Reading Aloud, One Night at a Time

The past few months have been crazy for me: starting a new writing job just before the global covid-19 lockdown happened, then starting our own homeschool this June, while also hand-holding an unprecedented number of Iloilo City homeschooling families, many of whom were forced to homeschool because of the pandemic, that a lot of things…

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Where to Find Living Books in the Philippines

Homeschooling with the Charlotte Mason method requires PLENTY of living books! I just love having that excuse each time I hit the secondhand bookstore here in our city. *wink* Yes, I DID say "secondhand." That's one of the perks of using the Charlotte Mason method for our homeschool: we don't pay big bucks for textbooks,…

Hymns to Soothe the Heart Part 2

I recently blogged about how my kids and I have enjoyed doing hymn study (read: singing our hymns) in the car, and how I noticed that it helped ease our exhaustion at the end of a very long day. Last week, our doctor unexpectedly told us to bring our months-old foster son to the hospital…

Education is an Atmosphere Part 2: A Safe Place

I've recently been pondering on the power of atmosphere. Reflecting on the way my words and tone actually affect how everybody else in the home feels, I almost feel like I'm beginning to understand why we Filipinos call the mom, 'Ilaw ng Tahanan,' or translated, the light of the home. One afternoon, I read the…

Education is a Life

Today I want to celebrate how moms are given the privilege of filling our children's lives with beauty and living ideas! One of the books I'm currently reading, 'Different' by Nathan and Sally Clarkson, has the following description of a mom's role in the home: .. Cultivating an experience of beauty within our walls were…