment Getting Started with Charlotte Mason HomeschoolingHome EducationUncategorized

One part of Charlotte Mason homeschooling that I love is the inclusion of many riches. Artist study, composer study, and especially learning hymns and folk songs. These topics are not likely to ever appear on a standardized test, but in my opinion, they ...

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Finding, Buying, and Organizing Homeschool Books

March 15, 2020
by Amy with No Comment Getting Started with Charlotte Mason HomeschoolingHome EducationUncategorized

I think my oldest son was around two years old when I bought our first 'school book'. I needed to top up an Amazon order so that I could get free shipping, and they had a copy of Our Island Story in their warehouse deals. It's been floating around our ho ...

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How to Help a Homeschool Day Run Smoothly

March 8, 2020
by Amy with One Comment Getting Started with Charlotte Mason HomeschoolingUncategorized

I've been doing a morning time routine with my kids for a few years now. After breakfast, we gather and enjoy music, poetry, and books together. Over that time, I've noticed one thing: morning time only runs smoothly when all of the books and resources a ...

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Charlotte Mason Homeschool Scheduling

March 1, 2020
by Amy with 7 Comments Getting Started with Charlotte Mason HomeschoolingHome EducationUncategorized

After a long time enjoying gentle and quiet early years, my six year old son has started more formal lessons. In a Charlotte Mason homeschool, providing a broad and generous curriculum is a huge priority. This begs the question: how do you fit it all in? ...

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A mother’s life is naturally educational.

September 18, 2019
by Amy with 3 Comments Charlotte Mason for MomsUncategorized

I am approaching my sixth year of motherhood, and if there is one thing that I’ve learned, it’s to recognize the rub of sanctification in my heart. I sit down with a book and a cup of tea, the toddler down for a nap, my eldest decides he needs three knot ...

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Atmosphere, discipline, and life are the means of a mother’s growth.

September 11, 2019
by Amy with No Comment Charlotte Mason for MomsUncategorized

What do we do with the ideas we have been given through Charlotte Mason’s principles 1-4? We can accept that we were born - and still are - persons, that we are on a long journey of sanctification and that our character is still a work in progress. We fe ...

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Mother culture is an act of self-respect.

September 4, 2019
by Amy with No Comment Charlotte Mason for MomsUncategorized

Most of us are familiar with the idea of self-care. "Mom, you need to take care of yourself. Set apart some me-time. Go out for coffee. Get a manicure. Eat a snack so that you don’t get hangry. Sleep when the baby sleeps (lovely idea, until you have more ...

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Mothers were born – and still are – persons.

April 1, 2019
by Amy with 2 Comments Charlotte Mason for MomsUncategorized

I have always wanted to be a mom. The stay-at-home variety, like my own mother. Given this fact, you might assume that my first child brought me complete contentment. I imagine that you know better than to make this assumption. Indeed, I became a moth ...

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