Here I am going to share a few tips(and some free resources!) to help smooth your transition to homeschooling using the Charlotte Mason philosophy and Ambleside Online.

Amazon links are affiliate links. I love it when you click on those…so thanks! I’m really looking into Ambleside Online and think it may be more appropriate for my children… I have NO idea how to implement AO, I mean none. I feel like I’ve read the website cover to cover, but have I missed some big page that gives me weekly ideas or instructions on how to gather materials and organize my day? How in the world do you Continue Reading...

A look at our plans and books for year 5 and year 6 following Ambleside Online (and a heart to heart about diligence and a lazy heart!)

Practical tips for planning Ambleside Online Curriculum

I can't quite wrap my mind around it, but we are done with school! We just finished Year 6 and Year 8 with Ambleside Online and it was fabulous. I feel like I also learned a ton, right alongside them! Watercolor Narrations from Y6 & Y8 over the past few weeks I will start with Year 6 first - Louisa turned 12 years old mid-year and this year was a great stretch for her. The workload increases a bit starting in Term 2 with additional readings and more challenging books. We really stuck pretty…

I have several homeschooling sisters and friends with children slightly younger than mine. Because I've heard similar responses from several of them when I tell them I'm using Ambleside Online, I've decided to dedicate a post to these sisters and friends. The responses I can remember go something like this: "I can't see my child being ready for the books they recommend at age six." "I've checked out their website. It just seems like SO MUCH to do!" "I have several younger children. I can't…

Ambleside Online is a free Charlotte Mason curriculum that we use in our homeschool. It can seem overwhelming at first, so I'm sharing how to get the most out of it and make things just a little easier!

Yes, Homeschool Nature Study and Ambleside Online (AO) can work together! The Handbook of Nature Study is at the center of both.

As I am currently in the thick of preparing to begin Ambleside Online Year 2 after the first of the year, I thought this might be an appropriate time to begin a little series on how I approach planning and scheduling AO in our home. I am one of those planning geeks who enjoys going through the planning process, and this is one of the reasons that I don’t care for boxed curriculums with a scripted teacher’s manual. But, I realize that for many people, taking the booklist and schedule that…

I started AO year 1 with my youngest daughter (aka Moozle) at the beginning of this year just before she turned 7 years of age. This has been the first time in about 19 years of homeschooling that I've actually followed a set curriculum - I basically stuck to the weekly schedule and added some extras. My planning is very simple. I have the page below as a Word document and each week I go to the weekly AO schedule & copy & paste the books & chapters from there onto this page, add in Composer…