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Favorite Living Books about the Middle East
Sonya shares her favorite living books about the Middle East.
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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?
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…
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.
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…
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…
Favorite Living History Books on Ancient Greece
Great living history books for studying Ancient Greece the Charlotte Mason way.
Help Your Child Learn to Observe More Closely
Has it ever happened to you that you ask your child, “What did you see outside today?” and that child says, “A bird,” and you try to get more information, but the child just says, “Well, I think it was…
Favorite Living History Books on Ancient Egypt
I really enjoy sharing my favorite living books with you. It’s like introducing delightful old friends that I know will help and support you along your homeschool journey. Today I will give you my top ten picks for studying Ancient…
How to Teach Shakespeare
I’m going to venture to say that most of us did not grow up with Shakespeare as a regular part of our education. In my school years, I had only one Shakespeare play introduced to me and that was a…
How to Do Dictation
Today we want to talk about how to do formal spelling lessons in a Charlotte Mason way: dictation. If you have been following the previous articles in this How To series, you will have seen how Charlotte included some spelling…
Favorite Modern Times History Books for Grades 10–12
Modern Times (about 1850 to present day) is a jam-packed era in history. So many things were happening all around the world; and thanks to improved technology, we have access to more details than any other time period. The thing…
Favorite Modern Times History Books for Grades 7–9
Today I want to share my top picks for living history books on modern times. These are the books that I recommend for grades 7–9, and in some cases, all the way through twelfth grade. I’ll explain more about that…
Be Home
As homeschoolers, we’re used to being at home with our children and interacting with them all day. But recent events have caused a disruption of activities we participate in regularly. Some of our non-homeschooling friends have certainly been caught by…