Wow, we got so many great links for the fall link-up and really great comments and feedback. I'm so glad that so many of us are interested in using Charlotte Mason's methods on own minds!
We've also got a good representation across the forms. I always forget to go back and see what links have been added to carnivals so I assume at least some of you are the same way and I'll be recaping them here unless that gets too unwieldy.
The Fall Posts:
Jenna talks about her plans and initial weeks of AO Year 1.
Blossom over at North Laurels is also starting at the very beginning (it is a good place to start :-) but she's using AO for Groups. She's got more than one post over there so be sure to find both.
Moving up to Form 2, we have Nelleke from Education as Life with her journey through Year 4 and both the joys and the hard decisions it brings with it (like the struggle with handing over books and letting our children be independent - because we like the books too!)
I just recently posted my plans for Year 8.
In other mother (and father!) culture links, we have Dewey's Treehouse sharing her Christmas Countdown and some very cute but simply craft options.
Caleb adds a unique perspective as a homeschooling Dad who's making Charlotte Mason work for his Orthodox family.
And Anna shares her current book choices and goes beyond with music and nature.
More Mother Culture Links:
Once you start looking for it, the Mother Culture ideas are everywhere in the CM community, even if they aren't labeled directly as such. I loved the Schole Sister's Podcast #28 Education is a Life because if you realize what Charlotte Mason meant by that and truly believe it, you can't help but see that you need it is well. And if you don't, go listen and you soon will.
On a practical level, The Mason Jar episode #48 with Mary Jo Tate gave me a good example of what I want to be in 20 years - a mom who can talk about books for as long as they'll let me!
Erin is a good source of inspiration if you're not up for a full AO year but still want to prioritize Mother Culture. She shares her how and her what in her post a over at Raising Veggies and Humans (I'm jealous, I am raising humans but the veggies part never seems to work out how I plan).
Over on Instagram, #MasonForMe is small but growing so do check it out - and use it! I love looking at a pretty stack of books.
Now for this winter's link up: We've made the plans, now we got to put them into action! And keep sharing!
I have internet over the holidays, so I got to put up a post I've been thinking about for a month! I enjoyed thinking through how much my reading habits have changed this year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all these links! It's delightful reading about various homeschooling parents pursuing mother/father culture! :)
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