I am only 2,5 minutes in and already love this video. Finally a WOMAN who doesn’t constantly talks about discovering yourself when it comes to this topic! Now I will continue watching. 😅

@thecommonplacehomeschool

11 ай бұрын

Oh Anna, I can assure you this woman will not be talking about discovering yourself.

„Be quiet and learn.“ I love that! 😂🎉

For commonplacing I stick about ten of the skinny post-it tabs inside the cover of my book. When I read something I want to record, I place one of those post-its next to the area of interest. When all of the post-its are used up, I go back and commonplace everything I’ve tagged. This method works beautifully for me, and you can even do it with borrowed books, since it leaves no marks.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

I like that! A little freedom, a little boundary.

@kerstenlindhardt1653

6 ай бұрын

I ADORE this idea!

@katie7748

18 күн бұрын

Ooo, I should try that. Thanks for the idea!

I have a feeling I'll be common placing many of your words Autumn. I've never come across a CM channel filled with so much rich material. Thank you for what you do.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

2 ай бұрын

Oh, wow! Thank you for such a kind note. Very happy to have you here!

I've really been enjoying your videos and podcast! Thank you!! I read a NYT article recently about commonplace books. It said that a commonplace book is kind of like looking at yourself out of the corner of your eye instead of looking at yourself full on (that would be more like a journal). I thought it was an excellent metaphor because I've NEVER enjoyed reading back on my own journals from the past. Cringe! But I do enjoy reading quotes and ideas I thought were funny or powerful and seeing how they strike me differently or what they reveal about what God was doing in my life at that time. Cheers!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Oh that IS good. I love that. I’m going to put that in my back pocket-thank you!!

@emilys.595

Жыл бұрын

I added that definition to my new commonplace book…thanks for sharing!❤

I thoroughly enjoyed this. And am very interested to learn about the concept of commonplace books as a whole. I have actually been doing this for 40+ years. Filling notebook after notebook. Post-its to mark pages I want to reference as I read. Bigger post-its to put on walls and desk with notes, notes in computer and phone themselves until in notebook if decided. I am glad to find that there are others who commonplace. Never knew anyone else that did. Thank you Autumn! Your videos are great. They bring back many memories of classical education, homeschooling, and personal education.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Күн бұрын

How fun you were already doing the practice without knowing its name! My guess is you had some good ideas and habits in place that led you to such a regular wisdom-hunt.

I'm so glad I found your channel. Love your personality and your ideas!! So helpful, thank you. I've been homeschooling for 9 years, the last 2 with CM principals using ambleside online, and then the 4 before that we did classical conversations, so I have lots more to learn.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Hi Misty! I'm so glad you here. You'll get lots of classical Charlotte Mason in these parts; I find it's best to stick with all the wise words of the past.

Second time listening... so helpful! Again!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Ай бұрын

So happy to hear it! You're quite welcome!

I love your videos and podcasts! Thank you so much for sharing!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear it!

I adore learning through your videos! Another (actual) Autumn here desiring to lean into this Charlotte Mason mode of living & teaching. Thank you for explaining this practice!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Another Autumn!! What a treat. May your next few weeks bring a revival to your autumnal soul as the world is right for a short time again. 😉

This was great Autumn. I started one this summer but got some good ideas from you! Love the idea of commonplacing our kids!!!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

They’re so funny (and sometimes, really insightful!) that I have to record such comedic brilliance!

Whatever this is just speaks so much to my soul. ❤ thank you Autumn

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

I hope you start a commonplace book! You'll love it!

I want to commonplace this whole video! What an interesting yet wise perspective!! Thank you ❤

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

You shared some golden words that are going in my common place book 📖, with your name next to it. I am newer to the common place book in a structural sense. This was very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Wow, honored to make your pages!

I have been keeping one in my notes section of my phone for years and not knowing it was commonplacing! I have been journaling since I was a little girl and writing things down is how I hold info best. I’ll be transferring all my notes to a book! Thank you!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Isn't it the best realizing you are already doing something life-giving and long-lasting? It's always a little high-five that I'm on the right track!

I’ve found the commonplace book to be relatively easy to stick with - and I usually consider myself to be a perpetual quitter / forgetter! I don’t like to add my own thoughts either. Laurie Bestvater actually has a section about this in her book about how these sorts of journals are so different than our usual modern conception of journal - where it’s frequently a lot of whining and complaining about “finding ourselves”. Embarrassingly enough I filled plenty of journals with that sort of thing in my teens and early twenties and have no desire to continue it!

@jessica_wood

Жыл бұрын

Also what is this Supper of the Lamb book you mentioned?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

It's a cookbook like you've never had but desperately need. Think if C.S. Lewis, Wendell Berry, and Madeleine L'Engle had a book baby: amzn.to/3QzFYcW

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Haha, oh yes, the teenage/college journals. I can't say the regular practice of thinking of me did me much good in those years. I just heard someone else mention Laurie Bestvater in the CP Patreon and now, I must hunt her work down!

@jessica_wood

Жыл бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Literary cookbooks are honestly the best. Definitely adding it to my wishlist.

I am keeping a Common place book. I bought a nice looking notebook from a box store. It's a medium size, not too thick - to help keep me from being overwhelmed. I just simply started. I haven't worried about dividing it into sections etc. Thinking how to do that has always hindered me from starting. I'm just putting down whatever resonates with me. It might just be a sentence or two. It might be something that was spoken and I want to remember it. I may also include verses of a hymn that spoke to me while I was playing it on piano. I've also started a separate notebook for just Bible. It includes verses that speak to me that day or something in a devotional book I'm reading.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

YES. JUST. START. This is one of the most helpful pushes for people! I'm so glad you mentioned this!

I'm in agreement with all the accolades in the comments. I feel very well fed by your content on yt and podcasts.. looking forward to listening throughout my journey with learning the CM method; also a Thank you to Mr. Kern for the encouragement for you to do so ;)

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

He will love his much due recognition here. 😉 Thank you for your kind words and encouragement! So happy to have you here, Jacqueline!

I have used 4X6 index cards since I was in high school 40 years ago. I like them because I can move them around. connect them to similar thoughts in other books. I also write things down in notebooks. I guess I also treat it like "blab" learning like Abraham Lincoln did to retain what he wanted to remember also. Anyway, I love writing things down. Thanks so much for sharing about the commonplace book.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

I see the good behind the notecards. I'm fully on paper now (no more Evernote) and while I love everything being bound together, I know I'm not going to be able to find anything eventually. Ha! A treasure hunt!

So I have been watching Charlotte Mason videos here and there on KZread and I have realized you are my favorite one to watch. I am going to have to check out your podcast because your voice and the way you speak is very much made for radio. You get to the point and make it interesting to listen to, I am sure your kids love you as a teacher! So glad to have found your channel, it encourages me to want to give it a try even though it seems very intimidating.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's so kind. Most of my KZread content is intended to be supplementary to the podcast, so I'd love if you tuned in!

I always called it a ‘dialectical journal,’ but it’s essentially the same thing as a commonplace book or a book of mottoes. 😊 The way I view it is that I am having a conversation with the book, the author, the characters. I record the various quotes as I go, as well as any response or reflections that caused me to write the quote down in the first place. I believe the learning from these wise sayings and insightful quotes happens in the reflection… not because they are merely said. (Even if that reflection is essentially a written narration.) Most of the time, I use notecards or sticky notes and keep them in the book itself. But, when I use my dedicated commonplace notebook (usually with fictional pieces), I fold my paper in half and write quotes on the left and responses on the right. So, maybe we’re disagreed on the reflection aspect, 😉, but I love that you brought up commonplace notebooks and are encouraging others to keep them! I’m enjoying your podcast and channel. Many blessings!!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Well, you win because I've never heard of anyone calling it a dialectical journal! I really do love the description of having a conversation with the book, author, or characters. I wholeheartedly agree with a written narration helping make the wisdom your own! I was just talking to a Patreon member about this and mentioned that because I commonplace, it's almost certain that I'll think more deeply on the ideas and I'll verbally explain and connect them (ha! oral narration!) in conversation in the following weeks.

@WomenLivingTorah

Жыл бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Yes! I agree! Like you mentioned, having a commonplace notebook is exposing yourself repetitively to beautiful ideas and insightful quotes. Reading it- thinking about it- writing it down- reading it again later- talking to someone else about it, etc. The term ‘dialectical journal’ is the term my AP English high school teacher used for our summer literature projects, and it’s all I ever knew until I ‘met’ classical home education! I’ve been doing this form of a commonplace notebook since I was in 8th grade, with Hamlet, All Quiet on the Western Front, and other classics. 😍 I love it and can’t read a book without my index cards, sticky notes, or dialectical journal/commonplace notebook! 😂 (Which begs the question- is a book worth reading if it doesn’t demand space in one’s commonplace book? Haha 😛)

Another great video! I like the idea of having a dedicated place for all the snippets of inspiration I come across while reading. I do this but usually it is meshed in a journal. I created a designated commonplace notebook last night after watching your video. Such a simple concept that I have overlooked. I just joined your Patreon - I’m not too savvy at navigating it yet. Im hunting for some clarification about something that im sure I could email the common subjects leader about 🤪 I was wondering if you had anything about solfège and how that looks for kids. I am a new CMEC member (that’s how I found your videos! [I couldn’t seem to find anything about CMEC]) but i am still confused when I read about solfège notebooks for the kiddos. How in the world do you journal/TBG notebook about solfège? Any insight is appreciated. Thank you!

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the patreon! So happy to have you in there! Since I can't see your name on your YT handle, shoot me a message in there just to say hello and I can send some things about solfa/solfege!

Great content, just got to listen at a slower speed. 😊 Use an index like a bullet journal easy peasy to find information.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Many have told me to index and I’m going to look into it now!!

@Dreblueskies

Жыл бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool I adore the bullet journal method for my everyday carry and feel confident that I will never misplace anything important.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

@@Dreblueskies that’s a pretty strong commendation! I’ve only ever heard great things from bullet journalers; I just worry it takes so long to set it up?

@Dreblueskies

Жыл бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool Not at all, just stay away from IG and Pinterest. I stay true to the original method from the created Ryder except I draw a monthly calendar because I like it visually but that takes about 10 minutes a month. I highly recommend his book if you can squeeze one more in 😂

Around 9:00 Autumn talks about reading widely all at once. Does anyone know if she’s done a video talking about that?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

2 ай бұрын

I have my Home Librarian series which is full of book recommendations and I speak about the literary life a lot in Common House! But the basic gist is to read widely across disciplines. Don't only read practical theology (guilty of that for years!) or only educational philosophy or only novels. Read a mix! Read things you don't agree with! Read harder and older books than you think you can, and don't refuse a book because of a modern publishing date!

May I ask who the author is of “The Supper of the Lamb”? By Robert F Capon? There is a book with a similar title “The Lamb’s Supper” by Hahn. Just wanting to make sure. Thank you @thecommonplace

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Ah! So sorry! I need to be better about saying author's names too. Yes, Capon is the one you're looking for!

I have two high school students. Do you encourage moms to have their older students do this practice? Or do you keep a family one for family read aloud? Or something else?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

YES! 100% yes, they should keep them! Once my oldest is writing well on her own, she'll be gifted a commonplace! I do love the idea of a family commonplace, which has NEVER occurred to me before. I may make one of those around here!

I just finished Mere Christianity, halfway through The God Who is There, and I definitely see how easy it is to consume a book without taking time to digest the ideas slowly. I may start with Mere Christianity and skim it chapter by chapter and highlight my fav thoughts. Would that be a good start?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Sure! I think that would work well!!

Hi! Please tell me more about Supper of The Lamb…who is the author?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Oh, it's so good: amzn.to/3QzFYcW It's by Robert Farrar Capon and I highly recommend it!

Those shelves, where did you get them or did you build

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

They're from CB2. We put three of them together to fill the space.

Also, where is your beautiful commonplace book from?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

From Barnes and Noble a number of years ago! I usually go hunting for old notebooks around here before buying something new!

Oh my goodness I feel like you’re my soul sister 😂♥️

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Haha, hello! It's always such a treat to find kindred thinkers and doers, isn't it?

Note-booking or journaling is what we call it.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

So many names! Such a good practice!

I tried the commonplace book last year. I hated it. I"ll keep journaling and doing nature journal too but I don't get the thing behind a commonplace book. It bored me and didn't spark joy XD

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Ah, perhaps in another season of life maybe? Thank you for sharing!

look up Obsidian. Evernote is going the way of the dodo.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

Жыл бұрын

Good to know! I'm actually only commonplacing by hand now so my paper and pen have solved any tech changes!

Why is it called commonplacing?

@thecommonplacehomeschool

14 күн бұрын

The Latin was locus communis which translates to "general or common place".

Great but commonplacing doesn't have to be all about god.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

10 ай бұрын

Ah, but indeed it does!

@chellycat14

10 ай бұрын

@@thecommonplacehomeschool What do you mean? I have a commonplace book and I’m not a Christian, but a Pagan. Where yours might have entries related to your specific religion, mine has entries related to my own spiritual path. Your commonplace book may be in the context of your religion, which is great, but the overall practice of keeping a commonplace book is not tied to a specific religion. It’s just about collecting information that’s important to you.

@thecommonplacehomeschool

10 ай бұрын

@@chellycat14 As a Christian, I do think anything true, good, or beautiful ultimately finds its home in God, so no matter where you find it, it's still God's. In that sense, all noble and lovely ideas are his. But as a classicist, I look for them everywhere and happily read and learn from pagan works (and commonplace them too) regardless of their mention of God or even awareness of him!