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Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Prudence: A Thinking Love

Education is a Science of Relations! [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he relations were like a trail of breadcrumbs leading to somewhere special. The breadcrumbs: a comment I made on Charlotte Mason Boot Camp, Brandy’s answer to my comment, my resolution to listen to the Book of Proverbs and Andrew Kern’s podcast — I had no idea where the Holy Spirit was leading me … A little bit of background before I take you along on this trail. I was lost in the forest of Continue Reading…
April 11, 2018
A Contemplation of CiRCE {Entry 2}

This past week or two, I’ve actually listened to a number of CiRCE Conference CDs. I enjoyed listening to E. Christian Kopf, who sounds remarkably like my high school chemistry teacher {of whom I was very fond}, and if that wasn’t enough, I discovered my oldest child listening to Kopf on his own time. Why? He doesn’t really know what all of it means, but he “likes the way it sounds.” I’m not discussing Kopf today, though. Instead, it’s Ken Myers’ Continue Reading…
November 2, 2011
A Contemplation of CiRCE {Entry I}

If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you know that this is the time of year when I begin listening to and blogging about the CiRCE Conference. Every year, I buy the CD sets. This is my own personal teacher feast. I listen to them {often over and over and over} while I do important things like Making Dinner. There is a slight chance this causes me to shush my children. Boo. Hiss. Ahem. Naturally, my first Continue Reading…
October 5, 2011
CiRCE Talks: Kern’s Cultivating of the Soul of Liberty

In this final installment of this year’s CiRCE Talks (well, not that I won’t eventually discuss some of the other excellent speeches, including Dr. Paula Flint’s And Liberty for All: Including Students with Learning Disabilities, the talk that made me fall in love with Charlotte Mason all over again), Andrew Kern gives us a list of final thoughts. His thoughts are Permanent Things ala Russell Kirk. So here I’m going to give you my list. Ten Great Thoughts Mr. KernHelped Continue Reading…
November 12, 2010