Ahhhh, the preschool years! It seems we mommies have a love-hate relationship with the thought of our little ones’ first day of school! Sometimes we cry inside to think they’re already big enough to do school, but other times we’re also excited and proud to tell the world that they’re Read more…
One of the questions I get asked most frequently by families who are just starting to look into the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling is, how do you do exams? If, throughout the year, we steer clear of asking direct questions, fill-in-the-blank type tests, or multiple choice questions, how do Read more…
When we were first starting off with the Charlotte Mason method, I encountered the term mother culture and felt that it was a timely reminder for self-care: after all, homeschooling takes so much from us, it’s only understandable that we would need ways to refresh and re-energize ourselves. But the Read more…
In the Charlotte Mason method, we introduce our children to the Bible at an early age. And by the Bible, we mean, reading to them and letting them read from an actual Bible, and not Bible stories! (Isn’t that amazing, considering even we adults these days don’t always feel undaunted Read more…
In the Charlotte Mason method, we use living books for all our school lessons, but they are especially needed for language arts or literature lessons. Living books are written in excellent language and told in an engaging story or narrative form, and the Little House on the Prairie series fits Read more…