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Posts Tagged ‘history’


Nov
07

Autumn Session Update

I was just reviewing my previous post where I summarized what we’d accomplished in our first 6 weeks of a Charlotte Mason approach.  That was back in March.  It was fascinating to look back at what we’ve changed, what we’ve maintained, where we’ve stalled and where we’ve progressed. One big change is that I stopped [...]

May
17

Considering History Odyssey

I just learned about a program by Pandia Press (who also does R.E.A.L. Science) called History Odyssey. It’s kinda Charlotte Mason-ey, in that it focuses on living books and history through stories as much as possible, rather than pure textbooks. It’s a bit more structured that “pure” CM, though, since there are some guided question-and-answer [...]

Mar
22

First Session Wrap-up: Our First Six Weeks of Charlotte Mason

We’ve come to the end of our first session of homeschooling with a Charlotte Mason approach.  I decided to follow the idea of organizing 6-week session blocks according to the TangleWood School‘s suggestions.  At the end of the session, we compare what we’ve done with what we’ve planned and see what adjustments might need to [...]

Mar
11

New Carnival of Homeschooling

The latest Carnival of Homeschooling is up, and while I didn’t submit a post this week (we’ve been sick around here so I haven’t done much blogging), I’m still looking forward to reading a ton of great posts from other blogs! I’m particularly looking forward to Home is Where You Start From‘s look at Homer’s [...]

Feb
07

O Canada… Thy History is Confused!

So I was googling the lyrics to O Canada.  Purely out of laziness, so I could just copy-paste and print instead of typing them out myself.  I’m not hyper-patriotic or anything… in fact I think the recent hubbub about the New Brunswick elementary school that decided to stop singing the anthem every single day is [...]

Jan
27

Casual, Conversational, Currency Learning

Every once in awhile, we get to experience that great homeschool event, where one lesson becomes a springboard for student-initiated inquiry into something else, where a constructed instruction side-flips into a casual, free-association exploration of some important topic, completely of the child’s pursuing.  Those kinds of real, natural learning episodes, which they probably remember more [...]

Dec
08

Our Homeschool Curriculum

We’re not school-at-home. We’re not radical unschoolers. We’re pretty eclectic. I give Flipper quite a bit of freedom in choosing what sorts of things he wants to do, but I also insist on a few things myself. I work very hard, however, at finding materials that will be interesting and even fun for him to [...]



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