 After I read Karen Andreola for the first time this winter and fell absolutely in love with her writing in  “Mother Culture” I just had to buy ” A Charlotte Mason Companion”. I had begun to read some of Charlotte Mason’s original writings on my table but the are a little difficult to get really into for me. I’m still plugging along with
What’s your focus on? This is an area I struggle so much with, honestly. There are so many things that are required in my day as a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom that many times I lose sight of my main goal. What is that? you might ask… In a nutshell, here is my goal: to point my children to Christ.
 What are your kids learning about nature? Are they stuck inside a stuffy classroom (or even home) simply looking at textbooks to discover nature or are they actually out in God’s creation on a daily basis interacting with it? I can’t really tell you one thing I learned in school about nature but I can tell you the plants I
Its that time of year again and many of us are shopping for our new curriculum for the next school year. I’ve put together a list of my favorite ones from our homeschool! I hope this helps someone 🙂  Books on homeschooling: “Mother Culture” “A Charlotte Mason Companion” “Wholehearted Learning”  Bible & Character Building: “Character Trails”  Reading:
I’ve always been a fan of the Charlotte Mason method since I first learned about it. As a new homeschooling mama it just appealed to me to teach using living books and encouraging lots of outdoor activity in my children. However, I’ve struggled sometimes with the day-to-day implementation of this philosophy. After reading books by Karen Andrealo, though its
Have you ever wanted to sit down with an older Godly woman and receive wise counsel? Do you feel like there is a definite lack of a mentor in your life? This is exactly how I felt. Then one day I was reading a collection of Charlotte Mason proponent articles and the one that caught my eye was all
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I think when I started homeschooling I really thought I was teaching my kids things they would need in life (like reading, math ect…). And while this is true to some extent I think the one really being taught most days is ME! Things like patience (oh boy, I really need that one), perseverance, creativity and prayer (Lots
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