“Everyone will become like family.” These words were spoken to me on a warm summer afternoon last year as I was standing in line in someone’s kitchen, waiting to pile my plate with food. We were there to have our first planning meeting for our homeschool co-op and the moms were enjoying a meal together before we got down to…
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To read more about Charlotte Mason picture study and to see the other aids I have available, click here. Prior to starting this picture study aid, Vermeer was an artist I admired very much. I studied a few of his paintings in college in depth but knew very little about his life (with good reason – very little is actually known about…
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No melancholy days are these! Not where the maple changing stands, Not in the shade of fluttering oaks, Nor in the bands Of twisting vines and sturdy shrubs, Scarlet and yellow, green and brown, Falling, or swinging on their stalks, Is Sorrow’s crown. The sparkling fields of dewy grass, Woodpaths and roadsides decked with flowers, Starred asters and the goldenrod,…
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February has a reputation in the homeschooling world for being the month when the feelings of wanting to quit are at their peak. It can be a time of year when many families are tired of being trapped indoors (and facing at least a month more of it), moms and kids are sick of the same old routine (which is…
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I’ve been thinking about offering the Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aids in some kind of printed form for a while. Some of you have expressed interest in this option either via my feedback form or other means, and so it’s definitely been something on my mind. Originally my intention was just to offer the picture study aid itself, with no…
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