For Today Looking out my window…cloudy but fairly warm I am thinking…about writing again, and whether I am doing what is best for me and my kids…maybe I’ll share more sometime… I am thankful…to be feeling better – I’ve been sick for so long! One of my favorite things…spring – happy sigh. 🙂 I am… Continue Reading
For Today Looking out my window…a waxing moon – supposed to be a “supermoon” when it’s full! I am thinking…about which books to read/finish reading before the end of the year – I need eight more to reach my goal of 52! I am thankful…for a hubby who sometimes takes all the kids so I… Continue Reading
The kids and I have traveled around the world this past year, without leaving the continent! Mr. D and I finished reading the wonderful Complete Book of Marvels today, sitting atop Mt. Fuji watching the sunrise with Mr. Halliburton. And this summer we have all enjoyed the Read the World Summer Book Club. I am… Continue Reading
Rejoice with me – I’ve finally finished my first book by Charlotte Mason, School Education! It only took 9+ years of homeschooling (counting the preschool years) and several false starts of three of her books. 😛 I did not read through all the student examples or sample lessons in the appendices, but I did skim… Continue Reading
One of the Charlotte Mason’s goals in giving children a generous curriculum was that they would know how to wisely spend the ‘leisure time’ she forsaw all classes – not just the wealthy – having (a theme she repeats at greater length in A Philosophy of Education). It is an even greater concern in our… Continue Reading
From Chapter 19 of School Education: …whosoever will play the game, whether it be cricket or portrait painting, must learn the rules with all diligence and get skill by his labour. It is true, ‘the labour we delight in physics [heals] pain,’ but it is also true that we cannot catch hold of any one… Continue Reading
{1} They’re back! Too little sleep and some colds and homesickness, but I think they had a good time overall. 🙂 {2} My main project this week was to clean out up the big boys’ room so we could rearrange it. No more bunk beds in there – we bought a Twin XL mattress for… Continue Reading
Hopefully you’re not sick of me posting Charlotte Mason quotes! At least this one’s short and sweet. 😉 Of course, my absolute favorite quote from Chapter 15 of School Education is the “how much does he care” one I shared here. 🙂 Also read/listened to in the last week: Hubby: The High House by James… Continue Reading
For Today Looking out my window…sun and puffy white clouds. 🙂 I am thinking…about the things to be done this week. I am thankful…for a break week and fun at church camp for my eldest three kids. One of my favorite things…brainstorming projects – doing them might be another thing. 😉 I am wearing…blue shirt… Continue Reading
From chapter 13 of School Education: We are inclined to think that a child is a little morbid and precocious when he asks questions and has imaginings about things divine, and we do our best to divert him. What he needs is to be guided into true, happy thinking; every day should bring him ‘new… Continue Reading