Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 19, 2009, 11:05 pm
My family is relatively new at the Charlotte Mason approach but I've learned so much in the last 7 months. Much of the "tweaking" of my knowledge and understanding has been from visiting other C...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 11, 2009, 3:48 pm
Yesterday, I posted the 20 Principles of Charlotte Mason in her original words. Today, I will endeavor to bring these up to modern language.  I have only seen this attempted once before. The resu...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 10, 2009, 5:28 pm
I appreciate those who participated in the Fall Fest Giveaway. I had hoped for more participants; still my blog is new and it was my first attempt at such a thing.  And now for the winners *drumroll*...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 10, 2009, 4:37 pm
This post isn't an explanation of how to teach a subject or even some clever idea I've created or found. Today, I'm just listing the 20 Principles of a Charlotte Mason Education. It can be...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 9, 2009, 11:02 pm
Fall hasn't hit Florida yet. It may not even come. Still, I wanted my blog to be Fallish..and now it is thanks to my business associate, Nataly! (((THANKS NATALY))). I was far to lazy to redo the ...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 7, 2009, 11:00 pm
Wreaths have been around for many centuries. Roman women use to wear them as a headdress and Laurel wreaths were worn on the heads of military and government officials in parades.  In Greece they wer...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 6, 2009, 11:14 pm
We've been quite delayed in getting started on our nature study.  Life is life and sometimes that's not great. At any rate, today was a special day for us and in the process of our special da...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 4, 2009, 11:04 pm
No matter the schooling approach we choose, we all have one thing in common: Books. We all use them. Share with the rest of us some of the books your child is reading this year. You will be entere...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 4, 2009, 9:26 pm
Charlotte Mason called them "handicrafts"... things which would be useful to woman (sewing, crocheting, knitting, etc) and to men (woodworking, blacksmith, etc). Our world has changed a lot since then...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 3, 2009, 5:52 am
My children started out in public school in 1991. One thing led to another and I've been homeschooling or unschooling for 10 years now. I brought my son home from public school in October 1999. I ...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 2, 2009, 5:34 am
Today I have 2 prizes to give away. One is practical to homeschooling and the environment: a recycled pencil case. The other is 6 soy wax melts (you may choose 3 in one scent and 3 in another!). One p...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 1, 2009, 8:18 pm
Of course I'm exempt from the contest, but I thought I'd share anyway.  This particular poem truly speaks to me. When my children (grown and small) think of fall, we immediately speak of usin...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Oct 1, 2009, 5:14 am
It's October 1st and the first day of my Homeschool Fall Fest Giveaway!  With the Charlotte Mason method of schooling, we use poetry as a part of our literature as well as a means for increas...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 30, 2009, 10:17 am
Today it is 70 degrees. FALL! *claps* Ok I know.. but I'm in Florida so leave me alone. We have many non-school things to do today. Errands and business must be taken care of but I'm going to ...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Primal Thoughts from Primal Mommies - Sep 29, 2009, 4:42 pm
Today I am participating in teh MckLinky Blog Hop because.. well.. it's appropriate for this blog.  The hop is "Three Things Every Parent Should Teach Their Children". We don't want to state...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 28, 2009, 4:48 pm
I love fall and because I love fall, I'm having a Homeschool Fall-Fest Giveaway. The giveaway will begin on Thursday, October 1, 2009 and continue through Thursday, October 8, 2009. Visit this...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 26, 2009, 2:24 am
I love fall. And because I love fall, I am having a Homeschool Fall Fest Giveaway in October. Here are a few of the sponsors you can look forward to winning prizes from next month (more sponsors to...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 25, 2009, 5:28 pm
So let's get started here. Barb has posted Outdoor Hour Challenge: Autumn Series-Cattails (last Friday but I missed it!! (Thus the "catching up"!!) She shared with us her family's exp...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 25, 2009, 5:16 pm
One of the wonderful blogs I follow (see my BlogRoll-Call to the right) is HandBook of Nature Study by Barb (based upon the book, of course). Now that I'm a little more familiar with what she'...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 20, 2009, 8:58 pm
This monthly class teaches students useful information about nature. There will be 6 live weekly classes utilizing natural elements.  The classes are 45 minutes long.  At the end of each class, t...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 17, 2009, 12:59 am
Orlando Science Center Homeschool Open HouseOnce upon a time.. ok it wasn't that long ago actually... homeschooling was not very popular and most people could claim they didn't even know a h...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 16, 2009, 11:05 pm
Poetry is something that has sadly been "lost" to the public school systems. I've always loved poetry. A love of poetry, I feel, should be instilled into every child. One of my favorite quotes o...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 16, 2009, 1:09 pm
Music Appreciation is a fairly simple thing. Basically, you just expose your children to classical music. There are classical music stations, cd's, etc as with any music. Also, you can use the sam...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 15, 2009, 10:10 am
My FamilyAs homeschoolers, we all hear the "but what about socialization?" argument. I will not address that here or argue what socialization means. That's better left to my more snarky side which...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 14, 2009, 11:06 pm
The best way for children to learn about pictures is from pictures. Textbooks can never teach art appreciation. It must be cultivated. In my home, I try to streamline art, history, geography and an...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 13, 2009, 11:07 pm
How to conduct the teaching of grammar is a matter which some find confusing and many of us dread.. Charlotte Mason did write on the subject off and on throughout her writings. All of her thoughts on ...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 13, 2009, 3:17 pm
For our history, art and geography this month, we're covering time from beginning to 1550 B.C.  So I went stumbling "Mesopotamia" and found some very helpful and informative sites.   Mesopo...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 12, 2009, 9:52 pm
Handwriting is taught with the intent of not only teaching the child to write, but to write well. As with all things Charlotte Mason, we keep the lessons short. It is better to have a few perfect B&#...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 11, 2009, 11:22 pm
Yesterday, I posted the "how to" on Narration. Today we'll cover literature.  Children love to read when the reading is interesting.  Dry, dumbed-down books and school books strain their atte...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 11, 2009, 12:21 am
In April, I posted a run-down on the Charlotte Mason method (before the month was over, I'd switched over to this approach!).  This week, I am actually going to go over the how-to's of this m...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Primal Thoughts from Primal Mommies - Sep 7, 2009, 2:20 pm
Socialization.. the homeschooler's "S" word.  It is of major concern to everyone. Well.. everyone except the homeschoolers anyway.  I was just stumbling and found this very interesting article o...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Primal Thoughts from Primal Mommies - Sep 7, 2009, 1:53 pm
I consider myself a fairly open-minded person. I'm willing to hear any side of any topic and consider the weight of the matter before settling on what I personally think. Heck.. this is how I conv...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Primal Thoughts from Primal Mommies - Sep 7, 2009, 1:18 am
If you're a homeschool blogging mom.. please jump over to join my Interview with a Homeschooler blog hop!  Just click on the banner. Read more by clicking the title link
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 7, 2009, 12:19 am
I'm setting our goals for September.  Of course these are aimed towards our long-term goals for the year. Lapbook and notebook (for respective ages) our way through the book of Genesis and that t...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 6, 2009, 12:24 pm
My family and I have been through quite a homeschooling journey over the last 10 years.  In April, I decided that I like the Charlotte Mason method and I did the research necessary to get moving wi...
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Michelle Cannon posted an article on Holistic Homeschooler - Sep 5, 2009, 12:14 pm
We homeschool moms do a lot of planning, writing, many of us blog. We share our experiences and tell of our children's accomplishments. Our children notebook, lapbook or make reports. Sometimes w...
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