Amy and I continue our chat with Leah Boden in this episode. Make sure to listen to Part 1: Bringing Beauty into the Homeschool if you haven’t yet!0:50- We might not fall in love with what we’re doing right away. 2:00- There are many things I have to take slowly to gain confidence. Develop consistency, get […]
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On this episode, we welcome Leah Boden from Modern Miss Mason to discuss “the riches.” This is a term used to describe the subject areas that bring beautiful ideas, music, and art to our homes. “With art, as with so many other things in a child, we must believe it is there or we shall
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In this episode of Thinking Love, Amy and I ask some important questions about habit training: are habits always the problem? And is it possible to take habit training too far? “I would encourage in a child every good habit possible, but at the same time teach him what he will learn sooner or later
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It’s easy to get caught up in choosing the perfect curriculum. In this episode, Amy and Leah discuss the truth about homeschooling curriculum- it’s not going to make or break your homeschool! “I feel strongly that to attempt to work this method without a firm adherence to the few principles laid down would be not
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On this episode of Thinking Love, Amy and I welcome our first guest ever, Erika Alicea. She is talking to us about multicultural history in a Charlotte Mason education. “It is necessary to know something of what has gone before in order think justly of what is occurring today.” Towards a Philosophy of Education 1:50
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Amy and Leah discuss M. MacEacharn’s article about obedience. We have transcribed and recorded the article from Archives.org, which you can find here. “There are sentimentalists who argue that we have no right to demand obedience from the child, so that he may learn to command himself. There has even been a book written by
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Before listening to our season three episode on obedience, you might want to listen to or read this article from the Parents’ Review, the magazine edited by Charlotte Mason. Obedienceby M. MacEacharnVolume 14, no 3, March 1903, pages 201-206Are the children of the present day obedient? Anyone who has much to do with children would
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In this episode of the Thinking Love podcast, Amy and Leah talk about the principles behind Charlotte Mason scheduling, so you can find a schedule that works for your family. “This idea of definite work to be finished in a given time is valuable to the child, not only as training him in habits of
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Today we’re talking about dads, and how they relate to our homeschools. We know there will be a huge range of experiences here, and we want to approach this with wisdom and sensitivity. We will discuss our own experiences, knowing that everyone’s experience will be different. “There is a part of the father’s work; to
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Reading aloud is one of the most important things that we can do for our child’s education! But why don’t we hear about it much in the Charlotte Mason world? “There are few stronger family bonds than this habit of devoting an occasional hour to reading aloud, on winter evenings, at any rate. The practice
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