Home Education in Dublin

Support for Irish families using the Classical and Charlotte Mason approach to Home School

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  • Learning About Ireland
    • Irish Living Booklist (More coming soon)
      • Irish Living Book list – Chronological Overview of Irish History
      • Irish Living Book list – Classic fiction set in Ireland
      • Beautifully Illustrated Irish Nature Books to Enjoy One Page a Day
    • Irish Geography
    • Irish Art
      • Art Appreciation Charlotte Mason Style
      • Irish Artist Study – Harry Clarke
    • Field Trips
      • Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin
      • Visiting Newgrange
    • Adapting US curriculum
      • Do I need to teach sentence diagramming in Ireland?
    • Nature Study
      • Beautifully Illustrated Irish Nature Books to Enjoy One Page a Day
      • What’s in our bag when we go out for a nature walk? Guest Post!
      • Guest Post: Nature Study – How Can I Teach What I Don’t Know?
      • Guest Post: Encouraging Reluctant Nature Students
  • Books & Curriculum
    • Curriculum Reviews (more coming soon)
      • Learning Handwriting using Handwriting Without Tears
      • Using All About Spelling in Ireland
      • Learning French
      • Burgess Animal Book matched to Peterson Field Guide, The World of Animals and Draw Write Now
    • Handicrafts
      • Starting Calligraphy
    • Music
      • Learning to Play the Piano in our Home
      • Music Theory
    • Our Curriculum Choices By Grade (Coming soon)
    • Books to Read Aloud
      • The Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud
      • Valentine’s Day! ♥
      • Some lovely books for Christmas in Irish libraries…
    • Making My Own Books
    • Audible books
  • Mother’s Education
    • Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason
    • I want to read Charlotte Mason’s volumes – Which book should I buy?
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  • Start Here
  • Learning About Ireland
    • Irish Living Booklist (More coming soon)
      • Irish Living Book list – Chronological Overview of Irish History
      • Irish Living Book list – Classic fiction set in Ireland
      • Beautifully Illustrated Irish Nature Books to Enjoy One Page a Day
    • Irish Geography
    • Irish Art
      • Art Appreciation Charlotte Mason Style
      • Irish Artist Study – Harry Clarke
    • Field Trips
      • Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin
      • Visiting Newgrange
    • Adapting US curriculum
      • Do I need to teach sentence diagramming in Ireland?
    • Nature Study
      • Beautifully Illustrated Irish Nature Books to Enjoy One Page a Day
      • What’s in our bag when we go out for a nature walk? Guest Post!
      • Guest Post: Nature Study – How Can I Teach What I Don’t Know?
      • Guest Post: Encouraging Reluctant Nature Students
  • Books & Curriculum
    • Curriculum Reviews (more coming soon)
      • Learning Handwriting using Handwriting Without Tears
      • Using All About Spelling in Ireland
      • Learning French
      • Burgess Animal Book matched to Peterson Field Guide, The World of Animals and Draw Write Now
    • Handicrafts
      • Starting Calligraphy
    • Music
      • Learning to Play the Piano in our Home
      • Music Theory
    • Our Curriculum Choices By Grade (Coming soon)
    • Books to Read Aloud
      • The Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud
      • Valentine’s Day! ♥
      • Some lovely books for Christmas in Irish libraries…
    • Making My Own Books
    • Audible books
  • Mother’s Education
    • Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason
    • I want to read Charlotte Mason’s volumes – Which book should I buy?
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  • Contact

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  • Classical Home Education in Dublin Valentines Day
    Adapting US curriculum,  Books to Read Aloud,  Handicrafts

    Valentine’s Day! ♥

    Usually, the focus of my posts is on Ireland. However, my children and I really enjoyed this ♥ Valentine’s Day ♥ mini study from Brighter Day Press, we were able to get many of the listed enrichment books in our local library, which is unusual, and the snacks were all delicious, enjoyed by all and easily dairy- and gluten-free! Plus it’s a pdf so easily accessible in Ireland. I wanted to share the fun with you… You could make it more Irish by heading off to the Shrine of St. Valentine in the heart of Dublin city, at Whitefriar Street Church! ☘ This is a week long study of the…

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    Some lovely books for Christmas in Irish libraries…

    A homeschooling father of four in Dublin put together a list of books he has enjoyed with his children for Christmas and Advent over his many years of homeschooling.  The descriptions below are his, links to the library added by yours truly… The Jesse Tree Geraldine McCaughrean – A ‘story for every day of advent’ – older children, a keeper. (Lots of copies at the library) Wenceslas McCaughrean/Birmingham, Story of the Carol – Beautiful illustrations. (Lots of copies at the library) The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Wojciechowski/P J Lynch – Heirloom! (Lots of copies at the library)  The Gift of the Magi by O Henry, illustrated by P J Lynch…

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  • HomeEducationinIrelandPageaDayNatureBooks
    Books & Curriculum,  Books to Read Aloud,  Irish Nature Study

    Beautifully Illustrated Irish Nature Books to Enjoy One Page a Day

    Each day, during our book basket time, we read a double-page spread from a beautifully illustrated nature book. I leave the book open on a bookstand or shelf for the rest of the day to allow the images to blend into our day. We also follow this approach for both poetry and art. Coming up: Irish Page-a-day Nature Books ~ General Page-a-day Nature Books ~ Mother’s Education Currently, we are enjoying the stunning book Ireland’s Hidden Depths by Paul Kay. I bought it on sale for €10 directly from Sherkin Island Marine Station, who do a range of great Irish nature books. Their books work so well for Irish home educators, and…

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    October 14, 2020
  • Classical Home Education in Dublin Audible
    Ambleside Online Books,  Books & Curriculum

    I want to close my Audible account… What could I buy with my Audible credits?

    It is common to subscribe to Audible and not be listening as quickly as the credits clock up. But you have to spend all your credits before you unsubscribe or you lose them. What books might you buy? I’ve seen this question a number of times, so here are some suggestions for Irish home educators… And by the way, when you unsubscribe Amazon often offer a great deal, like 3 months at half price, or even 3 months for 99p, which as I write, is available here, for new or previous subscribers. On Audible, I would tend to go for books that aren’t easily obtainable in hardcopy in Ireland, requiring…

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  • HomeEducation.ie Living Book Lists Classic Fiction Chapter Books
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    Irish Living Book list – Classic fiction set in Ireland

    This is the first post in what will be a series of posts listing living books for Irish home educators with children in primary school. Reading quality books is an important part of a Charlotte Mason education, whether snuggled on the couch reading aloud together or reading to themselves. I had difficulty locating living books set in Ireland and could not find a comprehensive list, so I am slowly creating such a list on this website to share with you. Tom McCaughren wrote: “When my daughters were growing up I realised there were few books for young people written, set and published in Ireland so I decided to write some…

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    The Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud

    I wanted to recommend the book The Hutchinson treasury of stories to read aloud selected by Janet Schulman.  This book was previously been printed under the title The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury.   The content is the same. This book contains many books which are recommended on various US curriculum.  It used to be on Sonlight’s PreK curriculum for families abroad to reduce shipping.  Many of the stories would be nicer in their original single book per story format, but this is a great option to read them first to see if you and your children enjoy them.  There are lots of copies of this book in the Irish libraries –…

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About

A little blog to bring awareness of the Classical and Charlotte Mason approach to home education (home schooling) to Irish families by showing how my family use this style: how we supplement, substitute and adapt US curriculum; include Irish history and geography; information on books fitting this approach available in our libraries; local resources and the wonderful local field trips available.

I hope to come alongside you as a friend on this journey sharing what I have learnt and what others have shared with me.  I hope to support you in enjoying this journey of discovery we are both on.

Wishing you a wonderful journey!  ~ Anna

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