Near holidays, hymnody becomes the words I hear resounding (re-sounding?) in my head. At Christmastime, I have posted from hymns like “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” or “Evermore and Evermore” or “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming.” Hymns have been an important part of our educational endeavors over the years during Circle Time; perhaps…
The ladies from Living Books Library, Sabbath Mood Homeschool, and the writer of SCM’s (awesome) Picture Study Portfolios are producing a Charlotte Mason podcast called “A Delectable Education.” And it’s delectable. They discuss one aspect of CM philosophy each episode and try to adhere to a “short lesson” format. I’ve listened to not quite half…
Sometimes the best quote of the week is someone else’s quote from a book you haven’t – but ought to – read. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about generalization and specialization and about integrated knowledged and about humanity. This hit all the wheelhouses. ‘);
I have long considered Cindy Rollins one of my Homeschooling Mentors. Her now defunct blog, Ordo Amoris, was pivotal to drawing me away from neo-classicism and into a more traditional Classical educational system via Charlotte Mason. Her book clubs (though I failed to finish a single one with the group) led to some of the…
For Today… Outside my window…. It’s 50* and overcast. The children think it’s summer and are doing school on the deck. I am thinking… about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from lots of different reading sources 🙂 I am thankful… that blood transports all the necessary building blocks for our bodies to the right places at…
Another quote taken from When You Pray. This one isn’t from Ryken, himself, but quoted by him. I loved the picture the Puritan theologian Thomas Watson made. When we pray for God’s Kingdom to come, we pray for a present, yet future reality. ‘);