Happy National Grammar Day!
National Grammar Day, sponsored by The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG), is celebrated annually on March 4. I’m sure that someone somewhere has scheduled an event with party hats and...
View ArticleSeven Things to Know Before You Begin Homeschooling
I wrote this post last week, after speaking at Cindy Rushton’s Talk-a-Latte on What I Wish I Had Known. Unfortunately, due to the migration of our server, the post disappeared when I hit ‘save,’ and I...
View ArticleThe Core Curriculum Teaches Connections
Whenever the weather permits, I eat lunch outside on the patio in the edge of the woodland. At this time of year, there are spiderwebs everywhere. It doesn’t matter that I come out every day and sit in...
View ArticleTeaching from the Known to the Unknown
I was working with the Chaucer unit in Excellence in Literature: British Literature this morning, and thinking about the ways in which The Canterbury Tales can be made accessible to students. These...
View ArticleAmerican and British Literature are Here!
I opened the door this morning, and there on the front steps was a box from Andrew Pudewa’s IEW. The American and British Literature levels of Excellence in Literature have arrived and are ready for...
View ArticleCharlotte Mason on Teaching With Literature
Stories bring knowledge alive and engage emotional memory in a way that makes abstract principles and arcane facts easy to understand and remember. When learning can be joyous and simple, why make it...
View ArticleCarnival of Homeschooling- The NaNoWriMo Edition
Preface Welcome to this hundred-and-umpteenth Carnival of Homeschooling! Because November is National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo or nano), and I’m over 10,000 words into the writing...
View ArticleLearning Styles: Should You Care?
In the How to Homeschool a Boy series you read in previous posts, I talked about some of the things I learned along the way. Perhaps you noticed that there were differences in the things that each boy...
View ArticleCan Learning Go On While Caregiving? Crisis Schooling for Homeschoolers
If you can align your expectations with reality, make adjustments that keep you sane, and focus on priorities and essentials, you'll be able to homeschool while you're a caregiver. Related Posts:Advice...
View ArticleGreat Education Quotes
Here is a collection of favorite quotes on lifelong learning, learning and freedom, unschooling, institutional schooling, homeschooling and general truth about learning by speakers from C.S. Lewis and...
View ArticleCharlotte Mason FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
As I travel to conferences, I get a lot of questions about the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling. There is already a lot of information online, so I won’t go into a lot of... The post Charlotte...
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The Core Curriculum Teaches Connections
Whenever the weather permits, I eat lunch outside on the patio in the edge of the woodland. At this time of year, there are spiderwebs everywhere. It doesn’t matter that I come out every day and sit...
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Teaching from the Known to the Unknown
I was working with the Chaucer unit in Excellence in Literature: British Literature this morning, and thinking about the ways in which The Canterbury Tales can be made accessible to students. These...
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American and British Literature are Here!
I opened the door this morning, and there on the front steps was a box from Andrew Pudewa’s IEW. The American and British literature levels of Excellence in Literature have arrived and are ready for...
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Charlotte Mason on Teaching With Literature
Teaching with Literature Works What is the most effective way of teaching? In the chapter, “Liberal Education in Secondary Schools” in A Philosophy of Education, Charlotte Mason suggests that “the mind...
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Carnival of Homeschooling- The NaNoWriMo Edition
Preface Don't miss our Thanksgiving Sale! Welcome to this hundred-and-umpteenth Carnival of Homeschooling! Because November is National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo or nano), and I’m...
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Learning Styles: Do They Make a Difference?
In the How to Homeschool a Boy series (the three previous posts), I talked about some of the things I learned through the homeschooling years. One of the first things I learned about was learning...
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Can Learning Go On While Caregiving? Crisis Schooling for Homeschoolers
“Your children may not remember what you do, but they’ll remember how you made them feel.” Learning while caregiving — is it even possible? Can learning can go on while you’re caregiving for someone...
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How to Teach Your Child: Charlotte Mason’s Education Manifesto
I believe that Charlotte Mason’s simple manifesto (public declaration of policy and aims) targets exactly the kind of education that many homeschoolers seek to provide. I know that it inspired me as I...
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Great Education Quotes
I have been collecting quotes about learning and education for many years. Here is a collection of favorite quotes on lifelong learning, learning and freedom, unschooling, institutional schooling,...
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