How We Spend our Lives
From the Alveary Team:
It has been said that the way we spend our minutes is the way we spend our lives. What is your heart’s desire for yourself and for your family in regard to how you spend your lives? In what pursuits will you invest the moments you are given today?
“Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon anything else, future character and conduct depend.” –Charlotte Mason, Vol. 1, p. 118
“In the long run, the way you treat your time is the way others treat it too.” –James Clear, 3-2-1 Thursday email, January 14, 2021
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” –Psalm 90:12
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” –Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day”
We’d love to hear your thoughts, share them in the comments below!
Notes:
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- Office Hours: Here is the link to watch this week’s Office Hours answering your questions and discussing the winter “slump”. Here is a list of some of the books that were mentioned in our discussion.
- CMI: Explore the world of working memory and neurodiversity to learn how we can support students with low working memory (often ADHD) within a Charlotte Mason education. Watch here.
- Volunteers: We are looking for volunteers who would like to donate their Airtable and/or book knowledge toward improving the 2025-26 Alveary Bookshelf. (Free reading, family reading, etc.) Email melissa@cminst.org if you are interested.
- Compassion Grant: Alveary is a vendor with HSLDA’s Compassion Grant. This means grant recipients can use those funds to purchase Alveary at a significant discount.
- Home Science Tools: As the team works toward your 2025-26 supply list, please be aware that the science kits currently available at Home Science Tools are for the 2024-25 lesson plans. Stay tuned for any updates with the new supply list!
- Scope and Sequence for Bible grades 7-12:
*Books of the Bible are read chronologically so several books are spread over different rotations.
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Trivia Question: Where was Mason employed at the time of her first lectures on education?
Leave your guesses here in the Hive, and stay tuned for the answer in next week’s Alveary Weekly!
