My iPhone tells me I've walked 11.72 km in the last two days. Outlet shopping and a visit to Storyland is great exercise apparently. Our family is kicking off summer vacation with a road trip to our denomination's annual convention in Montreal with a three night stopover in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. … Continue reading Healing Moments
Like many homeschool moms at this time of year I am currently consumed with planning for next year. As this school year winds down, I am scrambling to get things set for next fall so I can relax and enjoy the summer fun that is just around the corner. With three elementary children to plan … Continue reading Planning in Faith
Welcome back for #3 in our series "This Term's Feast". So far we have looked at Memory Work and Singing. This week it's time to turn our attention to the fine arts. Charlotte Mason said that... "much and varied humane reading, as well as human thought expressed in the forms of art, is, not a … Continue reading This Term’s Feast – Composer and Artist Study
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
My Peace in the Puzzle 