homeschooling

Technology and the Charlotte Mason Homeschool with Dachelle McVey

Technological advances seem to happen faster and faster, and for many of us homeschool moms, we would prefer to tuck ourselves away with our book stacks and nature journals. But hiding from the Information Age could mean that we are missing opportunities to enrich our homeschools on one hand, and prepare our children for the …

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The Case for (Charlotte Mason) Kindergarten with Jennifer Dowdy

In the last episode of the podcast, Amy and Leah explored what Charlotte Mason really said about kindergarten. Today, they are back with Jennifer Dowdy from Charlotte Mason Mama to talk about how and why we might want to create a kindergarten year for our younger children. Jennifer, a veteran Charlotte Mason homeschooler of thirteen …

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Teaching without Words: Using Masterly Inactivity and Atmosphere in your Home

As homeschoolers, we often focus on what we do: the curriculum we use, the books we read, the co-ops we join. Charlotte Mason, however, reminds us that our children’s most important lessons often have nothing to do with us. In this episode, we explore masterly inactivity – how the art of doing nothing allows atmosphere …

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Cultivating a Love of Music in Your Charlotte Mason Homeschool

Charlotte Mason wrote that “music is a necessary part of education.” While she recommended that students learn to sing and play an instrument, at the core of Charlotte Mason music learning is enjoyment. That’s right – the best thing we can do for our kids is to put on music and enjoy it with our kids. …

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How to Teach Homeschool Art (the Charlotte Mason Way)

In this episode of Thinking Love, we are joined by Dallas Nachtigall from Bestowing the Brush to talk about the art of teaching homeschool art. Dallas has thrown herself into researching art instruction in Charlotte Mason’s schools and, as an artist herself, now helps homeschool moms bring art instruction into their homes. We had a …

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Wisdom in Principles with Karen Glass- Part 1

It is wise to search out Charlotte Mason’s principles instead of trying to follow every single idea she put forth. In this episode, we chatted with Karen Glass and learned what she’s doing to help homeschool moms focus on the principles in Charlotte Mason’s first volume.  Since this episode originally aired, Karen has published her book, A …

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Charlotte Mason Bible Lessons with Crystin Morris

In this episode of our “wisdom” season, we’re discussing Bible lessons with Crystin Morris from Delightfully Feasting.  “Of the three sorts of knowledge proper to a child,—the knowledge of God, of man, and of the universe,—the knowledge of God ranks first in importance, is indispensable, and most happy-making.” Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education 1:15- Crystin, …

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