Charlotte Mason Homeschooling and Art

One of the most common objections I've heard from people when I talk to them about the Charlotte Mason method is: "But I'm not the least bit artistic!" I can understand why. After all, the Charlotte Mason method is chock full of things that require drawing or anything involving creative work. Think nature study and…

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Covid Quarantine: Charlotte Mason Activities to Feed our Minds

One temptation during all this time at home in the midst of the Covid-19 Quarantine / Lockdown is to be lazy and just binge-watch movies or spend our time just scrolling through our news feeds. And clearly, many of the "news" we come across on our social media accounts these days may include not only…

Mother Culture = Time Away from Kids

I ran into this interesting poem in my AO Year 2 son's daily poetry, by Eugene Field: Child and Mother O mother-my-love, if you’ll give me your hand, And go where I ask you to wander, I will lead you away to a beautiful land,– The Dreamland that’s waiting out yonder. We’ll walk in a…

Nature Study and Creation Care

The first time I saw any of my writings in print was back when I was about 10 years old. The Sunday paper had a kids' section, and it featured a poem-writing contest along the theme of the environment, two things that were very dear to my heart during that time. I remember writing verse…

Rainy Season Nature Study

Yesterday I spoke with some friends who are also homeschooling using the Charlotte Mason philosophy, and one of their concerns was that they had already scoured their entire neighborhood and were now looking for something new to explore. It reminded me of what Wendi, one of the advisory of the AmblesideOnline free online curriculum once…