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- Hinder not the children: a look at Narration December 30, 2024
- Scenes from 2023-24 classes September 15, 2024
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- What you and your children are missing out on by not reading pagan myths February 10, 2024
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Category Archives: Teaching
The Problem with Retention
I recently saw a Facebook discussion about 4-day-a-week public schools. There were the usual pros and cons from teachers and parents that had experience with it, including one person claiming that 4-day-a-week students had problems with retention. I found that … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Mason, children are born persons, education, education is a science of relations, imagination, memory
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How Charlotte Mason Saved my Sanity: A Homeschool Mom’s Testimonial
In May of 2021 my son graduated from high school, after being “home”schooled from birth. Home is in quotes as an homage to the many activities and communities he was a part of outside of our home throughout his schooling … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Charlotte Mason, Home School, My Personal History, Parenting, Teaching
Tagged character, Charlotte Mason, discipline, homeschooling, James, perseverance, resilience, the narrow gate, wisdom
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FREE EVENT: Charlotte Mason Tells the Why behind the What
Thursday, June 19, 20256:00pm ― 8:00pmPark City, MTAdmission: Free It’s not uncommon for homeschool teachers to hear about some particular “Charlotte Mason curriculum” and immediately ask for a book list and schedule. What, How, and When are great questions to … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Mason, educational philosophy
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Hinder not the children: a look at Narration
One of the hallmarks and ‘must haves’ of a Charlotte Mason education is Narration — first in the form of oral narration and then into written narration as the practice of oral narration is continuing. Without Narration it is simply … Continue reading
Posted in Home School, Parenting, Picture Study, Story, Story, Rhyme, & Song, Teaching
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A Child’s Relations with his World
For the past few months I have weekly produced a graphic, with a lot of help from my husband and son, to post each Monday, which include a quote from Charlotte Mason. This weekend as I was preparing the graphic … Continue reading
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Kay’s Story, Rhyme, & Song Interview. 15 October 2023
This is an interview with Kay and her husband, Jack, who had thought it would be good if people in our local area could hear a lengthy conversation about what makes Kay’s Story, Rhyme, & Song classes special. It’s split … Continue reading
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Plans for fall 2023 classes
I am currently working on course descriptions, scheduling days and times, and lesson planning for my Story, Rhyme & Song classes that will be held at my studio in Laurel. The information about the classes will be found under the … Continue reading
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Tagged elementary music, elementary story time, folk songs, nursery rhymes, preschool music, preschool story time
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He Went to My School!
I want to tell you a homeschool success story about a perfectly normal student who was born ready to learn, and turned into an amazing young man—under the tutelage of an imperfect and inexperienced homeschool teacher. (That’s me.) When my … Continue reading
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Tagged character, Charlotte Mason, children are born persons, education is a science of relations, education is an atmosphere, James, wisdom
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