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Teaching Formal Elegance & Etiquette

Sometime ago I posted on my blog, Journey to Simplicity, about making each day special. I don’t mean in just a generic way, but a memorable way. I offered tips such as eating by candle light every night, using your good dishes for an everyday meal a few times per month, “dessert for dinner day,” among other things. Kids...

Choosing Your School Year Schedule

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One of the most difficult tasks to accomplish with homeschooling is planning your schedule. We sit down a month or so before we are ready to begin school and we outline everything we want to accomplish. Then we plan out what we are going to accomplish each day of every week. We are going to get up and start school by 8 a.m....

Narration: Simple, Easy, and Exciting

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If you follow a Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling, you already know what narration is. If you don’t, in a brief summary narration is the retelling of a story, event, or lesson to help “seal” the knowledge learned. What makes narration a great part of all school experiences is that it can be done at ALL levels...