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Knowing God Jul 10, 2020

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Education is the science of relations, relations with saints and sinners, the past and the present, earth and sky, art and craft, work and leisure. Still, there is more. read more.

Instructing in the Beauty Sense Jun 29, 2020

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Last time, we spoke of the Beauty Sense, a formative force rarely considered in its potent ability to shape the character of children. The Beautiful, together with the Good and the True are servants to one another, each drawing to the others, as it draws us to itself. Charlotte Mason speaks of imagination with the trained eye and ear, as central to the perception of beauty. read more

On Beauty Jun 12, 2020

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These are harrowing times. A man dies under the knee of a police officer. Such things ought not to be. Crowds erupt in riot, looting, burning and killing. Such things ought not to be. How are we to understand it? What is to be done? read more

“Bringing up” Children in Distressing Times (Part 2) May 28, 2020

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The story of the principal and Suzie was primarily about recovery from a distressed brain state, but this is only half of the work that is to be accomplished. It is also the responsibility of parents and teachers to build resilience. Resilience is the capacity to absorb adversity without slipping into a dysfunctional, distressed brain state. The greater the resilience, the less likely a child (or anyone for that matter) is to respond adversely, regardless of what is happening in the environs. Eight practices for building resilience will be the topic of this blog. read more

“Bringing up” Children in Distressing Times (Part 1) May 15, 2020

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These last weeks have been taxing. Routines have been radically altered. Freedoms have been constrained. Normal pleasures have been curtailed. For many, income has been disrupted. And perhaps most trying of all, the future is uncertain. The illusion that we are in control is being challenged. Such testing times can be stressful for parent and child alike. read more

Child Gymnasium or Child Garden Nov 25, 2019

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That children should be trained to endure hardness, was a principle of the old regime. "I shall never make a sailor if I can't face the wind and rain," said a little fellow of five who was taken out on a bitter night to see a torchlight procession; and, though, shaking with cold, he declined the shelter of a shed. Nowadays, the shed is everything; the children must not be permitted to suffer from fatigue or exposure.

That children should do as they are bid, mind their books, and take pleasure as it offers when nothing stands in the way, sums up the old theory; now, the pleasures of children are apt to be made more account than their duties. Formerly, they were brought up in subjection; now, the elders give place, and the world is made for the children.[1]

[1] Mason, Charlotte. Home Education. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1989. 7.

Scripture in Community with the Ambleside / Charlotte Mason Method Part 3 Adult Bible Study Example Aug 29, 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q-NmpLDZbY&list=PLSyapsJ5Zs5NFrwJLZbT7i-SwQdA6yYpU&index=3

Scripture in Community with the Ambleside / Charlotte Mason Method Part 2 Aug 15, 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rirUIuadIBo&list=PLSyapsJ5Zs5NFrwJLZbT7i-SwQdA6yYpU&index=2

Scripture in Community with the Ambleside / Charlotte Mason Method Part 1 Aug 01, 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q-NmpLDZbY&list=PLSyapsJ5Zs5NFrwJLZbT7i-SwQdA6yYpU&index=3

Opportunities at Home Jun 13, 2019

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Last time, we heard from Essex Cholmondeley about opportunities, the opportunities parents have at home “to bring children up to be or to do” to be the kind of persons who have the power to live the life God has given them in exactly the way God intends, complete in mind, heart and soul with “the needs of something to love, something to do and something to think about.” It’s a lofty work indeed, to bring children up in these varied relationships. In truth, each parent and each teacher are a part of this work already, consciously or unconsciously. more

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