An America250 post Memorial Day announces the beginning of summer. It is like the opening parenthesis of this time when life is different. Where we slow down, we put the important first rather than the busyness of life. But do we actually acknowledge Memorial Day for what it is? Not just the opening of summer…
The June booklists are here! June and summer are just around the corner. Often it conjures thoughts of a care free life where book learning is left behind. And when you attend a traditional school that is still true in the sense that you no longer have to be present in the school building. But…
Narration… The leitmotif of a Charlotte Mason education. What is narration and how do you do it? Narration is the hinge on which the learning is acquired. It is the key to making what is studied “my own”. Narration can seem daunting and a chore but truly it is the best learning tool in my…
Family style learning enables us to streamline our learning experiences without diluting them. It has opened my eyes to other “school habits” that many homeschoolers fall prey to and that inhibit a profound learning experience. Just like school segregates children by age, it also segregates learning by subjects. As much as I understand the practical…
Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day present for yourself and your daughters? One that could possibly include picture books, mentoring and great conversations? Search no more! I have the best present you could give yourself and your girls! Cottage Tales is a unique mother-daughter book club. This is a real work of love. As a…
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21st, 2025. What happens now?For those of us who are still labeled the John Paul II generation, it will be the third time that we see a new pope elected. As I was reflecting on this with my husband we were saying how strange it is that our…
May is such a lovely month! Flowers are everywhere, you can hear bird songs so early in the morning, the grass is green. It is just a lovely month. And to make it even better the Church has dedicated it to our mother, Mary. Several Marian Feasts are in May and many great saints are…
Home education should be a family affair, right? I mean you are at home, you are all together, so why should education be segregated? I am a huge proponent of a family learning as a family. By that I mean that it is so much nicer when we are all learning the same thing at…
Education is a life. That life is sustained on ideas. Ideas are of spiritual origin, and God has made us so that we get them chiefly as we convey them to one another, whether by word of mouth, written page, Scripture word, musical symphony; but we must sustain a child’s inner life with ideas as…
Today we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere! How incredible is that? We are entering into a time of great celebrations here in the United States for the next 18 months-ish. We are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country! Months long celebrations known as America250 are underway throughout the nation….
