Podcast Addicted: Simply Charlotte Mason Audio Blog
The Simply Charlotte Mason Audio Blog is a different kind of podcast than the others. It isn’t an interview. It is something of an advertisement. It isn’t a discussion. Sonya Shafer simply reads their blog posts aloud. And I very much like it. SCM has always been good at putting together excellent resources for the…
Wednesdays with Words: Resounding all the Day
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…
Podcast Addicted: A Delectable Education
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…
Wednesdays with Words: Height and Breadth and Depth
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. ‘);
Podcast Addicted: The Mason Jar / CiRCE Podcast Network
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…