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Charlotte Mason Boot Camp (Spring 2021 Session)
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Humility, the Classical Way

May 10, 2021

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Give the Student What He Needs

April 14, 2021

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

April 7, 2021

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This man. My grandfather. He comes for dinner almo

This man. My grandfather. He comes for dinner almost every Tuesday night. What started as a way for me to check on him (he's newly widowed) and make sure he's okay has turned into so much more.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
We were digging around in the family tree in general, so a few months ago we started asking questions. He casually throws out, "Well, my dad, you know, he fought in the Spanish-American War."⁠⁠
⁠⁠
😲⁠⁠ 🤯
⁠⁠
The whole room fell silent and it was like that moment in Understood Betsy when she understands history is REAL because of the names carved on her school desk. We had that moment right then and there. How was he a living history museum and we didn't know? How did someone we know know someone who fought in a war in THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS?⁠⁠
⁠⁠
A few weeks went by and there wasn't much to speak of except that I lost badly at Uno games. (That's one of his favorites.)⁠⁠
⁠⁠
But then a week ago: "Well, you know, that's when I was writing component technical standards for the Apollo Space Program in Texas."⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Wait. WHAT? My whole life, I thought you were just an auto mechanic. I mean, I know you seemed especially clever, but ...⁠⁠
⁠⁠
And so it goes. One week after another and little secrets creep out here and there. He's 86-years-old and I feel I'm getting to know him all over again. There really is no substitute for regular time spent in the same room together.

Working on my article (while also working on my ta

Working on my article (while also working on my tan ahem) on #thewayofthewill for @commonplacequarterly 💗💗

#charlottemason was pure genius.

Hugh of St. Victor narrowed all obstacles to learn

Hugh of St. Victor narrowed all obstacles to learning down to three categories: carelessness, imprudence, and bad luck. Today we're looking at what these are (according to how Hugh defines them) and how to overcome them.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Use my link or DM me for a direct one.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
#homeschooling⁠⁠
#charlottemason⁠⁠
#classicalhomeschooling

Today is basically perfect. 70s and not a cloud in

Today is basically perfect. 70s and not a cloud in the sky. Soaking up every second before we enter our 5-6 months of summer.

Today's article is really a book review masqueradi

Today's article is really a book review masquerading as a blog post. This book — The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — is absolutely wonderful and also the latest addition to my Antifragile Reading List for Children and Their Parents. It's for older teens, which is nice since many of the books on that list were more for elementary students. It's also the first memoir on that list; it's good to widen the selection of genres.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
You'll want to read all the way to the end of the post because I do give a couple warnings along the way. We've done this book as a read aloud, and I've been glad so that I can skip over the places where the Lord's name is used in vain. There was a bit of "mature" content, but you would have to make that call for myself. I read most of it aloud, but your mileage may vary. The most important thing you can know is that this content is NOT a good reason to skip the book. The book is wonderful. ♥⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Use my link to read my full review, or DM me and I'll give you a direct link.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
#readaloudrevival⁠⁠
#readaloud⁠⁠
#antifragilereadinglist⁠⁠
#bookstagram⁠⁠
#homeschooling⁠⁠
#charlottemasonliving⁠⁠
#livingbooks⁠⁠
#scholeeveryday

I ended upon a rabbit trail after on Sunday, which

They don’t LOOK sugar-free. 😍 Happy belated

They don’t LOOK sugar-free. 😍

Happy belated sweet sixteen to my firstborn daughter. 💗

And thank you @swervesweetie for making this easy.

#glutenfree
#sugarfree
#cupcakes

Finished this in the car while waiting to find out

Finished this in the car while waiting to find out if her wrist is broken.

#silverlining
#scholeeveryday
#scholesisters
#motherculture
#motherculturehabit

Here's the second installment of my #plutarchcomme

The full quote: ⁠⁠ "We labour under the mistak

The full quote:
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"We labour under the mistake of supposing that there is no natural law or inherent principle according to which a child's course of studies should be regulated; so we teach him those things which, according to Locke, it is becoming for a 'gentleman' to know on the one hand, and, on the other, the arts of reading, writing and summing, that he may not grow up an illiterate citizen. In both cases the education we offer is too utilitarian, an indirect training for the professions or for a craftsman's calling with efforts in the latter case to make a boy's education bear directly on his future work.⁠⁠
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"But what if in the very nature of things we find a complete curriculum suggested? (Vol. 6, p. 156)⁠⁠
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Again and again, Charlotte Mason comes back to the idea that there are natural laws which govern education in the same way that there are natural laws that govern the movements of planets in the heavens. There are a couple things to think about in regard to this (well, more than that, but I'll stick with two):⁠⁠
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1. In everything we do in teaching, we are either working WITH nature or against it. Example: building an airplane that flies is working WITH it. Jumping off a building and hoping I can fly? That works against it (especially the hard stop at the end). When we are frustrated and feel like things aren't working, there could be any number of things going wrong, but one of our first steps can be to discern whether we are flying and just hitting some turbulence, or whether we inadvertently jumped off a building while thinking we could fly.⁠⁠
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2. Learning these natural laws by heart is one of the most important things we can do for the children around us.⁠⁠
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That's basically what Charlotte Mason Boot Camp is all about: we want to learn the natural laws and discern whether we're working with them ... or against them. It takes time, but the six week investment is so worth it. It can change our homeschools forever.⁠⁠
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Tomorrow is the last day to register, so make sure you get in before the doors close. I'd love to have you in Camp, spending deliberate time applying #charlottemason principles to your very own homeschool. 💗

Rest in peace, Rush Limbaugh.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ::: Thi

Rest in peace, Rush Limbaugh.⁠⁠
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::: This is not a political post. :::⁠⁠
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I am not the sort to write tributes to famous persons, but I'm making an exception because of what Rush Limbaugh meant to me. Some of you are, I think, too young to remember what radio was like before Rush. In a word, it was BORING. It was the audio equivalent of cat videos: entertaining and sweet but not really teeming with mental fodder.⁠⁠
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Rush Limbaugh changed radio forever.⁠⁠
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He also changed ME. When I was a freshman in college, the worst thing that could happen to a vocal performance major happened to me: I lost my voice. I won't go into details other than to mention that the Lyme Disease that had ravaged me for years (I was already legally blind by this point) was taking that, too.⁠⁠
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I had to ask myself what I wanted to do since I couldn't sing. How do you replace something so important to you?⁠⁠
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And then it came to me: RADIO. I had always loved it, and our university offered radio in the media department.⁠⁠
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About six months later, my voice was restored enough that I had an on-campus radio show. It was nothing to speak of, but it's interesting to look back on that, now that I'm a podcast host. Plenty of people get into podcasting with zero radio background, but, for me, my interest was directly tied to the fact that podcasting fit in so nicely with my training and what I had imagined myself doing (before I had kids and forgot about it for a while).⁠⁠
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It wasn't that I wanted to *be* like him, but rather that he inspired me in so many ways, especially in his emphasis on excellence. He awakened in me a passion to do jobs well, and an admiration for those who excel. He emphasized perseverance and not letting the disadvantages stop you. THAT was what a very sick child needed to hear.⁠⁠
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And he lived it later when he lost his hearing (and again with his cancer). Imagine losing your hearing when your job depends so much upon that ability. He showed us how it's done when he found a solution and was back on the air in no time. I'm sure he was discouraged, but he didn't let it stop him.⁠⁠
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I will never forget you, Rush. May you rejoice in the presence of your Maker.

I bought this a little over a year ago, right befo

I bought this a little over a year ago, right before our state was locked down. I kept reading it for the first "fourteen days to slow the spread" but eventually I stopped. Why would I keep reading this when there was no chance to apply the ideas? I didn't want to waste this opportunity because I felt the book was a good one.⁠
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So I dropped the book, knowing we'd return to it when it made sense.⁠
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327 days later, we are still on lockdown, with no real end in sight. Thankfully, we live in a community that is mostly ignoring the orders (especially now that so many of us have had it), which means it was a good time to pick the book back up. I'm glad I waited. Nothing makes your social skills rusty like prolonged isolation coupled with so many people wearing masks! (Do you know how many social skills are based upon the ability to read someone's face?)⁠
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I've had people ask me how I handle "teen issues." I guess they ask because I have so many teens? I have never claimed to be an expert, unless expert means "come August, I will have four teenage children." 😱⁠
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I don't have a magic book. Instead, I've approached this like I do lots of things: I buy a whole library shelf of books over time. When the children were little, I would notice problems and issues and buy a book (for me) that addressed them. I guess the difference in the teen years is I buy a book and read it aloud during our morning #circletime (yes, I still call it that ... old habits die hard and all).⁠
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So when certain children complained to me about feeling awkward in certain situations, or not knowing how to start a conversation, I starting hunting around. I settled on this book because there is a section on dealing with social anxiety if you are on the spectrum, which I think takes extra consideration. (And really, doesn't every family have someone on the spectrum these days? Even if it's not our own kids, this will help them deal with loved ones in their community in an understanding way.)⁠
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Final thought: The book is a bit too psycho-babble for my taste, but we just talk about it on occasion, putting it into words that sound less like mental illness and more what is common to man.⁠

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1. Ourselves 2. The Social Skills Guidebook 3. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 4. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew 5. Waverly 6. The Complete Father Brown Stories 7. The Lion and the Saint 8. Summer of Monkeys 9. The Ruins of Gorlan 10. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 11. The Burning Bridge 12. Northanger Abbey 13. The Icebound Land 14. The Lost Baron

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1. How to Think 2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 3. Health for All of Life 4. Skin in the Game 5. Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone 6. Limitless 7. The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor 8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 9. Aeropagitica 10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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This man. My grandfather. He comes for dinner almo

This man. My grandfather. He comes for dinner almost every Tuesday night. What started as a way for me to check on him (he's newly widowed) and make sure he's okay has turned into so much more.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
We were digging around in the family tree in general, so a few months ago we started asking questions. He casually throws out, "Well, my dad, you know, he fought in the Spanish-American War."⁠⁠
⁠⁠
😲⁠⁠ 🤯
⁠⁠
The whole room fell silent and it was like that moment in Understood Betsy when she understands history is REAL because of the names carved on her school desk. We had that moment right then and there. How was he a living history museum and we didn't know? How did someone we know know someone who fought in a war in THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS?⁠⁠
⁠⁠
A few weeks went by and there wasn't much to speak of except that I lost badly at Uno games. (That's one of his favorites.)⁠⁠
⁠⁠
But then a week ago: "Well, you know, that's when I was writing component technical standards for the Apollo Space Program in Texas."⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Wait. WHAT? My whole life, I thought you were just an auto mechanic. I mean, I know you seemed especially clever, but ...⁠⁠
⁠⁠
And so it goes. One week after another and little secrets creep out here and there. He's 86-years-old and I feel I'm getting to know him all over again. There really is no substitute for regular time spent in the same room together.

Working on my article (while also working on my ta

Working on my article (while also working on my tan ahem) on #thewayofthewill for @commonplacequarterly 💗💗

#charlottemason was pure genius.

Hugh of St. Victor narrowed all obstacles to learn

Hugh of St. Victor narrowed all obstacles to learning down to three categories: carelessness, imprudence, and bad luck. Today we're looking at what these are (according to how Hugh defines them) and how to overcome them.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Use my link or DM me for a direct one.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
#homeschooling⁠⁠
#charlottemason⁠⁠
#classicalhomeschooling

Today is basically perfect. 70s and not a cloud in

Today is basically perfect. 70s and not a cloud in the sky. Soaking up every second before we enter our 5-6 months of summer.

Today's article is really a book review masqueradi

Today's article is really a book review masquerading as a blog post. This book — The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — is absolutely wonderful and also the latest addition to my Antifragile Reading List for Children and Their Parents. It's for older teens, which is nice since many of the books on that list were more for elementary students. It's also the first memoir on that list; it's good to widen the selection of genres.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
You'll want to read all the way to the end of the post because I do give a couple warnings along the way. We've done this book as a read aloud, and I've been glad so that I can skip over the places where the Lord's name is used in vain. There was a bit of "mature" content, but you would have to make that call for myself. I read most of it aloud, but your mileage may vary. The most important thing you can know is that this content is NOT a good reason to skip the book. The book is wonderful. ♥⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Use my link to read my full review, or DM me and I'll give you a direct link.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
#readaloudrevival⁠⁠
#readaloud⁠⁠
#antifragilereadinglist⁠⁠
#bookstagram⁠⁠
#homeschooling⁠⁠
#charlottemasonliving⁠⁠
#livingbooks⁠⁠
#scholeeveryday

I ended upon a rabbit trail after on Sunday, which

They don’t LOOK sugar-free. 😍 Happy belated

They don’t LOOK sugar-free. 😍

Happy belated sweet sixteen to my firstborn daughter. 💗

And thank you @swervesweetie for making this easy.

#glutenfree
#sugarfree
#cupcakes

Finished this in the car while waiting to find out

Finished this in the car while waiting to find out if her wrist is broken.

#silverlining
#scholeeveryday
#scholesisters
#motherculture
#motherculturehabit

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