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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Charlotte Mason Boot Camp Has Left Facebook (and Registration Is Now Open)

Are You Ready for BOOT CAMP?? Woot woot! Registration is now open for the Spring 2021 session of Charlotte Mason Boot Camp! If you’re already ready to register, click here to purchase your spot! If you want more details, keep reading! Perhaps the most important change compared to previous sessions is that we have left Facebook. Many of you have been requesting this for a long time; I was just trying to figure out how to do it in a Continue Reading…
February 18, 2021
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Reading Charlotte Mason’s Ourselves with Many Teens

He didn’t have integrity in how he used his time,” my son added. Like all Charlotte Mason mothers worth their salt, I’d been listening to an oral narration … while simultaneously making dinner and, ahem, only sort of paying attention. But I was struck by his phrasing and his mature assessment of the historical figure in question. “What do you mean, he didn’t have integrity in how he used his time?” “Well, like the book said, he was cribbing time Continue Reading…
February 15, 2021
Home Education
Thoughtworthy (Books, Book Thoughts, I need Advice & More!)

:: 1 :: Reading Report: I finished my second book of the year, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Highly recommended; it was so good. Warning, though: it contains some details of child abuse that some of you might want to be aware of going into it. This week, I’ve been reading in three books mostly: Health for All of Life by Jason Garwood, The Revolt Against the Masses by Fred Siegel, and The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor. Continue Reading…
January 29, 2021
Home Education
Unlikely Connections: The Second-Best-Kept Secret of Homeschooling

Many years ago, I wrote a post called The Best-Kept Secret of Homeschooling. In short, it’s about how homeschooling educates you as the teacher. There’s more to it than that, so click over to read it if you haven’t before. Today, we’re talking about the second-best-kept secret of homeschooling: the unlikely connections your children are able to make when they are removed from the school setting. School as an institution crowds out private life and private time, while creating limited Continue Reading…
January 26, 2021