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Worth every minute

4/29/2015

"...something definite remains with a child after his studies.
We cannot measure the influence that one or another artist has upon the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at even a single picture."
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I've said it before and I'll say it again,
an art museum through the eyes of a child (age 7 or 3) is just so. much. fun.

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Sunny Days

4/18/2015

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MOM TIME!!! Squeeze it in!

Using up the frozen rhubarb and attempting recipes with oat flour

Little Toot is a current favorite bedtime story (by Hardie Gramatky)

a very high birthday surprise picnic

captivated by a Northern Flicker

"Oh, good mother, to whom is entrusted the rearing of a very tender plant, take heed what you teach,
and foster in it, above all other virtues, the charity which 'hopeth all things'
and then can both believe and endure."
Parables of Nature- Red Snow

first violets

Preparing a guest room

getting a start on the kitchen garden, hunting worms for fishing, and serious Tonka hauling while mom divides perennials. I think this is what was meant by 'Masterly Inactivity'

3 ways to capture a sunset

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Unfolding

4/12/2015

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New leaves always unfold to take the place of the old,
but these that withered never lived again,
they became fertilizer for other plants.
-Hans Christian Andersen

on a windy afternoon

morning clouds!

another wet afternoon

sunlit evening

weekend planting

Emile was silent but her ears listened and her eyes sparkled.

She was like the drop of dew that falls on a thirsting plant.

Hans Christian Andersen

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Smell the Rain

4/2/2015

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We could smell it on its way in.

Easter planting

We didn't realize pussy willows 'bloomed' yellow!

my kids love dismantling old electronics

snack and story time

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Welcome!

"I am recording this so that future generations will also praise the Lord for all He has done." -Psalm 102:18

I am a mama to 2 sweet brothers who aspires to a "thinking love" toward my children.

Take a peek into our journey towards a living education inspired by the writings of Charlotte Mason.

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Previously...

Our Story

Our Year 1 Rhythm

Cloth Diapering

Century Chart

Learning to Read

Wool Felting

Nature with Little Ones

Playful Learning ABC

Living Math

Raising Tadpoles

Homemade Cleaning Recipes

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Beginning a Foreign Language

Animal Tracking with Kids

Beginning Preschool

First History Lessons

Maple Sugaring with Kids

Children in the Garden

Sloyd handwork

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"In this field small efforts are honoured with great rewards, and we perceive that the education we are giving exceeds all that we intended or imagined.”
- Mason