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“Living” Math Booklist | My Family’s Favorites Books About Math

Booklists, Mathematics

“Living” Math Booklist | My Family’s Favorites Books About Math

Mathematician Biographies The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity by Amy Alznauer Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain by ...
by jessr90 • May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
How to Teach Math at Home Using Charlotte Mason’s Methods

Mathematics

How to Teach Math at Home Using Charlotte Mason’s Methods

“Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is”Paul Erdos It seems that feelings towards mathematics goes in one of ...
by jessr90 • April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Grammar + Writing

Language Arts, Membership

Grammar + Writing

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by jessr90 • March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
How I Teach Geography at Home

Geography

How I Teach Geography at Home

“Geography is, to my mind, a subject of high educational value; though not because it affords the means of scientific training. Geography does present its problems, and these of the ...
by jessr90 • March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
How to Teaching Writing at Home

Language Arts, Writing

How to Teaching Writing at Home

This post is written by my good friend and fellow homeschooling mamma, Havalah Turner. Havalah and I had a wonderful conversation about writing on my podcast. You can listen to ...
by jessr90 • February 15, 2025February 15, 2025
Living History Books and How to Use Them

History

Living History Books and How to Use Them

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. — Rudyard Kipling Charlotte Mason used living books as the bulk of history lessons. Instead of ...
by jessr90 • February 15, 2025February 15, 2025
Timelines, Book of Centuries, and Other History Tools

History

Timelines, Book of Centuries, and Other History Tools

Books and primary sources aren’t the only tools we should use when teaching history. Timelines, century charts, and Charlotte Mason’s signature “Book of Centuries” are all tools to help our ...
by jessr90 • February 15, 2025February 15, 2025
How to Teach History at Home

Foundations, Gather, History

How to Teach History at Home

“Next in order to religious knowledge, history is the pivot upon which our curriculum turns.” (Vol. 6, p. 273) Why Teach History? A while ago I saw a video of ...
by jessr90 • January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
Children’s Books About The Civil War + Slavery

American History, Booklists

Children’s Books About The Civil War + Slavery

One of my favorite parts about homeschool is history. Once I learned about “living books” from Charlotte Mason all subjects came alive for me and my kids, but especially history. ...
by jessr90 • January 25, 2025January 25, 2025
Nature Notebooking (AKA Nature Journaling)

Nature Study, Notebooks

Nature Notebooking (AKA Nature Journaling)

Nature Notebooks If you’ve been researching the Charlotte Mason for even a short about of time then you’ve most probably heard about nature notebooking (AKA journaling). Or maybe you’ve seen ...
by jessr90 • December 14, 2024January 30, 2025

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