Big Green Chair

Where Love and Learning Meet

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • What Is Big Green Chair?
  • CONSTRUCT!
  • Homeschool Voices
Home Archives for Charlotte Mason
Craft and the Modern Maker Movement

Amber August 11, 2015

Craft and the Modern Maker Movement

"…we know that the human hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, Handcrafts, How to be a..., Local Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Charlotte Mason, David Lang, handcraft, homeschool, homeschoolgeek, Maker, Maker Culture, MakerSpace Charlotte, William Morris, Zero to Maker

Homeschool Geek Week Topics

Amber August 10, 2015

Homeschool Geek Week Topics

We have invited the Professor to the blog to help us out with all the extra work this week since Bitty is hard at work over on the website. He has just sent us this week's syllabus and the daily schedule of topics are listed below. Of course you can jump … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, How to be a..., Uncategorized Tagged With: artillery, Charlotte Mason, Homeschool Dad, homeschoolgeek, How To Be A Coder, iterative design, learn to code, maker movement, Robotics, robots, teach kids to code, teach kids to program, YouTube

Reading, the Imagination and Costume Play

Amber December 9, 2014

Reading, the Imagination and Costume Play

This spring the world was taken captivate by the colorful paper dresses of a four year old girl named Mayhem. In a short period of time her following on Instagram grew from a few hundred to almost four hundred thousand.  Many things converged to create … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construct, Handcrafts, Homeschool Libraries, Reviews Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Drama, dress up, Gail Haley, homeschool library, Homeschool Resources, Imagination, living books, Paper costumes, Richard Scarry

Amber March 14, 2014

Andrew Wiles, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and Capturing the Imagination on Pi Day

Happy Pi Day!  All around the world today events will be held to celebrate the constant π- for fun and to promote interest in mathematics. We celebrate with the same goal in mind - promoting an interest in mathematics, but we do so through a story.  So go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How to be a..., Math Tagged With: Andrew Wiles, Charlotte Mason, Fermat's Last Theorem, Homeschool Math, Living Math, Pi Day, Pierre de Fermat, Taniyama Conjecture

Thoughts on Miquon, Mental Math, and Math Facts

Amber January 19, 2014

Thoughts on Miquon, Mental Math, and Math Facts

For the elementary years in our homeschool we use an math program called Miquon which is a Montessori based curriculum.  We like Miquon because it builds a good foundation of mathematical concepts, strengthens skills of pattern recognition, and encourages … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Voices, Math Tagged With: card games, Charlotte Mason, Crewton Ramone's House of Math, homeschool mistakes, Math, Math Facts, math games, Mental Math, Miquon, Multiplication Facts

A Fresh Encouragement for Homeschooling In 2014

Amber January 1, 2014

A Fresh Encouragement for Homeschooling In 2014

How is your homeschool year going?  Did you plan out your entire year in July?  Are you right on schedule - not even one page behind in the math book?  I know that is not true in our school.  We have the year planned, but are not on target - life has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Voices, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Homeschool Planning, Homeschool Resources, How To Homeschool, Why Homeschool

Ten Favorite Resources for Learning About A Charlotte Mason Education

Amber November 17, 2013

Ten Favorite Resources for Learning About A Charlotte Mason Education

If you have heard about the philosophy of Charlotte Mason and wonder why it appeals to so many homeschool families you can read my post Ten Reasons To Choose Charlotte Mason.  This post is also part of the Homeschooling Voices column. Charlotte Mason … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Voices, Inside Voices, Philosophies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Homeschool Resources

Ten Reasons To Choose Charlotte Mason

Amber October 6, 2013

Ten Reasons To Choose Charlotte Mason

This is the first post in a series called Homeschooling Voices.  This blog series features homeschooling families from diverse homeschooling experiences.  We thought we would begin this series by sharing a bit of our own experience. If you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Voices, Philosophies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, How To Homeschool, Narration

Find It

CONSTRUCT!

CONSTRUCT! is an eNewsletter for families interested in building techniques, ideas and projects. Issues are random surprises in your email inbox! Each issue includes:

...featured indepth article
...reviews of books, websites, or projects
...project challenges and contests

We are working on ways for you to share your projects with our community. Fill out the form below to sign up!

Upcoming Issue: Animal Architects

Post Categories

  • About Technology (21)
  • Big Green Chair (4)
  • Challenges (1)
  • Construct (5)
  • Handcrafts (3)
  • Homeschool Libraries (5)
  • Homeschooling Voices (6)
  • How to be a… (17)
  • Inside Voices (4)
  • Local (3)
  • Math (6)
  • MeetUps (1)
  • Philosophies (2)
  • Reviews (5)
  • Science (2)
  • Uncategorized (6)

Recent Posts

  • Tello! May 14, 2018
  • Build a Crossbow from Legos July 30, 2016
  • We’re Now On Scratch! April 22, 2016
  • 3D Printing Over the Network Using Sketch-up and Octoprint September 11, 2015
  • What is a Robot? August 14, 2015

Tags

3D printer 3D printing Agile Family Manifesto Agile Family TED Talk bit Charlotte Mason Crewton Ramone's House of Math design process five in a row History History According to Bob History Podcast homeschool Homeschool Dad homeschoolgeek Homeschool History homeschool library Homeschool Math homeschool organizational tool Homeschool Resources How To Be A Coder How To Homeschool iterative design iterative learning jan bloom kids html learn to code living books Living Math Math math games my first book of code Pi Day Podcast printrbot simple metal programming literacy programming toys Raspberry Pi Robotics teach kids to code teach kids to program used books valeries living books Why Homeschool YouTube

Copyright © 2025 · Streamline Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in