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Habit

Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Swedish Drill as Habit Training

The summer solstice is behind us and a peek on Instagram tells me that many of you are enjoying your summer break. While this will certainly involve plenty of time relaxing by the pool reading good books, I have noticed that several families utilize the summer months to emphasize habit training that often falls to the wayside during the school year. Have you considered the possibility that Swedish Drill can be a habit training tool? As you know, Swedish Drill Continue Reading…
June 26, 2018
Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
The Happy Dinner Table (A Review)

When I published my Next Generation Charlotte Mason Library post back in August, one of you (and I’m sorry I no longer remember who) told me I needed to add this book to my list. I was intrigued because this was a Charlotte Mason book I’d never heard of before! When I saw the title, I hesitated. My youngest child was eight at the time. We dealt with our picky eaters years ago when they were tiny and we’d had Continue Reading…
December 15, 2017
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Habit of Thinking

This is the sort of thing that the children should go through, more or less, in every lesson — a tracing of effect from cause, or of cause from effect; a comparing of things to find out wherein they are alike, and wherein they differ; a conclusion as to causes or consequences from certain premisses.-Charlotte Mason (Vol. 1, p. 151) I ‘ve been pondering this thought of Charlotte Mason’s, that children should have what she calls the Habit of Thinking, Continue Reading…
April 25, 2017
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Primacy of Habit

I ‘ve been thinking about habits this week as I was prepping for our local Charlotte Mason group. We’re reading through Home Education (which means there is a Home Education study guide in the works here at Afterthoughts!), and it’s been such a good thing for me to revisit this topic. There are a few things I’ve let fall through the cracks with my two younger children — I was more intentional when I had fewer students that were school Continue Reading…
April 21, 2016