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,…

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Excellent Education: What is the Charlotte Mason Method of Homeschooling

One of the questions that most parents worry about when they start to get interested in homeschooling is, "Will my child perform at par with his peers in regular school?" I don't want to brush the question aside too quickly, because although I'm not a fan of the comparison syndrome that seems to be so…

Be Like the Ants

Last week, my hubby messaged that he had forgotten something important and asked me to bring it over to a coffee shop one ride away. Initially I was feeling a bit annoyed at the interruption to my schedule (isn't that a common refrain for moms? hahaha), but when my 7yo son and I finished our…

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…

Taking a Picture in our Minds

When I first read about Charlotte Mason's picture study, I thought to myself, "That's easy!" I mean, all you have to do is look at a picture for a few minutes, then turn it around while everyone tries to remember as much as he can from the picture. Sounds like a game we played as…