Charlotte Mason Advent Traditions We are so incredibly excited for Advent this year! Preparing A Gentle Advent for you has warmed our hearts so much toward the coming season. We are delighted that so many of our dear friends and readers have decided to join us, and there is room at our virtual Advent celebration for your family, too! …
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Poetry Tea Time
There are certain poems that just thrill the soul with their rhythm and the incredible pictures they paint upon the wild canvas of imagination. Charlotte Mason, in her second volume, tells us this, “What kind of poems should be selected for our children? ” They must grow up upon the best. There must never be a period in their lives…
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An Autumn Living Book List for Your Homeschool
Autumn is such a delightful season! It lends itself to long walks crunching through gem colored leaves, sipping hot spiced cider in front of crackling fires, and reading aloud snuggled together on the couch. Like my lifelong bosom friend, Anne, I am so glad to live in a world with Octobers! Aren’t you? We are sharing a wonderful living…
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Poetry and Building Blocks – Listening tricks for active learners
Poetry Study in your Homeschool Poetry Study is something most Charlotte Mason and Classical homeschoolers are familiar with. It’s a source of joy or tribulation, depending on the day. Am I right? 😉 When you have active learners but want to start including longer poem readings, is there a way to keep them engaged and keep your temper? Yes! There…
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100 Cooking Tips for Kids
“Sometimes celebrating, enjoying, and laughing seem almost inappropriate in a world as broken as ours. We look around and see panic on the faces of everyone we see. Tragedies become ordinary. How, in good conscience, can we laugh and celebrate and eat pizza? I believe we must celebrate – because celebration is one of the most effective weapons we have…
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Homeschool 101: Homeschool High School Years
Homeschooling High School Students If you are a Charlotte Mason homeschooler, or an unschooler, or interest-led, or you like unit studies, or you practice an eclectic mish-mash of all of these (and more!), you might be looking ahead to the high school years with trepidation. You might be thinking you’ll need to change everything, because high school COUNTS, hello, and…
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Homeschool Morning Time with Everyday Graces
Listen to this post here: A Gentle Homeschool Morning Time Schedule We’ve been a morning basket homeschool for several years now. As far as homeschool schedules that work, beginning your day with your morning time binder in hand and delight filled subjects for your children to learn together is possibly the very best homeschool routine you can have. Why…
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Free Saint Patrick’s Day Preschool/Kindergarten Fun Pack
Saint Patrick’s Day Themed Fun Pack for Preschool and Kindergarten My favorite little leprechaun has been having a blast with our Saint Patrick’s Day activity pack. His favorite, as usual, is the dot marker activity. I don’t know what it is about those crazy round markers, but I’ve never met a kid who doesn’t love them! To get your free…
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Night Zookeeper: A Homeschool Language Arts Curriculum We Love
Homeschool Language Arts Confession I’m going to confess a point of contention to you today. I do not like grammar as a subject. Not even a little bit. It never made sense to me beyond the basics, I never successfully diagrammed a sentence, and to this day I despise trying to explain the “rules” even though I am adamant…
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A Charlotte Mason Inspired Jesse Tree
Advent Homeschool Curriculum Before I had children, I thought I was an organized person. I could write a to-do list and tick off jobs without batting an eye. Keeping track of appointments and deadlines wasn’t a problem. Staying on top of life seemed to come naturally. Now that I have three rambunctious boys, I realize that organization was never an…
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