tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post6601546319442925232..comments2024-01-10T05:26:18.695-05:00Comments on Moments With Mother Culture®: Charlotte Mason's "Scientific Spirit" Embodies the HumanitiesKaren Andreolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-64061561439879099672012-01-31T15:32:33.785-05:002012-01-31T15:32:33.785-05:00We recently pulled my son out of a homeschool acad...We recently pulled my son out of a homeschool academy and I wasn't sure what to do with him regarding science as he has some learning difficulties. I have him reading science biographies mainly and I'm glad to see that I was not wrong in doing so.Farrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884648840608072747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-3692951222956436702012-01-30T17:54:37.281-05:002012-01-30T17:54:37.281-05:00Karen,
We have been listening to Your Story Hour ...Karen,<br /><br />We have been listening to Your Story Hour for years! In fact, my oldest daughter, now 25, emphatically states that that was how she learned her history! <br /><br />We've begun getting the mp3 downloads now, because our tapes have long ago been worn out.<br /><br />Blessings! <br /><br />Lisa<br />Www.LisaRaub.comLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114959148385150009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-91038451967808915422012-01-30T16:33:47.708-05:002012-01-30T16:33:47.708-05:00Karen,
I working very hard on switching over to pr...Karen,<br />I working very hard on switching over to present our learning more in line with Charlotte Mason's philosophy. Thank you so much for this post. I am to the point where I am looking for specifics.<br />Warm wishes,<br />TonyaTonya Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140984106118247860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-16631083406715273222012-01-27T08:45:21.225-05:002012-01-27T08:45:21.225-05:00These have been recommended to me before!! THANK Y...These have been recommended to me before!! THANK YOU! :) Love the Charlotte quotes...I am getting mentally geared up and inspired for us returning to some of our more "formal" learning...just had my baby, so we are relaxing right now. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291951073853426272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-3703453904498234262012-01-25T22:59:26.812-05:002012-01-25T22:59:26.812-05:00What a timely post. After experiencing one frustra...What a timely post. After experiencing one frustrating moment after another with a popular Christian science curriculum, I recently decided to shelve it and go back to reading biographies aloud to my 13 and 11 year olds. The discussions we're enjoying together are ever so much more delightful than what we experienced prior. Thanks, Karen, for reminding me (through this post and your other writings) of the joy and pleasure of the "human aspect" of the sciences and humanities. I've learned so much from you and will be forever grateful. :)<br /><br />By the way, your grands are adorable -- the sweater is also.<br /><br />Blessings in HIM,<br /><br />Lisa :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760735212107263086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-89641853994745428452012-01-25T15:29:15.649-05:002012-01-25T15:29:15.649-05:00I agree that children can be spurred on to the sci...I agree that children can be spurred on to the sciences through the reading of biographies. I have a 17 year old who tends to be rather artistic (music, drawing etc.) However he is leaning toward a medical missions career after having been inspired by the lives of scientist and doctor's. We all know that motivation is half of the equation ...and it's the first half in accomplishing mastery in any area of skill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-76856521321214317522012-01-22T20:48:20.632-05:002012-01-22T20:48:20.632-05:00I remember listening to Your Story Hour on the rad...I remember listening to Your Story Hour on the radio as a child. My children listen on the internet and enjoy it too. We also have the CDs about the Wright brothers and the Pilgrims, which they like a lot! Thank you for the birthday greetings--you made my day!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14755652309595005430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-28861831354054510762012-01-20T19:56:56.613-05:002012-01-20T19:56:56.613-05:00Oh yes, please tell Nigel that his drawings are fa...Oh yes, please tell Nigel that his drawings are fantastic. Watching an artist at work is a great treat. It must be a greater delight when the artist is your very own son. <br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-75008020117856789872012-01-20T18:31:10.729-05:002012-01-20T18:31:10.729-05:00It is interesting to hear your "take" on...It is interesting to hear your "take" on science and your experiences with it. Thank you, Ladies.<br /><br />I should mention that the kitty cat had to be given away. But to a child it is a similar sadness and I appreciate your sympathy. My daughter calls the baby "Plumpkins." I think it most fitting. <br /><br />Karen A..Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-7239366686279260262012-01-20T16:29:12.410-05:002012-01-20T16:29:12.410-05:00Dear Karen,
Thank you for giving me some great id...Dear Karen,<br /><br />Thank you for giving me some great ideas to use with my son Jacob for science.<br /><br />It so far has been a bit of a dull year for science, I read, we discuss and he writes down what he has learned, but I have not included any story books along with it. <br /><br />I need to remember that it is okay to learn about different types of science at the same time, that I don't have to save certain books for later.<br /><br />I was gifted some of the "Your Story Hour" cassettes from a friend that sells homeschool books, as everyone wants CD's now. We have a similar vintage looking radio that plays cassettes and CD's, we listen to it often...mostly classical music. I find it is a great background to learning.<br /><br />Anyway, enough of my rambling. <br />Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and the pictures of your adorable grandsons!<br /><br />Blessings!<br />~NadineNadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975125019581254008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-71892100759310478812012-01-20T15:23:14.974-05:002012-01-20T15:23:14.974-05:00Karen, Thanks so much for the book recommendations...Karen, Thanks so much for the book recommendations. I really disliked science (in public school), and find that I skirt around the subject with my own daughters. <br /><br />I'm sure that some good books would help me to enjoy science - and would be good for the girls as well.<br /><br />Also, I have such trouble with science because I keep thinking that studying science needs to involve beakers and experiments and things I don't understand. I really need to "get it through my head" that reading a great book on a great inventor or great mathematician would count as science at the ages of my girls. <br /><br />Have a great day! We're waiting for some snow in our area. :)Naptime Seamstresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971159046347608338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-56024065321059328712012-01-20T15:03:50.762-05:002012-01-20T15:03:50.762-05:00Poor William--how sad it is to lose a beloved pet....Poor William--how sad it is to lose a beloved pet. Your grandsons are precious. Joseph is nicely roly-poly (as I think babies should be!).<br /><br />Our eldest is a sixth grader this year and has read a number of the science biographies you mention here. She is currently reading Archimedes and today's chapter was the explanation of pi. I thought it helpful that she was able to see the usefulness of the concept before she encountered it in a math lesson. I do feel truly blessed that our children can learn this way, especially when I think of the many wasted hours of my school career. (Your description of school work in NJ sounds much like mine was in MD.)<br /><br />Thank you for your words of encouragement to keep striving as home educators and mothers.<br /><br />Enjoy your wintry mix. We are still (sadly) without snow.<br /><br />LeighLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589995974334468664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-31595838642837380422012-01-20T14:54:12.253-05:002012-01-20T14:54:12.253-05:00Hi Karen!
Thank you for the reminder about adding...Hi Karen!<br /><br />Thank you for the reminder about adding biographies of scientist etc...It has been an interesting year with purchasing our store that I have been 'doing the basics'. Time to bring out the biographies!<br /><br />Also my kids are voracious listeners to Radio Theater and Jonathan Park...I do believe Your Story Hour will be excellent as well.<br /><br />Off to check out CBD!<br /><br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-87360359561394983412012-01-20T14:52:05.765-05:002012-01-20T14:52:05.765-05:00I have heard people say Charlotte Mason learning d...I have heard people say Charlotte Mason learning does not work to influence kids to be scientists.<br /><br />We found it very influential, just as the books and tapes and such you mention inspire kids!<br /><br />My son is in his senior year of college now (he graduates in December) and received straight A's last semester in a Science curriculum.<br /><br />He's found what homeschooling the way we did it (that being CM) taught him how to think and how to learn in all areas.<br /><br />We chose for him to attend his senior year of homeschooling at the community college so he could get the lab science and advanced math needed for entrance into the University.<br /><br />Otherwise, he learned everything he needed at home by reading and doing. :)<br /><br />Excellent post (as usual). :)Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-55160640224719151902012-01-20T13:29:59.640-05:002012-01-20T13:29:59.640-05:00Susan,
What a delight that after so many years an...Susan, <br />What a delight that after so many years another family has come to the church that you attend who has read Charlotte Mason's writings. After some years of keeping relatively quiet in our little country church in Maine about Miss Mason, an enthusiastic family walked through the door one Sunday and much conversation ensued, mostly over supper at our house. The following week we talked at their house. We took turns like this, sharing meals in and out of our houses, until our family moved out-of-state. I miss them. <br /><br />Suzanne,<br />My daughter Yolanda reminded me today on the telephone that she remembers me telling her to stop listening to the "Your Story Hours" one day. Apparently I didn't wish her to get carried away or maybe the rain had stopped and it was time to go out and play.<br />We also used some textbooks for science in the high school years. <br />A wintery mix is on its way so I'm off to get some green grocery. <br />Thank you for the discussion, ladies and for your long distance "Charlotte Mason friendship." <br />Karen A.Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-53584545026440280912012-01-20T13:00:31.535-05:002012-01-20T13:00:31.535-05:00Dear Karen,
You introduced me to the Your Story H...Dear Karen,<br /><br />You introduced me to the Your Story Hour tapes years ago when we met. They are still being listened to here, although I should like to upgrade to CD's at some point:-) Our cassette player is really on its last let I am afraid. <br /><br />Charlotte's words ring true for the mastery of science. For the younger grades the textbooks are just too dry and uninteresting, we prefer the living books. Yet, in the HS years we had to use more formal texts along with living books.<br /><br />Thank you for highlighting her quotes.<br /><br />Fondly,<br /><br />SuzanneSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016058828515830560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-83919455897518120092012-01-20T12:33:59.013-05:002012-01-20T12:33:59.013-05:00Hi Karen. You do have sweet grandchildren! My ow...Hi Karen. You do have sweet grandchildren! My own kitty died a couple of years ago, and I still miss his warm greeting on the porch each day.<br /><br />About humanities: we stumbled upon a great resource for our children when we discovered the adult non-fiction section of the library. I had known it existed. We had just spent most of our time in children's fiction. One day my daughter came bounding up to me with a book about submarine warfare clapsed to her chest. "OHHHH look, mom, did you know THIS was in here?" From that day on, the non-fiction section has been her constant haunt. <br /><br />I found that we didn't need much directed study with her in this area. Natural curiosity was the best director she could have had.<br /><br />You'll never guess! A new couple has begun worshipping with our congregation. Last Sunday in Bible Class the wife mentioned Charlotte Mason's philosophy of working to learn in response to a question about why Jesus taught in parables. This might not be such a big deal to many, but my family was the lone homeschooling family in our congregation for 17 years or so. After class she and I talked about Miss Mason's Ourselves. What a wonderful surprise!<br /><br />Enjoy your day.<br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com