This year my boys and I digging into Ancient Civilizations for the first time. It was perfect timing because my eight year old became obsessed with Greek mythology over the ...
With Charlotte Mason living long before computers and the internet, I wonder often how she would have approached technology: Would she embrace it wholeheartedly or would she ban it from ...
Spring is the season of new life, of renewal. Plants and animals are waking up from their long rest and hibernation during winter, and we are reminded that the world ...
Object weekly lessons to focus on a specific plant or animal. You observe the real, living thing, either at home or in its natural environment. You then ask questions to direct ...
The nature notebook (or journal) is where you record your observations of your special study topic, or anything else you see on your nature walk. The purpose of nature notebooking ...
In this audio lesson you’ll learn what copywork is, why it’s so effective, and how to conduct a lesson. Copywork Lesson Steps
Before children can begin copywork they need to know how to write their letters. Over the years I’ve figured out a good method and resources for teaching handwriting. In this ...
Dictation lessons are the next level of copywork, and is like an all-in-one language arts curriculum. But in this case its a method, not a curriculum. It teaches spelling and ...
Narration is the act of telling back what you learned, or what you remember. And in the act of verbalizing what you learned you solidify that knowledge in your mind. ...
In this video lesson I show you what a family-style writing lesson looks like. Specifically, we are doing a sentence imitation exercise based on the method by Jeff Anderson. Charlotte ...
