Thinking Love

May 07 2024 70 ep. 29 mins 71
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A podcast for homeschooling, Charlotte Mason moms.

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Habits for a Mother's Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength

May 07 2024 16 mins  
Amy and Leah are back for a special episode about habits for moms. Why and how do our habits make a difference when it comes to helping our children with their habits? How can we go about developing good habits? We are excited to share our new workbook, Habits for a Mother's Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength. Now available in print and as a downloadable PDF. Find out more!

Christmas Traditions

Dec 06 2023 22 mins  
How do we guide our families through the holiday season in a way that is meaningful and restful? And how do we navigate all of the opportunities and good ideas that we have before us? Leah and Amy come back to Charlotte Mason's idea of habit and (its longer ranging cousin, tradition). View the show notes: https://thinkinglove.education/2023/12/07/christmas-traditions/ Subscribe to

Homeschooling Outside the Home: Co-ops, Charter Schools, Enrichment Programs, and More

Nov 22 2023 23 mins  
Just because you do school at home doesn't mean you have to do it all yourself! Co-ops, enrichment programs, private and charter schools offer ways to compliment your child's education. Amy and Leah talk about their experiences joining and even starting home ed groups, detailing the highs and lows, and offer ideas to help you figure out whether a group is right for you. Read the sh

Spreading the (Digital) Feast

Nov 08 2023 27 mins  
With countless courses, videos, tutorials, and books available for immediate download, how do we steward all the online resources available to us and our children? Charlotte Mason encourages us to spread a feast but is there a limit? In this episode, Amy and Leah talk about how they incorporate digital content in their homeschools, how they choose what to include, bad choices they'

Inspiring, Living Science Studies

Oct 25 2023 27 mins  
In the last episode of the podcast, Amy and Leah explored the ins and outs of Charlotte Mason nature study. While nature study is the foundation for the study of science, there is plenty more to this broad discipline, and so we decided to take an episode to deep dive into Charlotte Mason science. We talk about how to use living books, why we need to make science hands on, and how s

Time for Nature Study

Oct 11 2023 30 mins  
Nature study is a quintessential part of a Charlotte Mason education, but that doesn't mean that it looks the same for every family. In this episode, Amy and Leah talk about how they do nature study with their kids as well as why we do it at all. What are the principles behind observing the natural world and, once we're committed to nature study, how can we make it happen consisten

Time Management for Homeschool Moms

Sep 26 2023 34 mins  
Even with the best of intentions, most of us look around at some point in the day and wonder how we ended up so busy. In today's episode, Leah and Amy chat about how to manage our time: how can we avoid procrastination, apply the discipline of habit, keep ourselves from dawdling, and just avoid finding ourselves in a tizzy? We definitely don't have perfect time management skills ou

Continuing Charlotte Mason's Legacy

Sep 13 2023 31 mins  
Charlotte Mason died one hundred years ago this year and left behind a legacy that continues to impact countless people today. Amy and Leah launch the latest season of the Thinking Love podcast with a conversation about exactly how Charlotte Mason shared her ideas in a lasting and meaningful way, and consider how we might do the same. You can find notes for the show on our website

Kind Kids: Teaching Manners the Charlotte Mason Way

Nov 30 2022 31 mins  
Join Amy and Leah as they wrap up this podcast season with a discussion on manners. How can we teach our kids to be polite? And while we're at it, how can we help them learn to be the kind of people who are thoughtful and considerate toward others? As Charlotte Mason homeschoolers, our first inclination is to reach for a book - but with manners, that's not always the best option. W

Spelling, Copywork, Dictation

Nov 09 2022 31 mins  
As our children learn to read and write, their first attempts at spelling are endearing. But at a certain point, we may start to wonder when and how to teach spelling. With Charlotte Mason, learning to spell is integrated into many parts of the curriculum, including reading lessons, copywork, and dictation. Together, these lessons help our children learn how to spell by engaging w