“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Fine Arts Friday: Poetry
Our culture has a tendency to shy away from poetry. We think it’s either too hard to understand or disdain it as something for intellectuals and angsty teen girls. We no longer even use the word “poetry.” Now it’s “spoken word.” Pshaw. You’re a poet, and you know it. Poetry is really just storytelling. In […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Getting into Nature
Charlotte Mason taught that science in the early years should consist entirely of nature studies. Forget atoms and molecules and other abstract ideas, young children should learn all they can about the natural world within their reach.Simply Charlotte Mason, an excellent resource, has a great article on the 8 Reasons To Do Nature Studies that’s […]
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Fine Arts Friday: How do you pronounce that?
Last week, we started looking at a new artist, Pieter de Hooch (or Hoogh). He’s also a Dutch painter from the 17th century like the previous artist, Jacob Van Ruisdael (or Ruysdael). Dutch pronunciations are . . .fun, so I found a video that demonstrates the proper form. The narrator pronounces his name at 0:53 […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Love of nature
In future posts, I’ll be talking more in depth about the how and why of nature study, but today I want to honor the woman who instilled in me a love of nature and to wish her a happy birthday! My mother is a great lover of beauty, especially natural beauty. Now I’m from West […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Folk Songs
The idea of teaching fine arts to our children can be intimidating. The term calls to mind images of well-lit studios, beautiful (and expensive) instruments, and advanced knowledge and skills that require an expert to teach. (That’s not actually true, as I’ll demonstrate with my exquisite in-expertise in coming posts, but we’ll save that for […]
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The problem with the factory setting
We are the brand of homeschoolers that have permanently rejected the public school model. There are homeschoolers who prefer homeschooling to public schools, but make their educational choices year by year. For a variety of reasons and a couple of big ones, we’ve ruled out public education entirely for our family. I have two big […]
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A Philosophy of Education
I’m at a youth retreat with my daughter, and I’m posting this from my phone. Isn’t technology great? Anyway, you’re getting meat, not fluff, but it isn’t my meat. I’m reading Charlotte Mason’s Original Homeschooling Series Volume 6:Towards A Philosophy of Education, and I’m pretty sure I’ll end up highlighting the whole book before I’m […]
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Fine Arts Friday: An Introduction
We’re going to call last week’s post “The prologue.” This will actually be the introductory post for what I hope to do in these “Fine Arts Friday” posts. As I explained in the prologue, now that our fine arts co-op is permanently winding down, I want to keep up with our fine arts studies at […]
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Fine Arts Friday
Today is the last day of our fine arts co-op, and we won’t be doing it again next year. For the past two years, we’ve attended two different co-ops dedicated to studying fine arts in a manner consistent with Charlotte Mason’s philosophy. These co-ops have focused on the things that normally get pushed aside when […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Wednesday edition
Yesterday, my heart was too full for the frivolity and fun of links. My prayers are with the families of little Martin Richard, Krystal Campbell, and the other as yet unnamed victim Lu Lingzi, as well as all of the injured and their families. As awful as it is at a time like this, it’s […]
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