If you want to make habit training a habit, then family meetings are really helpful. But, these family meetings should focus on habits, and not just the typical "state of the family" meetings that many people hold. According to The Center for Parenting Education, a non-profit organization, holding regular family meetings supports family bonding, … [Read more...]
Making Tracks in the Snow, or, Habit Training
If you've been hanging around with My Little Robins for awhile, you may have heard me make this analogy before. And, if you were a fourth grader in my class several years ago, you heard this analogy, too, that I made up to help you understand synaptic pruning and other concepts of habit training. I think this analogy is helpful, and I wanted to … [Read more...]
Froebel’s Alphabet Sticks: ABC’s Outdoors
Ever since writing my post about Charlotte Mason and kindergarten, I've been trying to get more familiar with Froebel's ideas. Friedrich Froebel lived in the late 18th century and early 19th century, and his principles on early education deemed him the affectionate title "the father of the Kindergarten." Unfortunately, Froebel did not have an … [Read more...]
Toddler Schedule for a Charlotte Mason Home
My middle guy, my E, is three now. He is all energy and angst, moving from cheerful and smiling to angry and destructive faster than a political meme earns angry reactions on Facebook. I've realized that beyond a good night's sleep, keeping a regular schedule is so good for my toddler. We can curb meltdowns when he knows what is coming next. I … [Read more...]
Keeping a Habit Training Journal
I closed my journal, an exasperated sigh escaping my lips. I had read an entry from September 2016- more than a year and a half ago. Scratched in a sparkly pen were the words, "Grow in gentleness. Be more patient. Live more intentionally with my children." I could have written those words yesterday. But instead, a year and a half had passed, and … [Read more...]
