“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” –Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The 2009 ChildlightUSA conference will take the theme of Beauty in a Charlotte Mason Education and I have been [...]
Archive for November, 2008
If You Want to Build a Ship by Laurie Bestvater
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Beauty, Charter Schools, Culture, Great Recognition on November 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Naked and Blue at My Back Door by Sandy Rusby Bell
Posted in Curriculum, Practical Application, Reading, The Art of Play, tagged Creative Play, Imagination, Integrated Curriculum, Mason Curriculum on November 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Several years ago I opened my back door to call the children in for a snack. I was greeted by my seven, five and two year olds, all completely naked and painted blue. We had recently been reading about how Julius Caesar fought the Celts in Britain. Susan Wise Bauer told us that the Celts [...]
