Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival-Godey’s Lady’s Book Edition

January 25th, 2011

Welcome to the January 25th edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival!

What a thrill on Saturday while going through my husband’s parents’ belongings to uncover a rather tattered collection of several 1880 editions of Godey’s Lady’s Book! If you are not familiar with this Victorian era magazine, it was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1878 and was one of the most popular magazines of its time. Containing engravings of contemporary fashion for ladies and children, recipes, games, and poetry, it also included articles and novelettes by noteworthy American authors. Interestingly, it was perhaps the first magazine to actually be copyrighted in 1845 to keep others from stealing and reproducing its content.

This magazine holds special significance for Charlotte Mason advocates as it contains a glimpse into the time period during which she lived. It is fascinating reading, although the minuscule point size is rather challenging! The photos you see in this article (other than the first) are taken from my copies. Enjoy!

Charlotte Mason Methodology

Penney Douglas shares what a Charlotte Mason education looks like in her home in How We Have Applied Charlotte Mason Principles in Our Homeschool, posted at Changed By Love.

Like most of us at one time or another, Shannon rediscovered why nature study should not be shelved for those ‘more important’ academic areas. Read Regaining Focus with Charlotte Mason posted at Mountaineer Country and be encouraged not to neglect nature study in your homeschooling.

In her delightful post Holli presents Studying Nature…a year gone by…, showing us one of her children’s progress after a year of nature study. Her blog:

Settled In My Home.

A teacher after my own heart, Robin Phillips offers up a helping of nontraditional alternatives to the ho-hum assignments we so easily hand out in Creative Home School Project Formats: 15

Ladies needed their chocolate, even then!

Traditional, 10 Nontraditional posted at Crack the Egg.

Bethany presents a post, documented with photos and resources, describing her family’s Winter

Squirrel Study posted at Little Homeschool Blessings.

Parenting

Pamela presents a thoughtful post concerning Teasing posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

Living Books Instead of Textbooks

Victorian Era Crafts

Dawn presents Books, Books, and More Books!!! , offering both a helpful book list as well as fun project ideas for the Revolutionary period of U.S.history, posted at My 4 Sweetums.

Jennifer in MamaLand presents The Myth of Ability, and How Textbooks Drag Education Down posted at Adventures in Mama-Land. I so agree with Jennifer that textbooks are, in many, many cases, poorly written, inaccurate and just.plain.dull.

Nancy encourages us by sharing a literary discussion in her household in Forest for the Trees posted at Sage Parnassus.This is a great post for all of you mom’s with younger children. Keep reading those living books!

Thank you to all of you Charlotte Mason aficionados who contributed to this edition!

Readers, if you read a post that challenges, encourages or inspires you, please take the time to leave a comment on this or the author’s personal post.

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26 Responses to “Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival-Godey’s Lady’s Book Edition”

January 25th, 2011 at 3:49 pm Mama Squirrel

Looks like our post got missed–maybe in the spam box?
January 25th, 2011 at 3:51 pm Mama Squirrel

Great idea for the carnival in any case–thanks for hosting!
January 25th, 2011 at 3:55 pm See Jamie blog

Looks wonderful – love the artwork! Can’t wait to read all the entries. Thanks for hosting!
January 25th, 2011 at 4:23 pm Dana

Thank you for visiting, Jamie! It is always a pleasure to host.
January 25th, 2011 at 5:54 pm Laura

This looks great and just in time as we are just starting to implement Charlotte Mason-ish studies in our home.
January 25th, 2011 at 5:55 pm Dana

Mama Squirrel~ I’m so sorry your post was not included! I checked spam before posting and just now – it is not in there. We did have a problem with the software, though, and had several posts go to Amy instead of me and a few people sent them directly to me because the software rejected their post. We thought we had them all, but I guess we missed one! If you would like to include it, please send it to me directly at dana@epikardia.com and I would be happy to add it. Otherwise I would resubmit it to be included in the next carnival. Again, sorry for your inconvenience.
January 25th, 2011 at 6:01 pm Jennifer in MamaLand

Mama Squirrel – if you submitted yesterday, I noticed BlogCarnival wasn’t working at all, so that may be why… ((
(that seems to happen quite often, unfortunately!)
January 25th, 2011 at 6:04 pm Nancy

The carnival looks great. Thanks for hosting and for the lovely theme.

Ring true,
Nancy
January 25th, 2011 at 6:18 pm Dana

Thanks for sending in your post, Nancy! You must be a superlative lit teacher. =)
January 25th, 2011 at 7:48 pm Jimmie

Very nice images and great posts. Off to read…
January 25th, 2011 at 7:58 pm Marcia @ Taking Thyme

Wow! I can’t wait to read through all the wonderful posts!
January 25th, 2011 at 8:03 pm Mama Squirrel

That’s okay–I’ll resubmit it for next time. I have noticed as well that the “submit” page hasn’t been working perfectly. Maybe I’ll try emailing it instead–seems more reliable.
January 25th, 2011 at 11:34 pm Jenny Anne

Great stuff! Can’t wait to read it all after the littles go to bed!
January 26th, 2011 at 1:13 am Dana

Thanks to Jennifer, Mama Squirrel, Jimmie, Marcia and Jenny Anne for visiting and taking the time to comment! Hope you enjoyed the carnival!
January 26th, 2011 at 2:30 am Tricia

Definitely a thrill to find the copies of Godey’s Lady’s Book! What a treasure. Thanks for a beautiful carnival.
January 26th, 2011 at 3:36 am jesus Our Lord

Useful post, Just subscribed to your feed.
January 26th, 2011 at 5:17 am Joy

Love the Godey illustrations!
January 26th, 2011 at 5:40 am Penney Douglas

Hi Dana,

I’m going to try to comment again! I love the Godey’s Lady’s Book theme. What a treasure you found!

Thanks for including my post in this carnival. I’m going to make sure I check out the nature study posts for sure. A weak area for me.
January 26th, 2011 at 11:42 am Dana

Thanks, Joy! Yes, that was a real find. I just love primary sources. =)
January 26th, 2011 at 12:56 pm Dana

Penney, I agree – I loved nature study and we did a lot of it when my children were younger, but it is challenging to continue through middle school and beyond when there are so many ‘more serious’ academic things to cover. Thanks for commenting!
January 26th, 2011 at 2:47 pm mary j. hamilton

this site has been a tremendous blessing to me and my homeschool. thanks
January 26th, 2011 at 6:28 pm Dana

Hi Tricia! Thanks for stopping by! Mary, you made my day! I’m so glad to have blessed you! And thanks SO much for telling me.
January 27th, 2011 at 1:50 am Bethany

Thank you so much for hosting the blog carnival this month!
January 27th, 2011 at 1:50 am Lea Ann @Whateverstate

Thanks for sharing the Carnival on http://www.facebook.com/HomeEducation , too. Please let us know about the next one. ; )
January 27th, 2011 at 2:37 am Dana

Thanks so much for stopping by, Bethany!
January 27th, 2011 at 2:41 am Dana

You’re so welcome, Lea Ann! Thanks for the heads up about the page! I will certainly post the next one as well. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Lea Ann.