"'Education is the Science of Relations'; that is, that a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we know that our business is not to teach him all about anything, but to help him to make valid as many as may be of––
'Those first-born affinities,
That fit our new existence to existing things.'"

Charlotte Mason, A Philosophy of Education
with a quote from The Prelude by William Wordsworth

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Talent Show

Our homeschool enrichment group had its annual talent show. Ds#1 was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening and did a great job! He was also in a skit while Ds#2 played piano. Here's a slideshow of the fabulous evening.