CMP Review 2024-02-12

February 12, 2024

I recently took a class with @delia_of_the_greenwood where I learned to weave a satchel out of kudzu. From beginning to end of harvesting and preparing kudzu, to weaving and shaping the basket, then adding a lid and putting it all together to finish it, I was able to acquire and bring the skills home with me needed to make a functional bag out of an invasive species. In class, we also discussed other invasives that could be suitable weaving materials.

While I was away, my husband took our seven children out to the store. A lady approached and asked if we homeschool, and where was mom? My husband told her I was on a trip. ‘Oh, a work trip?’ ‘No, just an art trip to learn how to make baskets.’ ‘Oh, to sell?’ ‘No, just for fun.’ The lady was very confused as to why someone would take a trip to learn a skill. But we know better. We know that mothers are born persons too, as well as passionate learners.

“I know that all good teachers have some study each day in preparing for the next day’s work, but besides this study, pursue two or three subjects definitely on your own account. Do not think this is a selfish thing to do because the advantage does not end with yourself” (The Story of Charlotte Mason, p. 162).

@tessakeath

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