Woohoo! This is always my favorite book list of the year. I feel like I've spent time preparing a dessert bar for everyone, and now I get to watch you enjoy it.As a refresher (or introduction for you newbies), the term "mother culture" is a reference to an article that appeared in Parents' Review Magazine in 1892. This article does a couple important things.This post contains affiliate links.First, it reminds us that books are a way to wisdom -- that a solid reading life is Continue Reading
Mothers’ Education Course: Summer 2019
It's that time of year again! In preparation for summer, I always post two book lists. This year, I'm doing the Mothers' Education Course list first. The MEC is always the more intense of the two lists, so listen up: if you just had a baby, you're super tired, or you Just Can't Hardly these days, please don't feel like you even need to look at this list.Building these lists is a joy for me, but I never mean it to feel like pressure on you. I didn't read the way I do now when I had small Continue Reading
Making Our Children Into Readers
People are naturally divided into those who read and think and those who do not read or think; and the business of schools is to see that all their scholars shall belong to the former class ...- Charlotte MasonThat there are two categories of people -- those who read and think ... and those who don't -- is fairly obvious. That it is the teacher's business to make sure her pupils end up as readers and thinkers -- to ponder how that might be accomplished -- is fodder for a million future blog Continue Reading
Glorious Spring Reading Trackers!
I know it doesn't quite feel like spring for most of you, but the spring Mother Culture Habit Tracker is ready for you nonetheless. The smile it gives you will put a little warmth in your shiver, hm? We had some requests for student reading trackers to match and Maritza came up with not one but three designs to choose from! When you fill out the form to get yours, you'll get the Spring Mother Culture Habit Tracker and the three student trackers, and all of this comes with instructions (which you Continue Reading