“Every child should leave school with at least a couple of hundred pictures by great masters hanging permanently in the halls of his imagination . . . At any rate he should go forth well furnished because imagination has the property of magical expansion, the more it holds the more it will hold.” — Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, p. 43
I love the idea of using great literature as the foundation of our early years. When I look back on my life, I see that living books had a huge impact on me as a child. In those early years, the best thing to establish in a child is a delight in stories and language. Once you can read, a wealth of potential knowledge opens up to you.
I've become a big believer in the theory that with parenting when you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. I've really embraced the idea of the Homeschooling the Smith Littles in the past few years. I'm passionate about education, specifically education reform, and having a holistic view of learning that's intended to build lifelong learners not miniature test-takers.
