Thursday, February 9, 2012
Posted by Cindy on December 4, 2009
We enjoyed Duke Ellington a lot! It was refreshing to hear a different style of music than we’ve been listening to so far this semester. We aren’t studying a composer in December. I’ll have resources in the sidebar again in January!
Duke Ellington
Making Music Fun – Biography and You Tube Performances
Books We’ll Read
CD’s We’ll Listen To
Posted by Cindy on November 3, 2009
What a glorious time of year! In my part of the world, God’s creation is singing in brilliant colors and crisp notes. In honor of His magnificent show, I thought I’d center the theme around bits and pieces of Autumn Beauty. Enjoy the wonderful articles!
Nature Study
Julee from Abundant Harvest shares her family’s awesome nature study that came from an injured monarch in Nature Study – Butterfly.
Alicia from La Famille gives a great tutorial for making a dye from black walnut shells in Nuts About Dye!
Ritsumei from Baby Steps shares about her family’s recent trip to their local nature preserve in Critters and Moss.
Kris from At Home Science provides a nice list of living books and such for anyone planning to study rocks, soil or the earth in Geology Study Resources.
Barb at Handbook of Nature Study shares about one of her nature challenges in Outdoor Hour Challenge Autumn Series – Seasonal Weather.
Yours truly is sharing an article from Shining Dawn Books about Nature Study with a Toddler or Preschooler.
Art/Picture Study
Dana from Epi Kardia takes us on a how-to journey through picture study in Charlotte Mason Mondays – Picture Study.
I’d like to share a recent picture study resource review I wrote at The Curriculum Choice about Dover Art Cards as well as our latest artist study activities in The Thinker and Other Rodin Fun.
Living Literature
Keri from Sunny Scholars helps unmuddy the waters when it comes to finding good literature that’s also friendly to beginning readers in Readers.
Amber from The Mommy Earth shares how she and her children enjoyed a cozy reading time together in Book Review: Five Little Peppers.
Kris from Science of Relations provides a set of living literature for our reading enjoyment that focuses on history in Westward Expansion: Santa Fe Trail.
Jimmie from Jimmie’s Collage reminds us that even older children enjoy picture books, and she’s found several goodies in Picture Books for Middle School.
Science/History
Heather from Maple Hill Academy shares how she has implemented a family time line in Book of Years.
Barb from Harmony Art Mom shows us how she uses a traditional teaching text with CM flair in Apologia Physical Science with a CM Style.
Super Odds and Ends
Penny from Our Crazy Adventures in Autismland! gives us a glimpse into habit training in Bedtime Routine into Habit.
Richele from Under the Golden Apple Tree reminds us of the importance of leisure time in Masterly Inactivity.
Johnna from Living Charlotte Mason in California is the perfect ending to a cool weather carnival as she shares about her family’s adventure making Autumn Butternut Soup.
Thank you so much for visiting the Charlotte Mason Carnival today! Richele from Under the Golden Apple Tree will be hosting next time on November 17th. I hope you’ll consider submitting an article! Until next time, I hope your autumn days are spent in thankfulness to our Creator for His bounty!
Posted by Cindy on November 1, 2009
I hope these resources come in handy as you plan a study of George Gershwin!
George Gershwin
Books We’ll Read
CD’s We’ll Listen To
Posted by Cindy on September 29, 2009
We have LOVED our time spent with Rousseau, but now it’s time to move on to French sculptor, Auguste Rodin.
Landscape with Cattle
View of Bridge Sevres
The Football Players
Monkeys in a Jungle
Lesson Ideas
Princeton Online – Several Ideas
Lesson Plan Page – Stained Glass
Books We Read
Don’t forget to sign up for the giveaway that takes place bright and early Thursday, October 1st!
Posted by Cindy on
Vivaldi’s music and story have made for wonderful studies this month! We’re off to a more contemporary composer, George Gershwin, for the month of October.
Antonio Vivaldi
Book We Read
CD’s We Listened To
Don’t forget to sign up for the giveaway that takes place bright and early Thursday, October 1st!
