Sonya answers questions about how to help a timid child gain confidence and how to keep up with good habits while you're moving.
Sonya and Laura talk about how to balance pushing through with willpower and giving yourself grace.
Your child has turned six and you're ready to start homeschooling first grade the Charlotte Mason way. How do you start formal lessons?
Charlotte Mason believed that worship was a part of our whole life, not just formal Bible studies.
Karen Smith joins Sonya to share four steps to great nature study.
Sonya shares some practical tips for breaking a bad habit the Charlotte Mason way.
How the Simply Charlotte Mason history curriculum gives students a global perspective and helps them learn to be good neighbors.
As a person, your child has one chief responsibility.
Sonya is joined by Karen Smith to talk about how we can introduce science concepts to our preschoolers the Charlotte Mason way.
How the parent’s character affects habit training and how Mom can keep a sweet, even temper.
Ever wonder if you are doing enough in your home school? Sonya has some encouragement for you.
How do you teach logic and reasoning in a Charlotte Mason home school?
Laura Pitney joins Sonya to talk about how to approach summer break without losing all your momentum.
Sonya explains the key to helping children learn to make good choices.
What did Charlotte Mason say about learning to be content? You may be surprised!
We need to teach our children the difference between “I want” and “I will.”
What changes do you need to make as your child reaches the high school years?
How can you start habit training with an older child? How do you help a child who tends to think negatively?
Karen Smith joins Sonya to talk about ways you can do a long-term nature study.
If you want to give your child an education that views him as a whole person, you need to focus on both academics and character, self-education and self-direction.
Sometimes homeschooling just doesn't seem to work. Sonya is joined by Amber O'Neal Johnston to discuss what to do when you or your children are struggling with a Charlotte Mason method.
What’s the best way to approach habit training with multiple children in the family?
Here's a simple way you can encourage the habit of attention in every lesson.
You can make adjustments to your homeschool curriculum. You have permission.
How do you cultivate good habits but also a flexible mind-set in an autistic child? How do you focus on only one habit with several children?
What three words would you use to describe the Charlotte Mason approach? Here's how Charlotte described it.
There's a difference between knowledge and information.
Sonya is joined by Karen Smith for an overview of how to teach science the Charlotte Mason way all through the grades.
Here are four steps to help you come up with effective consequences.
Here are some ideas for how you can incorporate Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and methods into your home even if you are not homeschooling.
Sonya discusses three hallmarks of a good curriculum.
Sonya talks with Karen Smith about how she organizes her large home library.
Sonya begins a new series answering questions about habit training.
Sonya chats with Amber O'Neal Johnston about why it's important to pre-read and strategies for staying ahead.
Sonya and Laura discuss how they organize their home libraries.
There’s a big difference between recognizing someone and having a relationship with the person.
Sonya is joined by Ginger Hubbard and Katy Morgan to talk about six mistakes parents can make when they're trying to cultivate a habit of obedience.
Homeschooling the Charlotte Mason way is a skill that can be learned.
Sonya is joined by Karen Smith to talk about overcoming some common nature study obstacles.
Ideas are like seeds that grow and bear fruit in your child’s life.
Amber O'Neal Johnston joins Sonya to discuss what you should think about before you change curriculum.
Here's how to take a trip to Europe through some great living books.
Here is an idea that our children need to hear often, perhaps especially around the holidays.
Who’s doing the most work in your home school: the teacher or the student?
Are we killing the love of learning in our children by requiring them to put forth their best effort?
Sonya shares her favorite living books about North America.
Sonya chats with Karen Smith about how we can expand our nature study by using all our senses.
There's a big difference between exercising the mind and feeding the mind.
Sonya chats with author Ginger Hubbard and podcast host Katy Morgan about parenting and how we can help our children (and ourselves) grow.
Sonya shares some great living books about the continent of Asia.