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Five Books, Twenty Minutes, One Charlotte Mason Friendly Home Preschool
ByAmy November 2, 2017May 22, 2020

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Charlotte Mason for the Early Years
In previous posts, I’ve covered both why we are doing preschool at home this year, and how we are keeping it in line with Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy. Now I’d like share the five books I have in our preschool basket. Each of these books is appropriate for my nearly four-year-old. Some are just a…

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Why bother with Preschool at Home?
ByAmy October 24, 2017May 22, 2020

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Charlotte Mason for the Early Years
One year ago, I assumed I wouldn’t do any sort of a formal preschool with my kids. Charlotte Mason advocates starting formal lessons no earlier than age six. So why complicate things? I trusted the method, and the wisdom of many home educators who said, ‘Wait on formal academics’. How things change in a year,…

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Creating an Ideal Outdoor Play Space for your Preschooler
ByAmy September 1, 2016September 8, 2020

As I mentioned last week, we’ve moved house recently. The backyard in our former home was mostly a brick patio, with a patch of grass roughly the size of a postage stamp. Our new garden isn’t enormous (especially by American standards). However, there is plenty of room for the boys to run, play, and enjoy…

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Why We Must Include Outdoor Learning in our Home Preschool
ByAmy July 25, 2016February 20, 2019

I saw it again: another blog post with an at-home preschool schedule that consisted of a morning of indoor activities. I doubt this mom is forcing her kids to stay inside. I even bet that they spend plenty of time outside. But the outdoors deserves an intentional place in our home preschool planning. Last week, the…

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A Home Preschool Schedule with the Child at Heart
ByAmy June 13, 2016February 20, 2019

[sc name=”Disclosure”] Before my oldest son was born, I took to the internet to figure out what age I might need to start formally home educating. I assumed it would be around the age of three, for preschool. There were, and still are, lots of home educating bloggers sharing their home preschool curricula and schedules…

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