I'm delighted you've joined us for the today's edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! I hope you are able to take a bit of a break from what is most likely a very busy time of year and enjoy a little leisurely blog-reading...
LIVING BOOKS, NARRATION...
Brenda at The Tie That Binds Us gives some great ideas for dictation in her post Using dictation as a grammar lesson.
Richele presents Developing a Taste for Living Books posted at Under the Golden Apple Tree.
What fun! I want to sit in with Jeanne at A peaceful day as she and her family enjoy read-alouds in Again, with feeling. That Australian accent would just make it that much more entertaining for a Southern gal like me. {grin}
LIVING BOOKS, NARRATION...
"Our business is to give him mind-stuff, and both quality and quantity are essential. Naturally, each of us possesses this mind-stuff only in limited measure, but we know where to procure it; for the best thought the world possesses is stored in books; we must open books to children, the best books; our own concern is abundant provision and orderly serving." -Charlotte Mason
Brenda at The Tie That Binds Us gives some great ideas for dictation in her post Using dictation as a grammar lesson.
Richele presents Developing a Taste for Living Books posted at Under the Golden Apple Tree.
What fun! I want to sit in with Jeanne at A peaceful day as she and her family enjoy read-alouds in Again, with feeling. That Australian accent would just make it that much more entertaining for a Southern gal like me. {grin}
NATURE STUDY...
Naomi at Living Charlotte Mason in California had an experience that got her thinking. She shares these thoughts in No more sticks....
Barb at Handbook of Nature Study says "I found a great source for some of Anna Botsford Comstock's nature study ideas and linked to it in this entry. I love it when something renews my passion for nature." Me, too! Read her post, Fresh Thoughts on Nature Study.
"We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things." -Charlotte Mason
Naomi at Living Charlotte Mason in California had an experience that got her thinking. She shares these thoughts in No more sticks....
Barb at Handbook of Nature Study says "I found a great source for some of Anna Botsford Comstock's nature study ideas and linked to it in this entry. I love it when something renews my passion for nature." Me, too! Read her post, Fresh Thoughts on Nature Study.
HANDICRAFTS and MUSIC...
My 9-year-old daughter Kathryn shares a wintery handicraft and tells us How to Make Felt Ornaments at her blog FaithGirl.
I love Angie's definition of a handicraft: “Anything useful you can learn and use the rest of your life.” With that in mind, she presents Handicraft/Life Skills Spotlight and Challenge posted at TheOneThing.
What age is best for starting music study? Heather shares her thoughts in Year 0 Music posted at Maple Hill Academy.
"Again we know that the human hand hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We begin to understand this and make some efforts to train the young in the deft handling of tools and the practice of handicrafts. Some day perhaps, we shall see apprenticeship to trades revived and good and beautiful work enforced." -Charlotte Mason
My 9-year-old daughter Kathryn shares a wintery handicraft and tells us How to Make Felt Ornaments at her blog FaithGirl.
I love Angie's definition of a handicraft: “Anything useful you can learn and use the rest of your life.” With that in mind, she presents Handicraft/Life Skills Spotlight and Challenge posted at TheOneThing.
What age is best for starting music study? Heather shares her thoughts in Year 0 Music posted at Maple Hill Academy.
MORE CM WISDOM...
Michelle, a columnist for "Homeschooling Today" magazine, shares this article: History Backwards?
Barb shares more wisdom from Charlotte Mason, and some of her own reflections in "Life Should Be Full of Living" posted at Harmony Art Mom.
Sunny helps us get to know Charlotte Mason in Seeking? at Sunny Scholars. I love Sunny's recommendations and heartily recommend them myself!
Just one final post; I'm sharing my own Notes from Jeannie Fulbright. Her words reminded me of these words by Charlotte Mason: "A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator"
"Children should be taught their duty toward God. It is their duty. That which they owe, to love Him 'with all their heart, with all their mind, with all their strength' these things are seldom taught as they should be." -Charlotte Mason
Michelle, a columnist for "Homeschooling Today" magazine, shares this article: History Backwards?
Barb shares more wisdom from Charlotte Mason, and some of her own reflections in "Life Should Be Full of Living" posted at Harmony Art Mom.
Sunny helps us get to know Charlotte Mason in Seeking? at Sunny Scholars. I love Sunny's recommendations and heartily recommend them myself!
Just one final post; I'm sharing my own Notes from Jeannie Fulbright. Her words reminded me of these words by Charlotte Mason: "A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator"
That's all, folks! Thanks so much for taking the time to peruse this edition. We would LOVE to have your article in the next edition of The Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! Just use our handy-dandy carnival submission form! We'll see you next time at Beck's Bounty on January 5th.
Interested in hosting this carnival sometime? Email me!
Interested in hosting this carnival sometime? Email me!
