by Michelle | Creative Arts, English or Language Arts, Science and Maths, Social Studies: History, Geography & Civics
Wombat Stew Literature Unit Study This Wombat Stew literature unit study is a good way to teach literacy, social studies, science & art. Wombat Stew Story Summary One day a dingo catches a wombat by the Billabong. The wombat’s friends want to save him so they help...
by Guest | Charlotte Mason Ideas, English or Language Arts, High School, Science and Maths
Home School High School With Charlotte Mason When starting homeschooling 20 years ago I never intended to home school high school. However as I grew as a homeschool mother, so did my homeschool friends and their kids. Time proved our children could excel. Many...
by Michelle | Charlotte Mason Ideas, English or Language Arts, High School, Homeschool Organization, How To Teach
Using Living Books For Home Schooling What is a living book? How can I use these books for homeschooling? “Children can be most fitly educated on Books and Things…The value of this education by Things is receiving wide recognition, but intellectual education to...
by Michelle | Charlotte Mason Ideas, English or Language Arts
Thoughts on Classic Books For Children Recently a reader of A Living Education asked for an article on the place of reading the classic books for children in a curriculum. A great many excellent articles have been written on this topic, notably one by Rob Shearer of...
by Michelle | Charlotte Mason Ideas, Encouragements, English or Language Arts
Educating The Homeschool Mother Educating the homeschool mum or mother culture is one of the sustaining ideas of a Charlotte Mason education. She didn’t want children to just learn, she wanted those who educate to also be nourishing their own minds with good...
by Michelle | Charlotte Mason Ideas, Encouragements, English or Language Arts, How To Teach
Reading Aloud Tips After more than a decade of homeschooling I must say that one of the happiest achievements that I have is all the books that my children and I have been able to read together. When my first child was still in the womb I read Honey for a...
