CM Myth #2: Charlotte Mason Never Made a Mistake Selecting Living BooksWe’ve all been there. We hear about a great book, we do the research, we gather raving reviews from others, and we spend the money. Full of eager anticipation, we dig into the first chapter with our kids gathered around.…Sonya ShaferJanuary 27, 20101 Comment
CM Myth #1: Charlotte Mason Was a Homeschooling MomWe’re starting a fun new series of posts this week: CM Myths. Over the next few weeks we will be investigating some of the statements we’ve heard people make about Charlotte Mason. We hope this series will help you learn…Sonya ShaferJanuary 20, 20103 Comments
New Free E-book on HabitsIt’s our pleasure to announce a new free e-book on habits, Smooth and Easy Days with Charlotte Mason. A new year lies before us. Perhaps you have some new goals and commitments with the turning of the calendar page. No…Sonya ShaferJanuary 8, 20101 Comment
Renewing Old AcquaintancesWe’re in the process of cataloging our home library with some new software. It’s turning out to be a great time of renewing old acquaintances. Books that I knew I had read somewhere turn up in the back row of…Sonya ShaferDecember 30, 20092 Comments
Combining Homeschool Grade Levels, Part 3Many school subjects are easy to do all together as a family regardless of the ages of the children. Last week we talked about how to combine the grade levels for subjects that involve books. This week let’s look at…Sonya ShaferDecember 17, 2009
Combining Homeschool Grade Levels, Part 2You may be thinking, “Combining all my students for certain subjects sounds like a great idea, but what does it look like?” Glad you asked. Let’s talk first about Family subjects that are taught primarily with living books. In our…Sonya ShaferDecember 10, 20092 Comments
Combining Homeschool Grade Levels, Part 1Ever since we began homeschooling, I’ve combined all the school-age children for as many subjects as possible. That decision has saved countless hours, both in planning and in teaching. I love to recommend that strategy everywhere we go. At some…Sonya ShaferDecember 2, 20099 Comments
We Give Thanks to God Always for You AllWhen we started Simply Charlotte Mason several years ago, we asked the Lord to make our efforts a blessing to the families He would bring our way. But we never realized how much the families He brought our way would…Sonya ShaferNovember 25, 2009
Tips for Teaching at Home with Preschoolers in the Mix–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 7We’re wrapping up this series on The Early Years with a few ideas specifically for you moms who have both preschoolers and school-age children. Getting your older children’s school work done with preschoolers in the mix can be challenging. So…Sonya ShaferNovember 18, 2009
Cultivating Your Preschooler’s Spiritual Life–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 6If you remember back to our first post in this Early Years series, we talked about a parent’s chief duties. Do you recall what those two duties are? 1. “To form in his child right habits of thinking and behaving,”…Sonya ShaferNovember 11, 2009
Books & Stories in the Early Years–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 5My children have always loved a good book. I remember when my first two were preschoolers, we had two reading times set aside each day. They would come running to the couch with their arms full of their book choices—often…Sonya ShaferNovember 4, 20091 Comment
New Early Years Homeschool BookA new arrival always brings excitement, and we’re excited about the new arrival at SCM—The Early Years: A Charlotte Mason Preschool Handbook! This book is filled with Charlotte Mason’s ideas for the preschool years, presented in bite-size chunks with modern-day…Sonya ShaferOctober 28, 20092 Comments
Outdoor Life for Preschoolers–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 4“In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother’s first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet growing time, a full six years of passive receptive life, the waking part of it spent…Sonya ShaferOctober 23, 2009
Learning through the Five Senses–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 3In my daughter’s baby book are two great “early years” photos. One is a picture of her after she tried to eat a chocolate ice cream cone. The front of her shirt is covered, her hands are dripping,—and how she…Sonya ShaferOctober 14, 2009
Habit Training in the Early Years–Early Years Homeschooling, Part 2A few weeks ago I was in the mountains of Colorado and noticed an unusual lamppost. This lamppost was made from a tree. But that wasn’t the unusual part. The unusual part was the complete curly-que that the tree trunk…Sonya ShaferOctober 7, 2009
