Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")

Stop for a moment and think through these simple totally innocent questions: How many different curriculum have you tried for math? (THREE!) History (SEVEN!) Science? (TOOOO MANY) and what about foreign language? You can see I had a few jumps over the past 20+ years with our own five children, but one thing never changed: FOREIGN LANGUAGE. I saw what worked when baby number two was 5 years old. It changed EVERYTHING. So, let me help you with the last one. Foreign language lessons don't work when we use the wrong part of our brain to learn. There is the...

Finally, the third "main" educational philosophy (or "buzz word?) is Classical Education. So what does that MEAN?There's a LOT of overlap in a Classical Education with the Charlotte Mason Education as well as the Thomas Jefferson Education, but I'll cover that in a Post-Analysis where you can sort of pick and choose the "best version" of your educational philosophy.In general terms, wisdom is the goal of a classical education - inspire a curiosity of wonder and then add in reasoning and understanding, ultimately leading to wisdom. Here are just five main points that would define your educational philosophy if you're...

As always, I say - GO READ THE BOOK. (If the 6 volumes are too overwhelming... because they sort of ART, I have a few suggestions.) The best Charlotte Mason books are in my opinion... (in this order) Catherine Levison's Charlotte Mason Handbook Karen Andreola's Chartlotte Mason Companion ...followed by anything by Simply Charlotte MasonYou might be a Charlotte Mason homeschooler if your children spend time outdoors most days, you reach for quality books instead of textbooks, you ask your child to “tell it back” after reading, and you value attention and habits as much as academics. Basically, if your homeschool...

Here's the long and short of graduating your homeschooler upon 12th grade completion:The truth to graduating a homeschooler is that you can do ANYTHING. We have been attending and then hosting, and then coordinating high school graduations for more than two decades! Our local group hosted graduations annually. It was YEARs ago when I was pregnant with our fourth child. I began taking  all my kids to the graduations, so they could enjoy and look forward to their own celebration and ceremony. It worked! My eldest was VERY excited. And then his graduation year came.... MAY 2020.AUUUUUUUGH! NOOOOOoooooo fair!All our...

Did you know you already have an educational philosophy? It's true. It's sort of like knowing you have tastes, but you just haven't discovered all of them yet. You have to try foods, music, events, sports, etc, in order to find out your tastes, and then after a while, you don't need to try as many things, because you're secure in your own palate.  An educational philosophy is basically a preference that has yet to been defined. These next few weeks, I'll be helping you discover and define your own educational philosophy. We'll start with the order I discovered them,...