This is instalment #2 in a series taking a look at our family's feast of ideas this term. If you missed the first one, you can find it here. So, continuing on with Charlotte Mason's idea of ideas... "Education is a life. That life is sustained on ideas. Ideas are of spiritual origin, and God … Continue reading This Term’s Feast – Singing
I absolutely love Charlotte Mason's analogy of a child being born with a mind ready and able to "digest" ideas just as his body naturally digests and is nourished by food. Exposing children to these ideas that will nourish their minds requires laying a varied feast before them. That's one reason we incorporate so many … Continue reading This Term’s Feast
~ I ~ So it's been quiet around here. This past week was our "sabbath" week. I just find I can't push us past six solid weeks of school so we took this week off. The week started out a little rocky with lots of complaints of boredom and the like, but by the end … Continue reading Tidbits from Our Week of Rest
We did something a bit different for nature study today. Last week I followed a link (can't even remember where I saw it...maybe on the Ambleside Online forum) to a downloadable nature journaling curriculum from the California Native Plant Society. Now you might be wondering why on earth someone living on the east coast of … Continue reading Learning to Draw Birds
You know those moments when something dawns on you and it is such a simple solution that you can't believe it didn't cross your mind before? Well, I've had a couple of those moment this week...one in relation to Circle Time and the other concerning "free reads." I've mentioned here on the blog in the … Continue reading Why Didn’t I Think of That Sooner?
My Peace in the Puzzle 