Leading Minds to the Light
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As an educator and a mother of two lovely daughters, I spent a great deal of time searching for a curriculum which matched the ardent hope in my heart to nurture the minds of my children as well as their hearts.
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Over time I found that the ideas and methods of Charlotte Mason came the nearest to matching the educational principles I could embrace. I added some ideas from Classical methods, but mostly I tried to shine a light on the hidden principles within Charlotte Mason's own books and her PNEU programs. From this was born my own curriculum: A Mind in the Light.
This curriculum reflects the depth of my feelings for each and every child's mind and endeavors to give teachers the tools they need to create an atmosphere of learning which stretches, delights and inspires, leading a student to the light. In this light, the mind finds truth, beauty and good.
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About Me: Happily married, my husband and I are striving to raise our two beautiful daughters in sunny Florida. I have a BS in Elementary Education and have been a teacher at heart for a very long time.
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What is A Mind in the Light? What makes it different from other curricula?
Have you been feeling frustrated with many Charlotte Mason curriculum choices lately? Do you wish to combine your children in as many ways as possible to make your daily life manageable, but don't want to sacrifice each individual child's specific needs and educational path? If so, then this curriculum is the answer you've been looking for. I've been studying Charlotte Mason's ideas for almost 2 decades and have seen them implemented in a number of programs. After reading and listening to many parents & teachers, there emerged some very specific problems that kept arising and needs that weren't being answered. The Program Guides were created to correct those problems and address those needs.
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Are you looking for a curriculum with these features?
History Cycles Based on Time Period
Detailed Lesson Guides
Flexible Schedules
Carefully Balanced Book Lists
Thoughtful Plans for Combining Students Without Sacrifices
The Program Guides provide all of this and so much more!
Visit this page: Program Notes & Sequences
Scroll down from tab "Curriculum by Programs" for separate pages for each Program #, arranged by historical time period.
Are you looking for individual book or subject guides?
Most -almost all- books are published with a separate guide. Feel free to purchase just what you need most. Visit the Shop for more details!
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Are you looking to create your own curriculum?
Visit the Create Your Own Curriculum page for help -with printable planning pages: Here. Use the filters at the Shop to separate guides by Years.
Have more questions?
Visit this page: FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions
Would you like to learn more about Charlotte Mason?
Learn More about Charlotte Mason -Here & Here
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Would you like to see samples?
You can find PDF samples at the Digital Shop.
Click on cover images throughout the site for links to samples.
What is currently in progress?
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Spotlights: Tanner
Spotlights: Chopin
Preparatory
Foundations Lesson Guide for Early School: Preparatory
Years 2-4
By the Hill & In the Night: A Guided Study
Years 5-6
Selections from Washington Irving: A Reading Guide
Beginning Botany: A Guided Study
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Reading Guide
Treasure Island: A Reading Guide
Program 2: Complete Lesson Guide for LSA
“The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”
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-Charlotte M. Mason, School Education
"The imagination is a shining light which illuminates whatsoever it looks upon. Thus does the world without and the inheritance within, look so variously to different minds. By how much the soul shall illumine, by so much will it understand. The imagination is, "the light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
-Dr. Greville Macdonald, The Child's Inheritance
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Beth, Homeschool Mother of 4
I appreciate your guides. They provide just enough information to start the lessons, and the narration prompts help spark more complete narrations from my kids and give me something to say besides "and then...and then...tell me more..."
Marianne
I finally bought the Our Island Story guide from @a.mind.in.the.light and it's BRILLIANT. Super helpful! My only regret is not buying it sooner.
SB
I just looked at this beautiful over 800 masterpiece [Program 1: Lesson Guide for Lower School B] of amazing work you poured into!!!
Like JUST WOW!!!!
Your book lists are one of the most balanced booklists in the homeschool curriculum market! What I paid for today and what was received; I am just in awe and I thank you!