pI like to ponder this poem that Charlotte Mason and her student teachers pondered every Christmas season. Take joy home,And make a place in thy great heart for her,And give her time to grow, and cherish her!Then will She come and often sing to theeWhen thou art working in the furrows; ay,Or weeding in the sacred hour of dawn.It is a comely fashion to be glad—Joy is the grace we say to God.—J. Ingelow Sometimes I like to substitute my own tasks in my ponderings (with a friendly nod and smile to the author); for example, I might change the…/p

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pMusic is such a gift! And it doesn’t take a lot to give that gift to your children. Simply focusing on one composer for several weeks, listening to his works and enjoying them together, can have a large impact. Zelena O. had the privilege of seeing how much her boys have gleaned from the gift of music she has given them. Here is her Happy Results story. This evening the boys were watching an old episode of Bugs Bunny. I was in the laundry room listening to the boys as they watched, and my husband, John, was milling around the…/p

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pThousands of you have enjoyed our free video resource, SCM Answers Your Questions. We’re glad those short, informal recordings have been encouraging. And we thought it might be helpful to add some more videos to the series, answering more of your questions. So we recently invited you to send in questions about homeschooling with the Charlotte Mason Method and have recorded my thoughts on them. Click on the playlist link in this post or go to YouTube and search for the Simply Charlotte Mason channel. You’ll find the SCM Answers Your Questions playlist and can watch the videos at your…/p

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p“Something old and something new.” Isn’t that how the rhyme goes? I know it is usually used in a wedding context, but those phrases keep coming to mind because we have two exciting announcements to make. Both of which will save you money. First, something old. We’re bringing back an old friend for the month of December. For the past couple of years we have been able to offer free shipping on qualifying orders during that month. We’re happy to announce that popular deal is back for December 2016. On December 1–31 all U.S. orders over $75 will receive free…/p

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pToday I am happy to introduce a guest post from Doug Smith. Doug and his wife Karen are no strangers to many of you. They are co-creators of Simply Charlotte Mason, and you may have met them working the SCM booth at a convention near you. Around here Doug holds the working title of “webmaster and more.” If it weren’t for him, there would be no SCM online. As you can imagine, he spends a lot of time working on his computer and monitoring technological trends. Being a homeschool dad, Doug has been very intentional about the use of technology…/p

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Today we announce two new additions to our Shakespeare in Three Steps series: Twelfth Night and Macbeth.

Today we have another Happy Results story. This time, Bek M. shares her family's nature study experience.

I have a new favorite book about loving and educating a child with autism: Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant. This gentleman understands what it means to say Children are persons and to base their education on that foundational principle. I think he and Charlotte Mason would have gotten along famously!

We are happy to announce the addition of two new poets to our Enjoy the Poems collection: Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier.

Here's a great Happy Results story from Katherine R. about how a book of centuries worked in her home school.