Last week we thought a lot about the basis for our scaffolding: a base plate set on a firm foundation. We wanted to provide a sturdy, non-rickety form of scaffolding for our children. This is so that our kids can work Safely in Transparent Fashion. This week, I want to think more about the structure…
A scaffold, we learn, is set on a firm, level base plate. This plate is the firm foundation upon which the scaffold is built and provides stability for the whole structure. Does anyone want to stand on a rickety scaffold? I can’t think so (although I have no practical experience in this matter) The metal…
I don’t know where I first heard the term “scaffolding” as related to a Charlotte Mason style lesson. It was likely in an A Delectable Education podcast. I thought, “What a great metaphor.” I’ve since come to notice it a number of times and places including articles pre-dating the podcast. I’ve also seen a lot…
As you know I was at the Great Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati almost two weeks ago. It was a wonderful time of learning, encouragement, and being surrounded by like-minded friends. Perhaps you know that I don’t stay down at the Duke Energy Center all weekend; I don’t get a hotel room and stay downtown. Rather,…
It’s nice that it’s Saturday. We’ve had a week. Parts of it were good, parts of it were challenging. Just like any other week! I’m taking part in Brandy’s Charlotte Mason Boot Camp and at the end of the week I learned about “not prodding” the students – bribery, reminders, ahem, “Just do your work”…
Last week, I wrote on a CM quote that talked about knowing glory when we see it. Sunday, my pastor preached a baptism sermon on this passage, Psalm 90:16: Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. It is a reminder that as parents we must pray that…
I’m reading The Living Page – finally, after owning it for a number of years. I knew I’d enjoy it, but I didn’t know how much. So many contemplatable phrases. The ease of descriptive language Bestvater uses is simply beautiful. But, the thought I want to contemplate first is from Miss Mason, herself. Bestvater’s opening…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s still dark. I’ve been getting up early and while I hate mornings, it has been a good practice in many ways. I am thinking … about some posts that I’d like to actually write – a post about }pacify{, and planning, and pre-reading. I am thankful ……
Two years ago, now, I was fed up. I was broken and burnt out. Mostly, it was my own fault, I admit. I was trying to do two full philosophies – one for me and one for others, and that just doesn’t work. Anyway, I think the series was some of the most important writing…
As you likely know, we use AmblesideOnline for our homechool curriculum. One knock AO gets is that it occasionally uses old, sometimes racially insensitive (at best) or downright racist (at worst) books. There are books to offend many groups – Roman Catholics have issue with Trial and Triumph and Westward Ho!; This Country of Ours…