CHAPTER V “GOOD-MORNING, Miss Dorothy; do you know I think it’s quite time this state of things should come to an end. We are both tired of the humbug of treating you for want of health when you are quite strong and well.” Dorothy looked up with flushed face (I had it all later from both Dr Evans and Dorothy herself), and eyes half … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 1. Chapter 4, ch V
“—but grant it, who in the world could get through all the pasting and cutting and general messing preparatory to the great lesson? No; the method of the books may be only second-best, but ready-made books must do for me. I have no time to make my own apparatus.” I must own that the cutting and pasting was very clumsy, but the lesson served … Continue reading First Reading Lessons coming this fall
Morning Conversations 2019 was a gathering for Charlotte Mason educators in Omaha. Here is a re-cap of that special day with a few pictures. Thank you to Krista for snapping some of these pics! A few pre-Morning preparations- the dining table centerpieces. Sandy brought lots of Living Books. Some were her personal books and some were from the Omaha Homeschool Library. Getting breakfast … Continue reading Morning Conversations in Picture
XIII.—COMPOSITION George Osborne’s Essay.—“What a prodigiously well-read and delightful person the Reverend Lawrence Veal was, George’s master! ‘He knows everything,’ Amelia said. ‘He says there is no place in the bar or the senate the Georgy may not aspire to. Look here,’ and she went to the piano-drawer and drew out a theme of George’s composition. This great effort of genius, which is still … Continue reading Home Education Volume 1 Pt 5. Ch 13
CHAPTER IV “MRS ELMORE is quite right; this is no morbid fancy of hers. I have observed your pretty Miss Dorothy, and had my own speculations. Now, the whole thing lies in a nutshell.” “Can you deal with our trouble, doctor?” I cried out. “Deal with it, my dear madam? Of course I can. I am not a pupil of Weissall’s for nothing. … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 1. Chapter 4, ch IV
GREATLY begin! though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime— Not Failure, but low aim, is crime! . . We are not poorer that we wept and yearned; Though earth swing wide from GOD’S intent, And though no man nor nation Will move with full consent In heavenly gravitation,— Yet by one Sun is every orbit bent! -Lowell in The Cloud of … Continue reading July 22, 2019. Time, but for a line
The day before Morning Conversations our house was filled with Handicrafting– the best kind. The handicrafts that are handy (useful). Wonderful smells rose from the kitchen as I baked scones, muffins, and cookies. Scones waiting to go into the oven. Baked scones cooling for their glaze. Assembling the Berry Muffins, a gluten free, egg free, and dairy free treat with fresh … Continue reading Morning Conversations Behind the Scenes Prep
XII.—SPELLING AND DICTATION Of all the mischievous exercises in which children spend their school hours, dictation, as commonly practised, is perhaps the most mischievous; and this, because people are slow to understand that there is no part of a child’s work at school which some philosophic principle does not underlie. A Fertile Cause of Bad Spelling.—The common practice is for … Continue reading Home Education Volume 1 Pt 5. Ch 12
XI.—TRANSCRIPTION Value of Transcription.—The earliest practice in writing proper for children of seven or eight should be, not letter-writing or dictation, but transcription, slow and beautiful work, for which the New Handwriting is to be preferred, though perhaps some of the more ornate characters may be omitted with advantage. Transcription should be an introduction to spelling. Children should be encouraged … Continue reading Home Education Volume 1 Pt 5. Ch 11
CHAPTER III TO make a long story short, this sort of thing went on, at longer or shorter intervals, through all that winter and summer and winter again. My husband, in the simplicity of his nature, could see nothing but— “The child is out of sorts; we must take her abroad for a month or two; she wants change of air and scene.” … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 1. Chapter 4, ch III
