In this session, Tracy Fast will encourage homeschoolers to embrace the Arts: poetry, picture study, music, Shakespeare, and drama, which are sometimes treated as extras but are essential to a full and vibrant home education. Drawing on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, she will show why the arts matter, how we need beauty, and how they cultivate a full life and wide interests, while offering practical ways to make them a natural and joyful part of family life.

In this session, Tracy Fast will encourage homeschoolers to embrace the Arts: poetry, picture study, music, Shakespeare, and drama, which are sometimes treated as extras but are essential to a full and vibrant home education. Drawing on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, she will show why the arts matter, how we need beauty, and how they cultivate a full life and wide interests, while offering practical ways to make them a natural and joyful part of family life.