Episode 273: Voices from the Conference: Melissa Petermann on Homeschooling Through Chronic Illness
A Delectable Education Charlotte Mason Podcast
Nicole Williams
5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
At the 2022 ADE at HOME {Virtual} Conference Melissa Petermann of Charlotte Mason PE presented a talk entitled "Mindset, Margin, and Tactics: Homeschooling Through Trials & Chronic Illness." We've invited her onto the podcast this week to discuss some of the practical ways she has found to continue on even on hard days.
"ln the things of science, in the things of art, in the things of practical everyday life, his God doth instruct him and doth teach him, her God doth instruct her and doth teach her. Let this be the mother's key to the whole of the education of each boy and each girl; not of her children; the divine Spirit does not work with nouns of multitude, but with each single child. Because He is infinite, the whole world is not too great a school for this indefatigable Teacher, and because He is infinite, He is able to give the whole of his infinite attention for the whole time to each one of his multitudinous pupils. We do not sufficiently rejoice in the wealth that the infinite nature of our God brings to each of us." (2/273)
"Let the mother go out to play! If she would only have courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day , out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture gallery looking long and well at just two or three pictures, or in bed, without the children, life would go on far more happily for both children and parents. The mother would be able to hold herself in 'wise passiveness,' and would not fret her children by continual interference, even of hand or eye-she would let them be." (3/33-34)
2024 ADE @ Home {Virtual Conference}
Melissa's Swedish Drill Resource
Melissa's Mindset, Margin, and Tactics: Homeschooling Through Trials & Chronic Illness Workshop from the 2022 Conference
Sabbath Mood Homeschool Science Guides
Liz's Grammar Resource
ADE's Patreon Community
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| 0:00.0 | Join a delectable education in 2024 as we travel to Indiana, Michigan, and Florida for |
| 0:07.6 | Awaken Living Books Educational Conferences. |
| 0:11.5 | Gather with us and a few friends as we refresh hearts, renew minds, and encourage. differences. workshops, inspiring relatable speakers, fellowship with like-minded parents, a nourishing Whole Foods |
| 0:27.8 | menu, Charlotte Mason inspired vendors, as well as a used book sale to benefit the local living books library. |
| 0:35.0 | An opportunity to tour that living books library will be available as well as a tour of a Charlotte Mason hybrid school at the Indiana location. |
| 0:44.8 | Visit Living Books Conference.com for more information on dates, tickets, and locations. |
| 0:52.0 | That's Living Books Conference.com. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to a delightful education, the podcast that spreads the feast of the Charlotte |
| 0:58.5 | Mason Method. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm Emily Kaiser and I'm here with Liz Kitrell and Nicole Williams. |
| 1:03.7 | And today we're also joined by Melissa Peterman. |
| 1:06.8 | Welcome Melissa. |
| 1:08.0 | Hi, hi y'all. |
| 1:09.6 | Today's episode is part of our occasional series, Voices from the Conference. |
| 1:14.4 | As you probably know by now, a Delectable Education hosts a virtual conference, each February, |
| 1:20.0 | to hopefully bring some inspiration and encouragement to what is notoriously a dark stretch in the homeschooling year, |
| 1:26.8 | at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere. |
| 1:29.7 | A few years ago, a worldwide pandemic forced us to move to an online format for our conference |
| 1:35.9 | and we discovered some benefits that we wouldn't have otherwise. |
| 1:39.4 | Not only are Charlotte Mason educators from all over the world able to join us due to the virtual |
| 1:43.9 | platform. So many have personally written to share how they wouldn't ever be able to get |
| 1:48.7 | away for a conference or retreat except online. So we are so grateful to have the opportunity to |
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