Organic Mothering

I have been tossing the idea around for a few days to write a short series on designing your own Charlotte Mason (CM) homeschooling cur...

Allow me to explain the title. When I was in high school, my dad asked me to clean the kitchen, so I did. Except that after I had finish...

Over on The Sparkling Martins blog today, Dayna has written about how her oldest two children learned to read naturally, without phonics tra...

http://www.montessori.org/imc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:the-three-period-lesson&catid=79:principles&It...

You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back t...

Radical unschoolers make much ado over living by principles rather than rules. This sounds fine in theory, but then it occurred to me that ...

  Our homeschooling approval letter arrived today. The superintendent is always very prompt; I only turned in my paper work on Monday...

One great thing that Dayna Martin addresses in her Radical Unschooling book is that there is no radical unschooling script. First let...

It appears that there are indeed Catholic families who practice radical unschooling, and they are not so dissimilar in their philosophy ...

Let's face it, sorting through all of the possible approaches to homeschooling can make one's head swim, especially if too much tim...

“Every education teaches a philosophy; if not by dogma then by suggestion, by implication, by atmosphere. Every part of that education has...

"Some parents, instead of being rigid about routines, feel they are helping their children become more flexible human beings by never ...

Beezy is sick and has been running a fever since Saturday. Thankfully we are going to the doctor this afternoon. It has got me to thinking a...

"The edge of unschooling is not a solid line. It will depend on the principles by which a family intends to live, and the philosophy ...

I spent a lot of time on Sunday making a homeschooling schedule for the week. I thought I could use it as a prototype for generally ordering...

I'd rather have dentures than horrible memories of a parent forcing me to brush my teeth.  I found this quote in an online article, ...

On St. Therese of Lisieux, from Wikipedia: In her quest for sanctity, she believed that it was not necessary to accomplish heroic acts, or...

I am planning to begin our homeschooling year tomorrow, Tuesday, August 21!  My husband will start his first day of teaching college for the...