My middle son has been reminding me of his upcoming birthday. He wants to have lasagna for dinner. He wants a book for his Kindle. He has a categorized list. And, he tells me, this will be his only doubled-digit birthday for eleven more years. He will turn the big one-one (11) in a few… Continue reading Raising Children: Letting Go
It’s that time of year. We’ve finished term 1 and it’s time to dive into term 2. I have three school age boys to plan for, plus kindergarten / year 0 for my daughter. My 8 and 10 year olds are fairly easy to plan. Term 2 seems to be a step-up in most of… Continue reading Planning a Term
Last year I read Charlotte Mason’s third volume, School Education, with a group on the Ambleside Online forums. The phrase that stuck out to me was “Books and Things“. In her Educational Manifesto, Miss Mason writes: Children can be most fitly educated on Things and Books. I’m a bookworm. I love words and language. I… Continue reading Handicrafts: Making Things
I am a lover of nature. The love of nature and good books drew me to Charlotte Mason, but reading her works, seeing what her students could do, left me feeling inadequate. You see, I’ve spend a lot of time in nature, and I’ve looked at the forest. But I’ve missed the trees. Miss Mason… Continue reading Nature Study for Mom
