The fiery hues of the leaves, the scent of pumpkin and spice, and the decorations coming up all around the neighborhood fills us with anticipation for the Christmas holidays—but sometimes it can also come with a sense of dread. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t dread Christmas. I only dread Read more…
The Charlotte Mason method emphasizes the use of plenty of living books over a wide curriculum: with literature, science, history, geography, citizenship, poetry, Bible, at the very minimum. In this digital age, would buying an e-reader like a Kindle be worthwhile? In this post, we hope to look at the Read more…
Whether it’s the holidays or the start of the year that’s just around the corner, you know what that means: gift-giving time! Although we clearly don’t want to feed the commercialization of Christmas and other holidays, it’s still a good time to think about what kind of gifts we want Read more…
Narration. Every student in the Charlotte Mason philosophy possesses this skill and continues to grow in it. It may sound simple. After all, the student merely reads the lesson, and then he’s asked to tell about all he remembers from the reading. For those of us who were not educated Read more…
Learning about American history is fun when you learn through reading living books: engaging stories of real people, or inspired by real people, that draw you into the different time periods just as though you were experiencing them yourself! The Charlotte Mason method of teaching history uses living books, which Read more…