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Mathematics: A Mountain Perspective
Charlotte Mason referred to Mathematics as a mountainous land, where the travelers benefited from an invigorating atmosphere and each step was taken on firm ground. Join Richele Baburina, author of “Mathematics: An Instrument for Living Teaching” and “Charlotte Mason’s Living Math: A Guided Journey”, for a guided journey through the Principality of Mathematics in the Mason classroom from the early years through high school.
Via CM’s analogy of mathematics and the mountainous land, we begin by looking at math education as an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life while moving from preschool through 12th grade. Along the way, we move fear to the back seat, dispel common misconceptions, and gain practical advice for use in your own home school rooms.
This video doesn’t give the detail of teaching each new concept as you will find in the DVD”Charlotte Mason’s Living Math: A Guided Journey”. Rather the author’s desire for this video is that everyone begins on firm ground.
(1-hour video)
A Vision for Children: How Living Books Influence Moral Development
Charlotte Mason said character was the goal of education. A living education inevitably results in a life of character. How do living books contribute to this life? How does involvement in literature live, breathe, and have being? How can our own children grow and be shaped by books? Liz will discuss how story is the sustenance of life and becomes the substance of character as it shapes our child’s intellect, imagination, body, soul and spirit, and how living books are the vision our children need to see the world, themselves, and God.
(1-hour video)
Lesson Planning in a Living Education
It’s one thing to choose the subjects and find the books, plan a schedule and gather the children, but then what is the teacher expected to do to bring out the most in the day to day lessons? Is reading and narration really all there is? What does scaffolding a lesson look like? There are practical principles and specific tips for getting through the lessons with delight and enthusiasm rather than with a haphazard or unprepared approach. This webinar will address the general guidelines as well as many specifics for facing your school day with intention rather than uncertainty, even when you haven’t read every book yourself.
This is a recording of the live webinar A Delectable Education did in March 2017.
(2-hour video)
Keeping Time: History “Things”
Have you heard of the Book of Centuries but still feel intimidated to introduce the idea to your students? Are you uncertain about when to begin time-lines and also what they should look like and include? Have you ever wondered what the Century Charts Charlotte Mason’s students kept were all about? This webinar will answer these questions and more as we walk through the various tools students can use to synthesize their history knowledge. Emily will walk you through the purpose of the various History Tools used in the PNEU, showing how they can be implemented in home and school classrooms today, when each tool should be introduced and what information it should contain, as well as how to make and use these yourself with your students.
This is a recording of the live webinar A Delectable Education did in January 2017.
(2-hour video)