Welcome to the next edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! What an honor for my little blog to be able to host it again! The theme for this weeks Carnival is
How to Use School Books, from Chapter 16 of Miss Mason's book
School Education.
Simply discusses a topic that comes up rather often in her post What is Narration? : "Narration is the act of knowing. When a student is able to tell back
what has been read, then he/she knows the material. In addition, the
process of narration involves an ordering of thoughts, synthesizing and
sorting the material, critical thinking, sequencing, and more."
Aut-2b-Home In Carolina shares with us Digging for Knowledge: "Understanding Charlotte Mason's method requires us to dig. Because we
are used to having knowledge poured into us, opening her books and
studying them is a challenge. It's much easier to read someone else's
interpretation of her ideas or to follow a checklist or 'how to'."
Keep On Keeping On takes you on a nature walk that goes Over the Creek and Through the Woods: "Off we went, my daughter and her 4 children and I on a nature walk; a
little amble in the woods, to a nature preserve nearby. This nature area
includes lake, meadow, and woods. And since the morning was rather hot
and humid we preferred to stay in the shade taking the paths through the
woods. We even crossed a little bridge over a little creek, a very
little creek."
Journey and Destination tells us about Picture Study: Inspired by Marc Chagall: "
Marc Chagall was one of the artists featured in a set of
Montessori artist cards I used with my children when they were little
but it wasn't until earlier this year when I was reading
Island of the World by Michael O'Brien that I became interested in learning more about him and his art."
Education is a Life discusses Masterly Inactivity: A Matter of Trust: "Charlotte Mason noticed that parents in her day felt a deep
responsibility for the upbringing of their children. She felt this was a
good thing, but that the anxiety and the "fussy and restless habit" it
was causing in many parents was not helpful. (What would she have
thought of the "helicopter parenting" of today?!)"
Simply also shares Beginning a Charlotte Mason Education with an Older Student: "We began implementing Charlotte Mason’s methods when my daughter was heading into the high school years. When I first began reading about and researching the CM method, I realized it would
take some time. It can seem overwhelming at first, trying to figure out
where to begin. I chose to focus on what I felt were cornerstones of the
method..."
Silvia Cachia tells us all about Karen Glass' soon to be published books
Consider This, Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, by Karen Glass: "Karen Glass, -advisory member of
Ambleside Online-, surprised us with her soon to be published books,
Consider This, Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, and A divulged Vol. 6, Towards a Philosophy of Education, (abridged or paraphrased rendition of Charlotte Mason's influential book), both of which I was honored to get in advanced copies, and both of which
I read in the span of a few days, that hungry for them I was."
I hope you enjoyed this summer edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival!
So, a little while back, I posted about the monarch butterflies
that had been visiting our milkweed patch that is right outside my
patio door (because everyone should have some there - it grows tall, the
flowers smell lovely, the deer don't like them, but the Monarch
butterflies do!
But, here are some pictures of our caterpillars. The largest/oldest one is acting like it is ready to make a chrysalis! 
