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Charlotte Mason Curriculum 1st and 3rd Grade

By Shannen Espelien 2 Comments

Life keeps chugging along with lots of changes, but the longer we use the Charlotte Mason method in our homeschool, the more I fall in love with it. I’m not a purist, but it is the core methodology that I use when choosing our books. This year was the first where I actually had two […]

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Teaching Textbooks – Homeschool Math Made Easy

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I don’t know if anyone has told you, but having kids in 3rd, 1st, and preschool is about as hard core as when they were 5, 3, and 1.  There’s a lot going on each day. Kids are by and large still in need of a lot of guidance, and there’s one of me and […]

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The Year We Almost Quit (Again)

By Shannen Espelien 2 Comments

I’ve been here before. I’ve wanted to throw all this homeschooling out the window and have my days to myself. I wanted to stop having to fight children to do what is assigned each. and. every. day. We are wrapping up our 10th year homeschooling, and we’ve been in this place a number of times. […]

Filed Under: Charlotte Mason, Homeschool, Kindergarten-2nd Grade, Parent Support, Teens

Charlotte Mason Grade 1 Curriculum Choices

By Shannen Espelien 2 Comments

Charlotte Mason Curriculum Choices - Grade 1

Charlotte Mason Form 1b (grade 1) curriculum for secular or Muslim students

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Decolonizing US History – Without Shattering Their Hope

By Shannen Espelien 2 Comments

Decolonizing US History - Without losing hope

Alhamdulilah, this school year has been quite a learning experience. I spent the first half of the year convinced I had no idea what I was doing, and the second half of the year feeling more confident. Except for history. History has been such a struggle. There seems to be two camps when teaching history: […]

Filed Under: Charlotte Mason, Homeschool, Kindergarten-2nd Grade Tagged With: History

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