Parent and Student Roles in Homeschooling Work with Heart of Dakota
Editor's note: This blog post, originally released on May 4, 2018, was written at a time when Julie's children were in Creation to Christ, World Geography, and US History II.…
Do the high school guides incrementally build in skill level?
Dear Carrie Do the high school guides incrementally build in skill level as you go up? I'm a homeschool mom of five, and I've loved using Heart of Dakota since…
Is answering questions an important skill? Or, can we replace it with narrating?
Dear Carrie If my daughter narrates better than she answers questions, should I focus on improving her skill of properly answering questions, or should I let her narrate instead? We…
Composition is…an integral part of their education
A Charlotte Mason Moment: "Children in this Form (ages 9-12) have a wider range of reading, a more fertile field of thought, and more delightful subjects for composition. They write…
“Reading lessons must be short; ten minutes or a quarter of an hour of fixed attention is enough…”
A Charlotte Mason Moment: “The power of reading with perfect attention will not be gained by the child who is allowed to moon over his lessons. For this reason, reading…
