Charlotte Mason {in Church} Quarantine Edition

The great thing about Charlotte Mason is that short lessons work well for posting on YouTube! ;) Seriously, though, it has worked well to do video lessons and has been a blessing to many. It's not my favorite thing in the world to see myself in a video every week, but it works to keep the kids learning!

We manage to do ALL the things we normally do over a video... We still pray, read a Bible story, look at a picture, review our verses, sing our hymn and even do nature study with whatever the kids have on hand at home for drawing or painting!

Charlotte Mason Kindergarten in Our Home

Guys, I have an incoming kindergartener! I haven't homeschooled a kindergartener yet (we came late to the homeschooling party) but I am very much looking forward to it, despite feeling quite inadequate. It is humbling to realize that this first year of formal lessons will set the tone for all the other years of school lessons. I think we are off to a good start, though, with having maintained some good habits and expectations. She is excited to learn how to read and to start her very own nature journal and just officially join in on the learning, like her big sisters. :)

Homeschool Quarantine Update

We almost died... thanks to quarantine stress. I kid but not really. 

The beginning of April was rough - the stress was coming from all sides (church ministry, homeschooling and life as a family) and suddenly, I just couldn't handle it anymore so we took a much needed break... it ended up being a two week break and it was definitely worth it. We did a lot of outside playing, spring cleaning, celebrated the twins turning three years old and had hours of reading for fun. The older girls did some drawing, composing and writing, too. Now, we are back at it and just have a few weeks left of our school year!