Poetry is one of the ways that the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling overflows with beauty. You might encounter a child educated in the CM way beautifully reciting a whole poem with emotion, and you wish your own child can do the same. But, before you force your child to Read more…
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…
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…
Masterly inactivity is having the wisdom not to do anything even when you’re perfectly capable of getting involved, and doing it for the greater good. But how do you not get involved when you know perfectly well that you have the power to do something?