What are morning baskets?When I started exploring the different methods of homeschooling, I found myself drawn to aspects of each of the popular methods. Although our family's teaching and learning styles tend toward the eclectic, the idea of a peaceful morning basket from Charlotte Mason resonated with me. I'm not a "schedule-y" person by nature, but my husband is. I loved seeing his morning rituals, and I wanted that for my daughter too. Morning Baskets to the rescue! If you are not familiar with the concept of a Morning Basket, it's fairly simple. It's basically a collection of activities and resources that people use with all of their children to begin the morning in a peaceful, beautiful way. A phrase that often comes up is the good, the beautiful, and the true. As we are secular homeschoolers, we have mindfully adapted these ideas, using inspiration from Up Above the Rowan Tree and Blossom & Root. Seeing the lovely baskets in others' homeschools has inspired me to dedicate the energy to building this into our rhythm for this new school year. At this point, I intend to use our Morning Basket as a way to hold our supplies for music, nature study, and informal drawing. While the themes for each of these will change, these elements will remain as foundation for our school this year:
Morning Basket for September 3 - 9Because we are just beginning officially, we don't have a country theme. We will introduce the general themes of cultural differences first.
This week we have the following in our basket:
I would love to hear about your experiences with Morning Baskets and any brilliant ideas you have. Comments are closed.
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I'm Heidi, the lead teacher for Stone Bridge Academy. We are a homeschool serving one fabulous student. This blog occasionally uses affiliate links, which means that we will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. I only link to products or services that we use and love in my family. These commissions allow me to continue providing helpful content here. Thank you for your support.
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