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 [...]

If you live anywhere near the Lexington, KY area, don’t miss this FREE homeschool fair tomorrow!  Melissa and I will be there with our NaturExplorer units (Shining Dawn Books booth) and I will be teaching two workshops:
Creative Homeschooling: Ideas that Inspire Children to Learn from 10:45-11:15
Living Math: Teaching Outside the Textbook from 11:30-Noon
Lexington Homeschool Fair
Saturday, [...]

Snow Toward Evening
Suddenly the sky turned gray,
The day,
Which had been bitter and chill,
Grew soft and still.
Quietly
From some invisible blossoming tree
Millions of petals cool and white
Drifted and blew,
Lifted and flew,
Fell with the falling might.
~Melville Cane

Welcome to the first edition of the Charlotte Mason Carnival in 2009!  You sure are in for a treat as there are [...]

A good friend emailed me awhile back with a question about staying focused and getting it all done during times when life has to be hectic.  I’m finding myself in one of those times right now.  I thought I might remind myself of the answer I gave and share with you at the same time.

Her [...]

*Note:  I fixed the video link.

Animal School
by George Reavis

Once upon a time the animals had a school. They had four subjects ~ running, climbing, flying, and swimming ~ and all animals took all subjects.
The duck was good at swimming, better than the teacher, in fact. He made passing grades in running and flying, but he [...]