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
For Today Looking out my window…sun and puffy white clouds. đ 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. đ I am wearing…blue shirt… Continue Reading
Chapter 3 of School Education introduces Charlotte Mason’s idea of ‘masterly inactivity’, which is a concept that even after this chapter I am still struggling to really understand. But it was certainly helpful, and very convicting, and has echoes of the idea of scholĂ© that has inspired me so much.  I love that she, after… Continue Reading
{1} VBS is done, and now I am hoping for a few solid weeks of school before church camp. I was happy to see that we are on track to finish up this term the first week of August, which will give us a good 4-week break before starting the new school year. Something to… Continue Reading
So the book I mentioned “foolishly” getting from the library on Monday is Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. I had heard about the book before, but Anne Bogel’s post pushed me over the edge – not that I need much pushing. đ Â Unfortunately it’s a new book, so… Continue Reading
ScholĂ© of Intention: We finished (well, mostly finished) Term 2 this week. There are a few books to catch up on during break week, but that’s one of the benefits of having those weeks. đ Our regular pattern of six-weeks-on, one-week-off works most of the year, but Term 3 is going to be interspersed with VBS, church camp… Continue Reading
Beauty was a recurring theme, either explicit or implicit, in several of the sessions I attended last weekend. Martin Cothran (Memoria Press), in his talk What is the Christian Worldview, pointed out that in the decline of a culture, beauty is the first thing to become subjective (hence the famous but false saying:”Beauty is in the… Continue Reading
{1} Thanks to my husband, who took time off work to stay with the boys; my friend Dawn, who drove us; and the gracious hospitality of Dawn’s mother-in-law, Miss A and I were able to attend the Midwest Homeschool Convention this weekend. It was exhausting but wonderfully encouraging. So much to ponder! I ordered MP3s… Continue Reading
ScholĂ© of Intention: The connections just keep coming as the kids and I read our Ambleside books! Mr. D thought it was pretty neat that I read him the same Longfellow poem about Florence Nightingale that had been quoted in his reading from Abraham Lincoln’s World the other day. Justice and social responsibility continue to be… Continue Reading
I have been leisurely making my way through Leisure the Basis of Culture, taking time to add favorite passages to my commonplace book. I may have more to write on it later this week if I can get my thoughts together in a coherent manner. đ But for now I wanted to share this lovely… Continue Reading