It is a wonderful thing to share The Bible with a young child.
Our children, who are “fresh from God,” can teach us so much if we will only listen with open hearts. At our house, we don’t use a curriculum for Bible study.
Our method is very simple and our supplies are few:
a Bible, a candle, some [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Reading the Bible with Children
Posted in faith on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
nature notebooks
Posted in nature on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If education is truly the science of relations, we strive to facilitate ways for the child to “connect” with the subject of study. Applying this method is easy and natural. One way to study science is to create a field guide to your own backyard– a Nature Notebook. In doing so, you and your children [...]
the gift of time
Posted in thoughts on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What if you could give your child the ultimate gift?
What would it be?
A Game Boy?
No.
An iPod?
No.
How about an Xbox 360 (a.k.a. “The Death Of Literacy”)?
Good Heavens, no!
The ultimate gift is Time. I’m not referring to the pop culture myth of “quality time” that happens when parents occasionally decide to pay an extra 15 minutes of [...]
a fine hand: copywork
Posted in handwriting on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From our local newspaper:
”About three years ago, [middle school language arts teacher] Rebecca Burke stopped writing cursive notes on class-work and the dry-erase board. Her students ‘couldn’t even read it,’ she said. When she polled a handful of her colleagues last week, others reported classrooms of cursive illiterates.”
In our high-tech computer-driven world, cursive handwriting has [...]
mornings at home
Posted in healthy rhythms on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the years, I’ve noticed how one simple thing helps us to stay motivated, focused, and more satisfied with our homeschooling efforts– mornings spent at home. These hours are essential. They set the tone for the rest of the day. And peaceful, focused mornings support the Charlotte Mason approach to learning especially well.
Spending mornings at home can seem [...]
an atmosphere for education
Posted in homekeeping on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte Mason believed that children thrive best in ordinary loving homes, with the company of their siblings, family, and friends, and amidst all the challenges and pleasures of typical family life. She viewed specialized child-friendly environments as stultifying to children, who were meant to flourish in a garden rather than a sheltered hot-house. I’m sure she would [...]
masterly inactivity
Posted in thoughts on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Parents should trust themselves more. Everything is not done by restless endeavour. The mere blessed fact of the parental relationship and of that authority which belongs to it, by right and by nature, acts upon the children as do sunshine and shower on a seed in good soil. But the fussy parent, the anxious parent, [...]
things to take along for an afternoon outside
Posted in nature on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In The Car:
Blanket
A change of clothes for each child
Balls, bats/ racquets, jump rope
First aid kit
Insect repellent and sting soothing ointment
Cell phone and emergency numbers
Jackets
Garbage bags and Zip-Lok bags for wet or muddy things and nature “treasures”
Insect catching net and a ventilated jar
In My Field Bag:
Spiral-bound, heavy drawing paper
Pencils/ erasers
Paints, brushes, water cups for rinsing brushes
Field [...]
let’s ride
Posted in family life on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
