When my first child was a little baby, I came across a blog post about homeschooling. In a few moments, my mind was seven years in the future: what would it look like to educate my children at home? I delightfully imagined travelling to see family at any time of the year, skipping out on…
It’s early November and The Season is almost here. The Homeschool Advent Season. The Season, in our house, begins with a late November birthday, and flows through Thanksgiving, Advent, another birthday, Christmas, and New Year. There is a lot of joy and festivity over this time and my goal every year is to actually enjoy…
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I’ve written this post as an information hub – all the info you need about Charlotte Mason homeschooling, in an organized way, to help you get your mind wrapped around the essential information. This post will help you research what’s under the surface of Charlotte Mason homeschooling – before you dive in.
A few years ago, my son really didn’t want to go to bed and launched into full lights-out-postponement tactics, grasping at any thread of conversation that would keep me talking. So when I mentioned that he needed sleep so that we could do school tomorrow, he quickly asked, ‘Why?’ ‘Because it’s my responsibility to ensure…
After a conversation earlier this week, I’ve been thinking over Charlotte Mason’s principle, “Education is an atmosphere”. It seems appropriate given that our warm weather this week has led to a stuffy, hot atmosphere, particularly in the house. Like most British people, we don’t have air conditioning, and our houses were built with more attention to keeping…
At the first lecture for my masters in education, my professor told the class that research was clear: assessment dictates how and what students learn. If you want your students to achieve certain educational goals, you have to get your assessment in line with those goals. For an MA in education designed to prepare students…
Rooting out weeds from a garden has two parts: pulling up the weeds that are growing on one hand and establishing the plants that you do want on the other. If we only ever pull at the weeds, we’ll be at it forever. Once that lettuce or those pumpkins or the dahlias get going, however,…
A few years ago I picked up J. P. Moreland’s Love Your God with All Your Mind (referral link). It was published in 1997, and is a little bit dated in its lack of references to social media and smartphones. Otherwise, it’s been a helpful look at the role of intellectual growth in the life…
I have been on a slow and evolving mission to manage the way I use technology and social media for the past two or three years. I’ve had a number of moments of clear conviction that I was frittering my time away, basking in the shallows of other people’s lives and failing to live my…