“There is no need to rate the child, or threaten him, or use any manner of violence, because the parent is invested with authority which the child intuitively recognises. It is enough to say, ‘Do this,’ in a quiet, authoritative tone, and expect it to be done. The mother often enough loses her hold over […]
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It has helped me to use this process to develop my children’s Charlotte Mason Education. For this type of education, it is important to know what subjects to do and how to do the subjects in a Charlotte Mason way. Sounds easy, but it is often easier said than done. This is the step-by-step
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Charlotte Mason always gives us a gentle way to handle our home learning quandaries- and, for that matter, our life. Sometimes it takes thought, time and stretching to find, but it is there if we interrupt our habits, cease our incessant march, and get outside our normal box to bring in fresh Living Ideas. One quandary
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“I was convinced they would attempt to rob us in which case be their numbers what they would I should resist to the last extremity preferring death to that of being deprived of my papers instruments and gun. . . .” – Meriwether Lewis July 26, 1806, The Journals of Lewis and Clark, Edited by
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“Why must the child learn? Why do we eat? Is it not in order that the body may live and grow and be able to fulfil its functions? Precisely so must the mind be sustained and developed by means of the food convenient for it, the mental pabulum of assimilated knowledge.” Charlotte Mason Home Education
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Charlotte Mason Book Study, Omaha, Nebraska Ourselves Volume 4 2018-2019 Book I. Sept13 Pref to HEd, Pref to 4, Intro, Intro pp. 1-32. Map of Mansoul. October 11 pp. 33-80 November 8 pp. 81-125 December 13 pp. 126-166 January 10 pp. 167-210 Book II. February 14 Intro, Part I Sect 1, Chapter 1-6
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All the photos on this site are real – meaning they are taken by myself or my daughters- more likely my daughters who have more patience to wait for the good picture and know more about the camera. I enjoy trying. I decided that using only our own photos would help demonstrate the purpose of
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The Faerie Queene (Book 1) by Edmund Spencer In this book, the 16th century poet Edmund Spencer originates the classic tale of what we today know as “St. George and the Dragon”. Written in iambic verse, Spencer tells of the travels and trials of the Redcrosse Knight and the fair lady Una as their adventures
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Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Greece by James Baikie This book is a quick look at life in ancient Greece. From the seashore of Athens, to the top of the Acropolis, to the Greek Theater, and of course, the first Olympic Games, you’ll practically live in the world of ancient Greece. With “street-view” descriptions of
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As I was reading through the introduction section for a particular math curriculum, I kept running across this heading, “Teacher support in preparation for year …”. I looked at these pages and found for each year there was a re-cap of the previous year and helpful instructions and notes for how to prepare and teach
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