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Burgess Animal Resource

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*UPDATE! 11/20/17* I have not done field guides for all the chapters/animals but you can download a PDF file that lists all the rodents in Chapters 1-15 HERE!!! In my hunt for a resource for Burgess Animal I found some great sites and wanted to visually compile the animals so we can make a binder for any observation/notes while we read!  Here's an example of what the pages look like! CHAPTER 3 - FIELD GUIDE CHAPTER 4 - FIELD GUIDE

Children's Classics of Classical Music

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A few months ago I wrote out some Jazz resources of some great books that I have used in the classroom!  You can check it out here ! Recently, a thread was started in a FB group about how awesome Peter and the Wolf is in learning about classical music.  The poster asked if there were other resources out there and I thought I would share some of my favorites from my classroom teaching days as well as resources that others have shared!  The links I've provided are affiliate links to Amazon!  If you purchase through the link Amazon will put a few pennies aside for our homeschool book fund! We would be so grateful!  There are also some youtube links and website links to help you find amazing resources for your homeschool! Prokofiev Let's start with the first and obvious pick - Peter and the Wolf.  There are so many resources out there to expose your kids to this great piece of music education!  Probably my favorite would have to be the LEONARD BERNSTEIN narration.  What be

Volume 1 Book Study

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My journey into reading the Charlotte Mason volumes began the summer of 2015 as my oldest started kindergarten!  My mom homeschooled me and my brothers and ordered the original CM set from Mary Pride in the late 1980s!  Like mother like daughter, the philosophy of Charlotte Mason really spoke to my heart and I was excited to begin a second generation homeschool tradition!  We are incredibly blessed to have a large number of local moms interested in reading the volumes together and since there is no study guide online to Volume 1 (that I've been able to find!) I am putting this series together on my blog as I help facilitate a group of new homeschool moms in their personal education into the Charlotte Mason method!  I hope it can be a valuable resource to you! DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR 1st  MEETING   Readings from Volume 1, pages 1-20 Part I - pages 1-6    What does it mean that children are a “public trust?”  What kind of preparation do you feel is important when you begi