This book is what I would call "gentle encouragement for the homeschooling mother." The book presents the philosophy of Charlotte Mason in the form of a story. The story is of Carol, a stay at home wife/mother/homeschooler in the 1930's. Through the writings of Carol in her diary we follow she and her family during their first year of home education. This book also encorporates the topic of nature study Charlotte Mason style...
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I really enjoyed this book. It is written as a diary by the main character Carol. Based on Charlotte Mason's teachings, the book gives an idea of how to study nature in the most natural way, whether you live in the city or country. Nature study can be turned into a science and art lesson, and even a writing lesson if you keep a nature journal. At first the book was a little boring, but as I read on I just hated to put it...
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I just thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I so appreciate Karen Andreola's short chapters for those of us who can barely get through a paragraph uninterrupted. I would read a tiny section here and there and before I knew it I had read the whole book.I had been thinking about beginning nature journals with my young children, and Pocketful of Pinecones gave this city-girl a realistic and do-able approach for getting started!...
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I waited six months to get this book through interlibrary loan because I couldn't tell from the description whether it would be something I'd want to own. I read the book straight through and I am now going to buy it so that I can refer back to it.As a child, I got much more excited about a new subject if I read fiction about a character who was excited about it than if I only read nonfiction on the topic. Reading this book...
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With some books reading is a chore. I abhor the clutter of unnecessary words, repetitive phrases and even paragraphs that waste my time and only distract from an important message. Too many words in too many works, both old and new, seem to have been written just to fill the page, - and perhaps the pocketbook. Pocketful of Pinecones was easy to read, and a pleasure to read. It is the fictional account of Carol, a mother living...
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