Waldorf Inspired mama Jen Grant is back sharing all of the cozy and wonderful things her family enjoys about winter. Jen gives some great examples of indoor activities for families as well as winter inspired handicrafts to enrich your homeschool day.
Resources Mentioned:
The Brambly Hedge Series- Winter Story
In today’s episode we talk with mom of 5 Naomi about how she uses traditions from her childhood with her children today. We also discuss what it’s like working with Spanish speaking homeschoolers and some Spanish resources!
Resources from this episode:
La Edad De Oro by Jose Marti
Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish
Arco Iris de Poesia
De Colores and other Latin American folk songs for children
In Part 2 of our Hero series, we talk with Maria Nelson about the importance of heroes in the lives of children. From stories of fictional heroes or biographies of great men and women in history, we dive into the (sometimes murky) water of learning from those who have gone before us. We also discuss character building books and stories as a part of a living education.
Resources:
Your Morning Basket: The Truth About Myth (podcast)
Your Morning Basket: Why Fairy Tales are not Optional (podcast)
In Part 1 of our Hero series, we talk with Maria Nelson about the importance of heroes in the lives of children. From stories of fictional heroes or biographies of great men and women in history, we dive into the (sometimes murky) water of learning from those who have gone before us. We also discuss character building books and stories as a part of a living education.
Resources:
Your Morning Basket: The Truth About Myth (podcast)
Your Morning Basket: Why Fairy Tales are not Optional (podcast)
We love homeschooling and marriage so we were so excited when Paula Cutrona came up with the idea to do an episode on how one affects the other. In this episode we discuss so many important topics like practical ways we can use time management to ensure we have energy to put into marriage after a day full of homeschooling, how we communicate to our children the importance of their parents' marriage, our spouses favorite thing about homeschooling, ways that homeschooling can put strain on a marriage and more!
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While every unschooling family’s schedule will look differently, Audrey walks us through what a typical rhythm and schedule looks like for her family. Audrey also shares her views on subjects such as math and spelling, and how she approaches child led learning in their home.
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It's so normal to have expectations about things- especially of how your homeschool day is going to look. We get so excited and have so much fun planning that it can often be discouraging when our reality doesn't meet with those visions. In this episode, your co-hosts discuss how their expectations have been met or challenged during the beginning of their homeschool journey.
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There has been a recent influx in information lately about how important it is to get your kids outside more often. In today’s episode, Christa Thomas goes into more specifics as to why this outdoor time is so important for kids developmentally, socially and physically. She discusses the benefits from a scientific perspective and gives great ideas on to how outdoor time into your routine.
Resources Mentioned:
Vitamin N and Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louve
Peter Gray- Free to Learn
Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom
When you're doing something you love it is often easy to overlook the signs that you're pushing yourself too hard and working in a way that is not sustainable. In this episode, mother of three, Molly, talks with us about her personal experience with burnout. We explore the signs of impending burnout and how to identify them in your life, ways to prevent burnout, as well as ways to recover. This is a very important and encouraging episode for all parents!
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Are you a parent who is interested in homeschooling but not ready to fully commit? Do you know someone who feels like traditional schooling is better for their child but still wants to implement certain homeschool principles or philosophies? In this episode, we talk with curricula researcher and philosophy lover Lauren Litton about the inspiration she has taken from homeschooling resources and applied them to her (currently non-homeschooling) family life.
Resources:
-CM Unboxed course from Modern Miss Mason:
https://coursecraft.net/courses/z9Yfe/splash
-CM 101: A Proper Introduction course from Charlotte Mason Soiree
https://app.schoology.com/assignment/1320295131/info
Planning Your CM Homeschool manual from Simply Charlotte Mason
https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/planning-your-charlotte-mason-education/
-A Delectable Education consultation
https://www.adelectableeducation.com/consulting/
-Commonplace Quarterly magazine
https://commonplacequarterly.com/
- Information on starting a CM Community
http://www.charlottemasonincommunity.com/start-a-community.html
-Charlotte Mason’s volumes, especially Home Education and A Philosophy of Education
-Habits book by Deborah Taylor-Hough (available on Amazon), see also “The Outdoor Lives of Children” and “Ideas and Books” by her (These are very short books that summarize one mother’s thoughts and some key quotes from CM)
-The Introverted Mom by Jamie C. Martin
-Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie
-A Delectable Education podcast episode on Charlotte Mason principles for traditional school families
http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2018/04/episode-122-cm-non-homeschoolers/
Lauren's favorite books for parents whose kids are pre-school age:
Charlotte Mason’s Home Education book (covers ages 0-6)
The Lifegiving Home by Sally Clarkson
Jodi Mockabee’s “Whole Families” magazine (out of print, however she said she's working on a new version that will be cheaper and available directly from her so stayed tuned!)
General vision in parenting:
-The Mother by Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty (Catholic perspective).
-The Lifegiving Parent by Sally & Clay Clarkson (Protestant Christian perspective)
-Different by Sally Clarkson (Protestant Christian perspective)
-Wild + Free bundles & podcast (secular perspective)
https://members.bewildandfree.org/
Home Library & Booklist inspiration:
-Reshelving Alexandria booklists
https://reshelvingalexandria.com/
-Read Aloud Revival booklists
