What is A Window in the Country?
It is a lively gazette from a household of seven, mostly home and hardly schooled in Vermont. Since we started homeschooling eight years ago, we have done a medley of unschooling, Latin curriculums, and Classical with Classical Conversations. I’ve read Charlotte Mason’s books but I don’t use her approach in any particular way. We’ve always encouraged our children to go to “real school,” if that’s what they’d like to try instead. Our oldest has now matriculated to the local public school for high school. which was always the plan!
Most of daily life for us looks like sleeping in, reading books in bed, puttering downstairs to draw or listen to music, playing with calico critters and magnatiles, going outside, playing Minecraft, and reading aloud together.
In general I believe kids will find a way to teach themselves what they want most to know, but it helps if we can listen and facilitate! ✨
I love reading essays, the way morning cups of coffee fueling new optimism for my day, planting flowers and easy vegetables come summertime, cooking dinner for my family, catching up with my husband after a day of remote work for him, travel together, and the planning of said travel.
This substack is intended to be encouragement for people interested in teaching their children, using quotes, ideas, new books, and general cosmic sharing to get there.
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A special, quiet day of reflecting on last year’s homeschool, and making plans for the next one.
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