Starting Habits for Intellectual Study as a Mom | Mother Academia | Classical Charlotte Mason
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2024
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Painting: The Reading, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1870
I’m 38 weeks pregnant and this Friday will be my last day of working. Will become a SAHM and I look forward to raising my baby and hopefully down the line starting something like this. I am so excited! ❤
Congratulations on your baby!! And so happy you're here. I started learning about classical education when I was expecting my oldest. It's been the best journey!
Read Home Education by Charlotte Mason. I didn’t have much to go on for how to parent and raise children as a SAHM when I quit the workforce. I had a hard time figuring out what to do, how to lay down the rails and train them, and didn’t know about CM… I found Home Education at my library and it made so much sense to me! I would have raised my kids a lot differently from the start if I’d read it when I was preggo or when they were very young. It has been so informative to me. And congratulations! Soak it up, Mama! ❤❤❤
Trust what that ^ Autumn said. Home Ed is my go-to parenting book gift for people not even interested in homeschooling. It's a gold mind for the 9 and under crowd/setting up a life-giving home for young children. @@AutumnPaigeHarris
@@AutumnPaigeHarrisAgree with this so much. I did know about CM and wanted to homeschool when I was expecting my first… but I just now read Home Education, and now I’m like “Oh no! I’ve been manipulating my kids for 6 years 🙈” So read Home Education now!!
Also, I CANNOT wait until you do your bookshelf book tour! I check over and over, sometimes daily to see if you have any new videos!
Oh, how fun! I love seeing a book tour myself.
I wholeheartedly affirm what Autumn has said here! I recently completed (mostly remotely/from home) a systematic theology certificate from RTS with twin toddlers in tow, and then a nursing baby at the end. If your desire is there for the work, then find your pockets of time and use them wisely and productively. Use a planner or a system of some form to stay organized and purposeful and just do the next right thing each day
Jenny, hey! Congratulations on the theology certificate and all the babies!
Am I the only one who started this video, got distracted by your bookshelf of Everyman's Library books and spent two hours shopping for good deals? Surely I'm not the only one 😂
If I spent half as much time actually reading books as I do shopping for them I would be much better for it 😅
The people just want to see the shelves. I know, I know.
Coming back to this video to comment because this was the video that introduced me to your channel. It started for a search for videos about building a reading habit as a mom (no, I don't need a 20-something single guy giving me this advice, I've got 2 toddlers and a house to run, thank you!). Suddenly CZcams thought all I needed to watch were your videos, and 11 of my 12 recommended videos were this channel! My children are not school-aged but my husband and I do agree that they will be homeschooled when the time comes, so I've been using your channel to learn more about Charlotte Mason. I started listening to your podcast this week on my commute, and after sharing the opening episode with my husband we are sold on the classical Charlotte Mason education! Now I've got 4 years to learn about it before I get to start "formal studies," and in the meantime I'm learning how to cultivate habits the Charlotte Mason way. Thank you Autumn for your content. It is the blessing I didn't know I needed. ❤
Oh, wow! THIS is the happiest note. Thank you for your kind words and a very glad welcome to you!
That GORGEOUS old Mason edition!! Wow.
I've been searching for old copies for awhile and was so delighted to finally find one within a decent price range. I did find an even older edition and learned the original title was "Lectures to Ladies" which was also a delight.
@@thecommonplacehomeschool oh that’s too perfect.
"So you guys are really big nerds."
"Nerd" is my love language!
I've been so surprised and delighted by the response to Mother Academia!
This was such an encouragement to me to set aside time for Mother Culture, rather than just trying to make it fit somewhere in my day. Amazed and a little in awe at what you and many of the other commenters are reading in their spare time. Also can I just say, I love your hair like this!
Thank you! And I'm so glad this was a push for more formal Mother Culture! We have to grow as our kids grow!
I did the Hillsdale course on A Christmas Carol while reading the book. Love to see that others do similarly.
Fantastic! I followed along for the first half of the course as I read before Christmas shenanigans pulled me away. Woops!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool been there. 😂
All mother nerds unite 🤓!
Light the nerd signal!
I giggled when you spoke about your children asking if they have to narrate 😂 I’ve gotten the question too. I didn’t get it until I started doing it for reading through volume 6 for the book club within CommonHouse. Woof, humbled 😅. Not quite ready for Mother Academia in this form yet as I’ve just fallen through the wardrobe, but I look forward to when I am!
It is much harder than you would think, right?! It gives such a good teacher sympathy with our kids!
That new music is wonderful. I adore your videos and have benefitted greatly. I can only implement a little at a time because your information is so rich. Looking forward to re watching everything.
Thank you! I'm so glad you're here!
This video just came up on my youtube I'm so excited!! I have recently started fulltime work and im a mum as well. Funnily enough i work in school (admin section) and im an artist so i need to fill my cup up with art, books nerding out and meeting other mums like me. Im so excited to watch more and connect 🥰
So happy to have you here! And yes! You're a whole person; you need that beauty in your life!
OMG This is the best channel ever!
Welcome to the land of the nerds.
Haha, yep, huge nerd over here 🙋🏼♀️. I’ve finished Canterbury Tales, Orthodoxy, and Genesis. Now working through Herodotus Histories, Lucretius-The Nature of Things, Exodus, and Iliad. Loving it!
Look at your start! Fantastic!
At the back of the north wind was one of my favorite reads last year - I read as much George Macdonald as i could last year!
A proper good way to spend a year, I think!
Im totally using the mother academia idea when the full curriculum catalog for the new Luther Classical College is released. Its the school i hope my boys go to should college be where life takes them. Im hoping to build on the ruins of my own education while getting a taste for what they will work through if they do in fact end up there. I cant wait to get started!
Fantastic! Happy planning!
First! Hooray! Feels like it has been a while! Lovely new music
It has! Filming with more angles/shots/B-roll takes much longer!
I utilize Notion heavily for my reading and study. Linked databases are your friend! I have databases for books read, quotes, authors, and tags that all interconnect with each other.
I'm realising there is a whole other world to Notion and then to Book-Notion.
Your hair looks fabulous!
Thank you!!
Loving this series! Inspired me to do my own version:
Male Author of the Year: C.S. Lewis
Female Author of the Year: Jane Austen
Poet of the Year: Cicely Mary Barker
One Reading Challenge: Literary Life Podcast Books of Centuries
Reading through their works, biographies and keeping my own narration notebook!
Okaaaay, I love this "of the year" format. Also SUCH GOOD PICKS. I had a "St. Jack" category in my Lit Life last year for CS Lewis and I loved the freedom of reading his works, about him, and works that influenced him.
Jason Baxter has a book on Dante, too, for when you dive into the Divine Comedy. My husband took the Hillsdale College course and really enjoyed it!
It is actually on its way to my house as I type. Did you know if you order it from his personal site, he will sign the book and wrap it in discarded academic/lecture notes? Had to.
Amazing! @@thecommonplacehomeschool
I'm a retired homeschool mama and you have inspired me to pursue my own (Grand)MotherAcademia endeavor. I'm following Bauer's Well-Educated Mind's plan with some of your recs thrown in. 50 pages/day. Would MotherAcademia/Commonplace membership (or co-hort?) apply to me as I'm not actively educating kiddos?
Oh, I LOVE this! Welcome!
You are certainly welcome in the cohort. We have discussion threads and the Symposium meetings currently. There will also be MA-specific bonus resources in CH throughout the year! We do have non-moms and moms-of-college-kids in CH so you may find you enjoy the general discussions around classical ideas beyond MA!
I’m due to semi-retire next year and am currently studying for a BA (Hons) in English Lit. I’m so glad to have found your channel -what a treat! Because even though I’m working and studying - you can never have too much learning right? 😊
@@thecommonplacehomeschool Great! Happy to join! :) Thank you.
Exactly. @@ellietyrer
Brideshead Revisited is life-changing. It was my favorite book for a while - so happy for you that you have so much joy ahead of you! If you want a treat after you're done reading, the movie version with Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons is unforgettable. Also just wanted to share with you a surprise discovery that I made - Magdalen College is actually pronounced "maudlin!" Who knew?
What. No. IS IT REALLY?
The number of times I mispronounce something on this CZcams or my podcast is...well, it's a lot. Con of being a solo self-learner, so THANK YOU.
@@thecommonplacehomeschool You're welcome! A quote which has really stuck with me is "Don't make fun of anyone who mispronounces something, because most likely it means that they learned it through reading."
100%@@ptichkalix
I just found your channel and absolutely love it! I've been doing something like Mother Academia for a while by taking MOOCs, but I love the idea of creating custom "courses." I did attend graduate school (M.A. in Medieval History), but I just can't bring myself to stop learning! On a side note, I decided to dive in using Notion because I really need something better than my basic planner to track homeschooling, the co-op classes I teach, household management, and my own habits/study, but so far I have found it needlessly complicated. Maybe someone else reading the comments has another option they've tried that's more user-friendly.
MA in Medieval History! Lovely. As for Notion: it's a game changer for someone who wants to build out the organisational system from scratch but totally unnecessary for anyone who doesn't want to. Have you tried ClickUp to Todoist?
Thank you so much for your response and for the additional app recommendations. I will look into those. I'm afraid I may be too far into the Googleverse after using Google Workspace for so long, and I might just be too old a dog for new tricks, ha. But, it isn't as efficient as it could be, so we'll see.@@thecommonplacehomeschool
Obsidian is one my husband swears by!
Hi dear Autumn
Thank you for this delightful update! I am so enjoying this series and can't wait to watch your Notion video in Common House.
I am interested in the Winters in the World book, but we live in South Africa, Southern hemisphere, full blown summer here.
Do you think this is a barrier to reading the book? I loved reading through the Clarksons' month by month traditions and family rhythms in Lifegiving home and wasn't too distracted by the seasonal difference.
I think I am asking: "Will my mind be able to absorb the deeper meaning of the seasons 'out of season'?"
Thank you for your help.
Suzanne
Oh yes! Winters in the World focuses on how the Anglo-Saxons understood the cycle of seasons and how certain rituals/Christianity celebrated deep relationships and meaning between people and nature. (Many of the traditions are still recognized today!) So it's a historical look at a particular place * and * a conversation about relationships and meaning that all people would appreciate (regardless of their weather!).
@@thecommonplacehomeschool Thank you for the very helpful reply. Appreciate it 🍃
I’ve just discovered your work and love it! New to Charlotte Mason as well. Have you tried an inductive curriculum for Latin? Cambridge has a “Reading Latin” curriculum that I really enjoyed. Being able to jump in and read immediately helped me a lot with motivation and getting started when I was first learning. There is also one for children called Minimus the Mouse. I’ve not used it myself but it looks very good. So glad to have found your work, my wife and I are hooked!
So happy to have you both around here!
I originally started with Lingua Latina and that is inductive. But I didn't love it. I took an inductive Italian language class when I lived in Italy-which I loved-and I think it worked, for me, because I had a teacher who could continue to add context as we figured out what was going on. Without that teacher angle, I was left with too many questions.
Now, I'm trying Wheelock's and so far, it's better for me. It may be because I learned Spanish in a similar way, so it's easier to follow.
Oh, and I'm going to look at Reading Latin and Minimus the Mouse! Thank you!
@@thecommonplacehomeschoolAh, yes, I’d forgotten about Lingua Latina! I’ve not tried it or even perused it, so that’s good to know it wasn’t a fit for you. I hope to teach/tutor Latin one day.
I found Reading Latin to be a good balance of inductive start with plenty of deductive grammar, vocab and exercises after the initial inductive entree. But Wheelock’s is the go to for a reason, and all that matters is reaching your goal of learning Latin whatever the method!
@@thecommonplacehomeschoolYou’re welcome!
I love all the music you use! Where do you find it?
I can't wait for the new library tour. ❤️
I use Epidemic Sound!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool thank you!
ok that is hilarious about the cs lewis book bc i just bought that same book at a used bookstore last friday and am trying to figure out how to read it!
Hahaha! No way! Everyone cleaned out their old school books before Christmas....which meant Lewis on 16th century lit.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a statement from a CZcamsr that I identified with more than, “That’s why I could never go to grad school. I’m a homeschooler and I like to be the boss. I want to read what I want when I want.” 😊
IYKYK. ;)
😘@@thecommonplacehomeschool
Same!!!
Over the past few days, I've been looking into visual note-taking. While I love a good narration arthritis has me needing to streamline my notes. I'm not able to draw so I'm leaning more towards things similar to a One-Pager from homeschool only getting down the thoughts and things I want to remember from what I read that day. Color coding notes with different color pens or highlighters.
A friend of mine who has limited use of her hands is switching over to using a voice-to-text program.
This is an excellent addition to this conversation! I wonder if recording oral narrations into the voice memo app would be a good option too?
@@thecommonplacehomeschool Now I might have to see if I can try it and see how I like it.
Where can I find King Alfred's list of recommended readings?
There are a few lists on Google. I can't find the longer one I first used but here's one: timesflowstemmed.com/2010/04/07/king-alfreds-reading-list/
@@thecommonplacehomeschool Thank you very much!
Late have I loved You,
O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
late have I loved You!
You were within me, but I was outside,
and it was there that I searched for You.
In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which You created.
You were with me, but I was not with You. Created things kept me from You;
yet if they had not been in You, they would have not been at all.
You called, You shouted, and You broke through my deafness. You flashed, You shone, and You dispelled my blindness. You breathed Your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for You.
I have tasted You, now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me, and I burned for Your peace.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book 10, 27.38
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"Give me what you have chosen for me and bring about in me what you desire for me." -St. Augustine
"Fecisti nos ad te, Domine, et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te"
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” -St. Augustine of Hippo, Algerian theologian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, born November 13, 354 CE
Just beautiful!
Do you have info in Common House about how you spend each day? Im trying to figure out how you get so much reading done between Mother Culture, Mother Academia, pre-reading for homeschool stuff, personal Scripture study, and the occassional for funsies thing you pick up. That's a ton of reading.
Especially since youre not JUST reading. Youre commonplacing, narrating, taking notes, doing lesson planning, planning your personal studies, etc.
I have several resources from the last few years through now that give a peek into how the rhythm looked at various points. With kids, the house rhythm is always changing, and I'm quick to flex and try something new, so I never have a perfectly set schedule for more than a little bit.
Generally:
Commonplace: Sundays (usually twice a month, more if I can)
Mother Academia reading/narrations: early morning before my kids are up
Mother Culture: whenever I randomly find a pocket of time and pick up the nearest book
Funsies read (usually a novel): last thing before bed
Pre-reading for school: did it all over the summer
School planning: little bit on Sunday afternoon but heavy lifting was done over the summer
Personal scripture: done with the kids during morning prayer
Do you have any videos explaining what notion is, and how to use it? Thank you!
I have one in Common House but it's not necessarily a tutorial for Notion as much as "here is how I set up my Notion".
Ok, I just don't know what it is. Is it a download for a computer planner?
Quick question: what is the name of the music piece used at the beginning/end of your video? It's beautiful!
Diametrical - Arien (from Epidemic Sound)
@@thecommonplacehomeschool thank you so much ❤️
Can you link to the everymans classics? Love the look but I think I am ending up on the wrong website.
Yes! www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/
You can also find many on Amazon!
Which translation of The Odyssey are you reading? Dr. Scott Masson from Tyndale University posts all his lectures on CZcams and so I have been working through The Odyssey with him. He may be a good future interview for you. (He was an atheist until he read Paradise Lost. Very cool testimony)
Oh, that does sound like an interesting story! I have Robert Fitzgerald's translation!
What do you do with all the dust jackets for your Everyman’s Library books? Do you keep them or toss them?
I keep some/toss some. I used to toss them but then realised I may want them to protect the books eventually, so now I store them.
Allow me to back up and add “… because there’s no judgement here.” This is probably silly in the grand scheme of things yet I also see books as a heritage… but I also want us to enjoy them now. As we’ve invested in nearly 90% hardcovers for our library we have a MASS of these covers. I’m always looking for a reason to get rid of them or WHAT to do with them. I hate storing things for storage sake. These covers are also the type of thing toddlers love to remove from books. It takes time to replace them and teach the child to keep them on… I have 5 kids. 🤪🤣 Love your content. Thank you!
@@bostonfoodiemom2351 I understand ALL of this. I save some book jackets because they're beautiful or because the books are rare (and it's even more rare to have the cover). BUT I prefer looking at my hardcovers bare too! We live in a small city house with almost no storage, so I get the space issue too. Right now I have a pile of boxed books (no more shelf space currently!) upstairs and I slide the extra covers in those boxes. I'm not sure of my strategy once I get to unpack those boxes...
Where can I look at the list of everything people should have read in King Alfred’s time?
You'll find collected lists around the internet. I'm not finding the original one I used but here's one to start!
timesflowstemmed.com/2010/04/07/king-alfreds-reading-list/
@@thecommonplacehomeschool Thank you!
Hi, my kids are grown now, but I would like to start reading the Charlotte Mason volumes and am interested in being in a group with others who are interested in this as well and continuing to efucate myself for enjoyment. Are there any groups like this?
We have a group reading through Volume 6 together this year in Common House!
How do you wake up so early? Do you go to sleep really early? I've tried it a few times and just can't!
Usually unhappily as I want to sleep more. But I've learned I feel that way no matter what time I wake up. I just love sleeping. Earlier bedtimes certainly help! I also will make myself a fun cold coffee/tea and leave it in the fridge as a motivator to get downstairs. I'm always happy for the time alone once I'm up and moving.
I’m a single parent with a kid in public school so I won’t be doing a classical education BUT I am very interested in all of this (everything in this video and on this channel)- would it make sense for me to join Common House? Or am I the wrong fit? (I can’t tell from the way the content is mentioned & I promise I won’t be offended to hear that I’m not the right fit/ target audience.)
You most certainly can join! I’m a public school teacher and my child goes to private school. The information and discussions are invaluable!
You are certainly welcome and would enjoy the resources! We have non-moms, moms-with-kids-in-school, day-care-owners, public-school-teacher-moms, etc! These are ideas for people! While I speak to homeschooling, all of it can be applied to children/families in any arrangement (and I hope many come to listen who aren't homeschoolers!).
Thank you!! @@TanyaAnderson45
Ooh, awesome!! Thank you!@@thecommonplacehomeschool
The link to your Amazon pages are not working. Could you send them to me?
Whoops! Thanks for the heads up. Those were not supposed to be in there. I don't use them anymore!
It's not a weird idea. There's a book, The Well Educated Mind that's basically this. A course of study that's like an Masters in English literature for ppl who have no time or money for graduate school. It's specifically aimed at Classical homeschool moms.
I know from personal experience that graduate school is not the answer. You'll just graduate with your PhD after years of misery and then be tempted to go right back to school. Modern academia in the US is nothing like the idyllic picture painted in something like Suprised by Joy about early 20th Century Oxford . Plus the urge to learn and know doesn't just go away.
I've kind of been doing this but much less fornally. The last two years I've been listening to 4000 level phycology lectures on CZcams. I've been making a point of reading classics since my mid-20's.
'Tis very good to remember academia now is not idyllic early 20th century Oxford. (You get me.) And yes, excellent suggestion: The Well Trained Mind!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool the Well Trained Mind is the one for educating your children. The Well Educated mind is the one for educating yourself :D
I think we all wish we could study in Old time Oxford in small groups with turors and serious fellow students in persuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. Ah well. Maybe in heaven.
@@pienkunicorn Ha! I looked at it after I typed it and could not figure out what was wrong. Thank you. Well-Educated. We're too late for Well-Trained. ;)
Oh, I miss the old music!
It's still on the podcast! It is still THE music of my work but it's not quite long enough for the new filming style. It'll still pop up! Promise!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool I love it so much!
St. Basil is one of the first books that lead me to Orthodoxy. 🤍
He'll do that.