Author: SpreadingALivingFeast

Hi! I am Renee – resident blogger, bibliophile, home educator, nature walk lover and ponderer here at Spreading a Living Feast.
Home Education

Let’s talk about Charlotte Mason : Masterly Inactivity

Being a parent isn’t always easy, we all have good days and some not so good days. Parenting doesn’t really come with an instruction manual but we do have a few insightful books that offers us some guidance in our role and duty as parents. While reading School Education Developing a Curriculum  by Charlotte Mason, I came across something called “Masterly Inactivity” and I was immediately … Continue reading Let’s talk about Charlotte Mason : Masterly Inactivity

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Mama Reads

Mama’s Corner : What I read in the month of August

Summer is always a great time to read, and so is fall and winter and spring, but those season have happening during school and therefore are less free to have long periods of uninterrupted read as summer provides. Over the month of August I tried to broaden the genre that I choose to read from. I don’t know about you but I like to read … Continue reading Mama’s Corner : What I read in the month of August

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Home Education

Outdoor life for the children

“Intimacy with nature makes for personal well-being. – But to unable them to swim in the stream is the least of the benefits this early training should confer on the children; a love of Nature implanted so early that it will seem to them thereafter to have been born with them, will enrich their lives with pure interest , absorbing pursuits, health, and good humor … Continue reading Outdoor life for the children

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Home Education

My book list for school year 2016-2017 (Adult Self-Education)

Learning doesn’t stop because you have left School I studied Science, Kinesiology and Nursing at university and I am very thankful for the knowledge I acquired during those years, but there was so much more to learn. Since we embarked on our journey on homeschooling, that sense of wonder and yearning to learn more came back in full throttle. I came across, The Well-Educated Mind: … Continue reading My book list for school year 2016-2017 (Adult Self-Education)

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Home Education

Our Book List for the School Year 2016-2017

The beginning of a new school year is just around the corner and this mama is in the planning mode. When I started looking into the Charlotte Mason living books, I was certain is way the way I wanted to go, but how about curriculum? How would I choose the best books? How do I choose what book to read and when? While reading Mason … Continue reading Our Book List for the School Year 2016-2017

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