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3 Keys to Organizing Your Home School
Sonya and Laura take a look at three key areas that need to be organized to keep your home school functioning smoothly.
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Authority and Obedience: Core Values of Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason had a very balanced view of authority and obedience. Let’s talk about it. We have begun a tour, looking at the core values that Charlotte Mason educators hold dear. These are the guiding principles upon which Charlotte built…
Learning As You Homeschool with Charlotte Mason
Sonya is joined by Amber O'Neal Johnston to talk about learning as you go while homeschooling the Charlotte Mason way.
Your Questions Answered: The Place of Fun in a Charlotte Mason Education
Is there a place for fun activities in a Charlotte Mason education?
Possibilities: Core Values of Charlotte Mason
The main message for today is “Don’t lose hope.” We have embarked on a tour of the ideas and values that form the core of a Charlotte Mason education. When we have these core values clearly embedded in our hearts…
10 Ways a Charlotte Mason Education Prepares a Student for a STEM Career
Let's look at ten ways a Charlotte Mason education can prepare a student for success in a STEM field.
STEM and a Charlotte Mason Education
Sonya discusses how the current STEM emphasis aligns, or doesn't align, with a Charlotte Mason education.
More Great Resources for Teaching Bible
Recently I shared my favorite living books for teaching Bible. Today I want to expand on that topic and share with you more great resources for teaching Bible. These are not living books in and of themselves, but they will…
Your Questions Answered: When School Seems Pointless
Sonya and Laura share some ideas for what to do when your child says that school is pointless.
Personhood: Core Values of Charlotte Mason
What do you see when you look at your child? Here’s what Charlotte Mason would like you to see. Charlotte Mason created a list of 20 core values, 20 key principles that formed the foundation on which her approach to…
Worldschooling
When we think about homeschooling, we often limit it to what we do within our four walls, or at least within our community. But what better way is there to learn about the people in the world and make relations…
Favorite Living Books for Teaching Bible
In previous posts I have shared my favorite books for teaching history, and many of you said you appreciate those book reviews and would like more recommendations covering other subjects as well. So today I’m sharing some great living books…
Your Questions Answered: Let’s Just Get Through This
Have you ever told your child, "Let's just get through this" schoolwork? Sonya and Laura discuss positive ways to approach that situation.
Core Values of Charlotte Mason: Introduction
A friend of mine made a statement recently that stopped me in my tracks. She was explaining how in the past she hadn’t felt confident deviating from a recommended book list for her Charlotte Mason home school, and she said…
What a Living Book Sounds Like
It seems like one of the hardest concepts to wrap your head around when you’re homeschooling with the Charlotte Mason Method is the concept of living ideas versus dry facts. Now, we give our children living ideas in several ways;…
Favorite Living History Books on Ancient Rome
Today we’re wrapping up our favorite history books series. We’ve covered five history time periods so far: Middle Ages and Renaissance, Early Modern, Modern Times, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Greece. Today we’ll share our top living books for studying Ancient…
Making Midyear Adjustments in Your Home School
Sonya and Laura talk about some adjustments they've made in their home schools and share encouragement for readjusting your plans.
God With Us
This time of year, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus and look toward the unknown future of the coming year, we can find comfort and confidence in the truth that Jesus is called Immanuel, God with us. Charlotte Mason…
Books as Windows
In the last post, we looked at how books can help our children form relations with themselves, and we talked about those books as mirrors. Today, we want to expand on another aspect of that and how books can help…
Books as Mirrors
The books that we give to our children help them form relations, those important relations that Charlotte Mason talked about so much, relating with God, relating with the universe around us, and relating with people, and that’s the aspect that…