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every child

can have a beautiful education

and we can enjoy the journey

“[Children] must be let alone, left to themselves a great deal, to take in what they can of the beauty of earth and heavens; for of the evils of modern education few are worse than this — that the perpetual cackle of his elders leaves the poor child not a moment of time, nor an inch of space, wherein to wonder––and grow.”

Charlotte Mason in Home Education, 1886

we have homeschooled our four over a decade

thoughts from our homeschool

our children thrive best, and learn most, with freedom and creativity.

 

"In concentrating exclusively on teaching the child how to read, we have forgotten to teach him to want to read…somehow we lost sight of the teaching precept: What you make a child love and desire is more important than what you make him learn."

Jim Trelease

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2020-01-17T02:32:38-06:00

Jim Trelease

  "In concentrating exclusively on teaching the child how to read, we have forgotten to teach him to want to read…somehow we lost sight of the teaching precept: What you make a child love and desire is more important than what you make him learn."

 

"Children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high, in imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple, likewise. It is only the artificial and the complex that bewilder them."

Nathaniel Hawthorne Lenox, July 15, 1851

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2020-01-17T02:50:23-06:00

Nathaniel Hawthorne Lenox, July 15, 1851

  "Children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high, in imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple, likewise. It is only the artificial and the complex that bewilder them."

 

"Upon the knowledge of these great matters -- History, Literature, Nature, Science, Art -- the Mind feeds and grows. The person becomes what is called magnanimous, a person of great mind, wide interests, incapable of occupying himself much about petty, personal matters. What a pity to lose sight of such a possibility for the sake of miserable scraps of information about persons and things that have little connection with one another and little connection with ourselves!"

Charlotte Mason

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2020-01-17T02:56:28-06:00

Charlotte Mason

  "Upon the knowledge of these great matters -- History, Literature, Nature, Science, Art -- the Mind feeds and grows. The person becomes what is called magnanimous, a person of great mind, wide interests, incapable of occupying himself much about petty, personal matters. What a pity to lose sight of such a possibility for the sake of miserable scraps of information about persons and things that have little connection with one another and little connection with ourselves!"
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Free College-Level Classic Children’s Literature Course

by grade· by interest· Charlotte Mason· college· high school· literature· middle school· subjects

A FREE CLASSIC CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COURSE I am currently taking a college course on my own time. It is not taken for university credit, but for the knowledge that I’ll obtain from it and because the subject is interesting to me. Our four are nearly grown, but I have happily discovered that the love of literature I received from educating…
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Free ACT and SAT Testing Prep & Practice Exams

Free ACT and SAT Testing Prep & Practice Exams

assessment· by grade· high school· subjects

Today, I did some research on free testing prep for our teenagers, and thought I would share what I found with you. It’s a bit difficult to locate free testing prep, but I did find some! I also found free practice exams for both the ACT and the SAT exams. SAT EXAM: FREE sAT TEST Preparation In our area, the…
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How To Homeschool for Free (how we do it)

by grade· by interest· curriculum· elementary· high school· middle school· thoughts from my homeschool

republished from 2013 ; links updated August 2020 Our children are in grades 9th, 7th, 5th, and 2nd.  We homeschool mostly for free. I say “mostly,” because someone could be strict and say we spend money on gas or one-time purchases of devices or instruments. But these expenses are optional – we homeschool for free because the material we use…
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where to find free homeschooling curriculum

Where to Find Free Homeschool Curriculum

art· audiobooks· by grade· by interest· Charlotte Mason· civics· curriculum· elementary· geography· grammar· high school· history· literature· math· middle school· nature studies· preschool-kindergarten· reading & writing· science· spelling· subjects· writing

Some of you are about to begin homeschooling for the first time, and need a curriculum plan that’s already laid out for you! I have collected several free homeschool curriculum options for you. I will label them by grade range, but keep in mind that one of the benefits of homeschooling is that you may go at your child’s pace….
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how can you tell when a child is well educated?

What is Education, Anyway?

by interest· creatively homeschool· general· thoughts from my homeschool

It is subjective as to what education means to each of us. To someone mathematically bent, a child is educated and ready for college (or adulthood) when he has completed calculus, algebra and geometry along with other subjects. To someone with a literary interest, they may cover math ‘only’ to algebra II, but would also be sure the child knows…
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