Christmas Traditions
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
How do we guide our families through the holiday season in a way that is meaningful and restful? And how do we navigate all of the opportunities and good ideas that we have before us? Leah and Amy come back to Charlotte Mason's idea of habit and (its longer ranging cousin, tradition). View the show notes: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/12/07/christmas-traditions/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://thinkinglove.education/newsletter  ..read more
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Spreading the (Digital) Feast
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
With countless courses, videos, tutorials, and books available for immediate download, how do we steward all the online resources available to us and our children? Charlotte Mason encourages us to spread a feast but is there a limit? In this episode, Amy and Leah talk about how they incorporate digital content in their homeschools, how they choose what to include, bad choices they've made, and basic principles for making the most of what we have. Find show notes at: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/11/09/spreading-the-digital-feast/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://thinkinglove.edu ..read more
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Inspiring, Living Science Studies
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
In the last episode of the podcast, Amy and Leah explored the ins and outs of Charlotte Mason nature study. While nature study is the foundation for the study of science, there is plenty more to this broad discipline, and so we decided to take an episode to deep dive into Charlotte Mason science. We talk about how to use living books, why we need to make science hands on, and how science is inspiring our own kids. View full show notes on our website: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/10/26/inspiring-living-science/    Subscribe to our newsletter: https://thinkinglove.education ..read more
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Time for Nature Study
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
Nature study is a quintessential part of a Charlotte Mason education, but that doesn't mean that it looks the same for every family. In this episode, Amy and Leah talk about how they do nature study with their kids as well as why we do it at all. What are the principles behind observing the natural world and, once we're committed to nature study, how can we make it happen consistently? View full show notes on our website: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/10/12/time-for-nature-study/  Mentioned in this Episode: Exploring Nature with Children School Education (affiliate link) Why I love ..read more
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Time Management for Homeschool Moms
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
Even with the best of intentions, most of us look around at some point in the day and wonder how we ended up so busy. In today's episode, Leah and Amy chat about how to manage our time: how can we avoid procrastination, apply the discipline of habit, keep ourselves from dawdling, and just avoid finding ourselves in a tizzy? We definitely don't have perfect time management skills ourselves, but we share plenty of tips and ideas that might just make things a little bit calmer. View the full show notes at our website: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/09/28/time-management-for-homeschool-moms ..read more
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Continuing Charlotte Mason's Legacy
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by Thinking Love
2M ago
Charlotte Mason died one hundred years ago this year and left behind a legacy that continues to impact countless people today. Amy and Leah launch the latest season of the Thinking Love podcast with a conversation about exactly how Charlotte Mason shared her ideas in a lasting and meaningful way, and consider how we might do the same.  You can find notes for the show on our website: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/09/14/continuing-charlotte-masons-legacy/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for email updates here: https://thinkinglove.education/newsletter  ..read more
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Kind Kids: Teaching Manners the Charlotte Mason Way
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by Thinking Love
1y ago
Join Amy and Leah as they wrap up this podcast season with a discussion on manners. How can we teach our kids to be polite? And while we're at it, how can we help them learn to be the kind of people who are thoughtful and considerate toward others? As Charlotte Mason homeschoolers, our first inclination is to reach for a book - but with manners, that's not always the best option. We chat about making abstract manners tangible for our kids, doing the work of parenting, and helping our kids learn to live well with others - and when to pull in the books! Read the full show notes: https://thinking ..read more
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Spelling, Copywork, Dictation
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by Thinking Love
1y ago
As our children learn to read and write, their first attempts at spelling are endearing. But at a certain point, we may start to wonder when and how to teach spelling.  With Charlotte Mason, learning to spell is integrated into many parts of the curriculum, including reading lessons, copywork, and dictation. Together, these lessons help our children learn how to spell by engaging with words in context and encouraging them to study the words closely. Join Amy and Leah as they untangle this multifaceted approach to teaching spelling. Full show notes available at: https://thinkingl ..read more
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Teaching Foreign Language (the Charlotte Mason Way)
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by Thinking Love
1y ago
Charlotte Mason believed that children should learn a second language from a very young age. She felt this was so important that teaching foreign language made it into the very short list of daily subjects for a child under six! But if we have little or no knowledge of a second language, it's hard to know where to start.  In this episode of the Thinking Love Podcast, Leah and Amy chat with Adelaide Olguin of Talkbox.mom on how we can make learning a foreign language a family effort - even if we are starting from scratch. You can read full show notes at https://thinkinglove.education/2022 ..read more
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Handicrafts for Everyone
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by Thinking Love
1y ago
How are handicrafts going? Whether you are crafting up a storm or struggling with consistency, we hope that this episode will be helpful and encouraging. We chat about why handicrafts are part of a Charlotte Mason curriculum, what we need to think about when we choose handicrafts, as well as sharing what and how we've taught our children. Read the show notes, including links ..read more
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