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Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Charlotte Mason’s Six Types of Lies … and Their Cures

My local Charlotte Mason book club is currently reading through Parents and Children. (This is the study guide I’m working on — it should be out in Fall of 2020, I think.) I’ve read it a couple times before, but it’s been a while, and my children are so much older than last time that I feel like I’m reading it for the first time all over again. Last week, we discussed (among other things) Charlotte Mason’s thoughts on lying. Continue Reading…
December 9, 2019
Books & Reading, Mother's Education
There’s No Substitute for Reading (Get Your Fall 2019 Mother Culture Habit Trackers!)

I just started reading Ourselves by Charlotte Mason for the third time. This has been an interesting experience because I have never finished it before! Ourselves is the book I saved. I knew it was something my children would read in the upper years, and I thought it’d be fun to experience it for the first time with my oldest child. What I didn’t realize at the time was that AmblesideOnline spread the book out over six years. This isn’t Continue Reading…
September 3, 2019
Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Mother's Education
The Summer 2019 Mother Culture Reading List! (Plus a Summer Reading Habit Tracker!)

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 Continue Reading…
May 28, 2019
Books & Reading, Mother's Education
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 Continue Reading…
May 14, 2019