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Author: DoriAnn Haskins

Outdoor Ideas from Miss Mason

April 9, 2019May 20, 2019 DoriAnn Haskins 1 Comment

It’s spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and many people are starting to venture outside more often. Miss Mason’s book are full of suggestions of what sorts of activities outside would be beneficial. If you’re just starting out with Nature Study, feel free to keep it simple. But if you want a few ideas for digging […]

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Nature Study For Beginners

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 DoriAnn Haskins 1 Comment

Because so many of us grew up largely apart from nature, and certainly without any consistent exposure to or instruction as to what we’re seeing in nature, the idea of studying nature can be terribly intimidating.

It does not need to be.

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Narration is a Small and Simple Thing

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 DoriAnn Haskins Leave a comment

Near the end of his life, Alma sat down with his son Helaman and gave him some final instructions. As he entrusted his son with the sacred records, Alma explained that the job was pretty straightforward: the Brass Plates and other Nephite records needed to stay bright. Well-cared for brass is shiny; I’ve got a […]

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A Charlotte Mason Approach to Learning Languages: Moving Beyond the Textbook {part 4}

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 DoriAnn Haskins Leave a comment

This post is part of a series. Part One: Listen, Listen, Listen Part Two: What To Read Part Three: A Web of Language Part Four: {this post}   Gouin talked about the importance of making our first and primary instruction in the foreign language we have chosen aural instruction: the ear, he said, is the […]

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A Charlotte Mason Approach to Learning Languages: Moving Beyond the Textbook {part 3}

April 24, 2018August 21, 2018 DoriAnn Haskins Leave a comment

  This post is part of a series. Part One: Listen, Listen, Listen Part Two: What To Read Part Three {this post} Part Four: Ears Before Eyes   Alongside the material railway needed to enable our bodies to communicate, it is absolutely necessary to construct a “mental railway” for the intercourse of minds. This mental […]

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A Charlotte Mason Approach to Learning Languages: Moving Beyond the Textbook {part 2}

April 9, 2018August 21, 2018 DoriAnn Haskins Leave a comment

This post is part of a series. Part One: Listen, Listen, Listen Part Two: What To Read {this post} Part Three: A Web of Language Part Four: Ears Before Eyes   Not only to satisfy the necessities of travelers in far countries has the study of language ever been desirable, but to penetrate the spirit […]

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A Charlotte Mason Approach to Learning Languages: Moving Beyond the Textbook {part 1}

April 3, 2018August 21, 2018 DoriAnn Haskins Leave a comment

Education is the Science of Relations’; that is, a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we know that our business is not to teach him all about anything, but to […]

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