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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Narrow-Mindedness, That Demon of the Intellect (Charlotte Mason and Gifted Kids)

Some people call it preoccupation. Others call it intense focus. My mother called it having a one-track mind. Personally, I call it obsession. Whatever it’s called, gifted kids are particularly prone it it. (Please note: this doesn’t mean regular kids don’t get this way, or that all gifted kids do. I’m just making a generalization based on observation.) Parental intervention isn’t always required, of course. Johnny’s new interest in trains is just that: new. It’ll wear off in a month, Continue Reading…
May 18, 2020
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Your Strong-Willed Child … Isn’t

The will is the controller of the passions and emotions, the director of the desires, the ruler of the appetites. But observe, the passions, the desires, the appetites, are there already, and the will gathers force and vigour only as it is exercised in the repression and direction of these … Home Education, p. 319 I know, I know. My whole generation was brought up on Dr. Dobson, so it’s practically heresy to say this. But I maintain. Especially since Continue Reading…
February 18, 2020
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
Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Other Thoughts
Mothering a Book Glutton (Charlotte Mason and Gifted Kids)

The law is liberal, taking in whatsoever things are true, honest, and of good report, and offering no limitation or hindrance save where excess should injure. – Charlotte Mason Not all gifted children are early readers; it’s true. However, comma, from my extremely small sample size, I have deduced that the earlier a child reads, the more tempted they are to excess in this area — to spend their time only on reading. We call this Book Gluttony, which is Continue Reading…
January 8, 2019