Charlotte Mason Tea Time with Little Kids | COMMON MOM 

We have a English/Korean background here, so tea time is happening all day…morning, afternoon, and bedtime. 😅. The Daily Connoisseur on YT has some great ideas for tea time…if anyone wants to get a little fancy. :)

“Not how to need perfect circumstances in order to have joy!!” This part got me!! Thank you ♥️

"Everything we do in this classical world, all the training towards virtue and wisdom, the great living books, the outdoor times, freedom not being in a school all day, all these life-giving things we fight for as homeschooling mothers, saying that it's important for the formation of our children, is not just for them. It's not for keeps. It's to go out, love God, and love thy neighbor." This right here is the heart of it all! That the love for God we are instilling in our children will overflow onto others.

My husband is Japanese. My kids love tea. Due to watching this in the morning, my kids are going to be excited to have tea with breakfast. 😉

Thank you as always Autumn for all your help pointing us moms to a higher calling. I’m so thankful for you!

Um, absolutely no idea what Charlotte Mason is Pretty sure I don't need any atm But, your positive energy & enthusiasm are beyond doubt and I admire you for it.

Thank you for making this video. We recently found a set of yellow tea cups (my son’s favorite color) at a thrift store and I’ve been wanting to start doing tea time during our homeschool. We also have to hot water spout on our espresso machine and it’s nice!

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the detailed walkthrough

Thank you for all the great tips! Tea time is new for us, but my children (5 and 2) LOVE each time we sit down and sip tea. We currently do it about once a week but I would love to make it a daily thing. Blessings to your family.

I absolutely love this! I’ve wanted to do tea time, and hadn’t implemented it yet. This was the positive push I needed!

I haven't seen any of your other videos (yet) and so I wanted to say that this video has blessed me so much!! I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old and am planning on homeschooling. Your reminders of why we do what we do for our children and why we pursue beauty are so beautiful. It's all about Christ and you said it so well I felt like I was hearing the Holy Spirit.

This is so beautiful. Thank you. I’m going to start doing this!

I miss our tea time! we did one for most of year zero and year one...and I got out of practice. need to add it back in :)

I just want you to know your content is amazing! I just love it! Also I’m a Pennsylvanian too. Pittsburgh area. But no longer live there since my husband is active duty Army. Anyway, thank you for your content!

Very helpful! We do tea time every afternoon after the 4 year olds have some quiet time and the baby naps, and at first I made it fairly intentional but I have definitely let it slip into “eh whatever” mode and I think tomorrow I’m going to try to make it more intentional again. Tea, snack, some poetry. We just read a delightful picture book called Emily, all about Emily Dickinson, and we have a book of her poems. I bet my older two will love hearing her poetry read

I love this! My grandparents were from the Nederland and my at grandma’s we always had tea time. It was delicious and cozy… I’m looking forward to start this habit with my kids! But of course, we will add something to nourish the mind as well

I love the music and aesthetic you share!

Enjoyed the tips and perspective in this video! Once a week my daughter and I have "Poetry Coco Time" It is a highlight in our week.

So good, love this! I have been struggling to do this with my 4 littles, since they are so young, but I do want to get into this!

Autumn, I must say that the more videos I watch of yours, the more I love it. It is my first year homeschooling our 3 youngest (they are 8, 6 almost 7, and 4 almost 5). I had been looking into homeschooling for several years before taking the plunge, so to speak, and have known that I would like our homeschool to be more Charlotte Mason inspired. I often times feel overwhelmed and don't know where to really start with it. Can you suggest a "this is where you should begin" or a video that you have done that maybe discussed this? Also, you mentioned that your 10:00 tea time is 10 minutes, but I don't remember if you stated how long your tea time is at 3:00. I was curious how long you do the more elaborate tea time. Thank you for your videos. I appreciate them so much and am strongly considering a Patreon membership with you.

My kids (5 and 2) also love to drink tea all day 😅 I wish they could make it themselves, but I have to put a kettle on, so it’s a bit treacherous. We aren’t officially homeschooling, but we do a tea “lunch” once a week and read from A Child’s Garden of Verses or When We Were Very Young, and my girls really look forward to it 🙂 They also like to dress up, and we put quiet classical music on in the background. And yes, toast is fine! Often our tea lunch is some sourdough toast with jam or honey, unless we had time to bake scones or muffins.

Autumn, thank you for your videos (and podcast!!) your perspective is a breath of fresh air. I absolutely adore your intention and deeply beautiful work. I also love the idea of liturgies with my kids but I did not grow up in that mindset (i am now Anglican and my soul is just soaking up the liturgy!) would you mind sharing how you open tea time? What do you say & what do they say?

You are inspiring and sunny not stuffy. I shared you with my son for he and is wife.

Just be rrally careful with hot tea.... we had a bad accident at out house... but thankfully everyone is fine now, and we still enjoy tea!

Is the Benediction Table still available for Patrons on Patreon? I can’t seem to find it.

Encouraged 💕 - mom of 5 under 7

That is exactly why you do tea time. Usually at 4 or 5 pm since Europeans have dinner at 8 pm or even later? And you don't have to make the tea weak. Especially if it's herbal teas

Do you have recommendations for poetry books for young kids? What are your favorites?

The amazon links and podcast link are broken in the description, at least for me. :( I'm able to google and find them, but just a heads up, in case it's not just on my end.

Can you do a day in the life video? I feel like I have such a hard time imagining what all of this stuff looks like with kids. Did you wait til they were 2 to start? I can't imagine doing some of this with my 14 month old.

I’m trying to think through how this looks practically. I guess you are going back to the table every couple of hours. I only have one child so I am often his play buddy and often going to play dates so he has other children to play with. I guess your outdoor playtime gets broken up into the time between breakfast, tea, lunch, nap, tea, & dinner. Maybe this type of routine can help me solve my never-ending wonder of if my child is bored because I don’t have enough toys to keep him busy as an only child.

Thank you for the tips! I like the idea of a candle. I think my girls will love that ceremony. Your videos and podcasts have been so helpful to me. Thank you for saying how you do teatime and that it doesn’t have to be a big production. It is nice for teatime to be special with scones or another baked good, but you do not have to. My Mom is British and having tea was just apart of the day with or without a snack. And especially with my grandparents it was a culture. If you walked in their house the first thing they would ask is if you would like a cup of tea. You don’t have to have a snack or just have whatever snack you would normally give at that time and add tea. One reason why I think tea is helpful (instead of just an afternoon snack is that my girls (5, 3, and 1) will bolt their snack in 30 seconds it seems, but tea takes longer and they will sit there and stir it and sip it for enough time to read poems or a story. And maybe this is blasphemous to some, but a lot of times, I will just make a pot of tea in the morning, then reheat it later or add freshly boiled water if it’s low. Also, a tea we’ve had recently that hasn’t needed any sweetener is Mighty Leaf Orange Blossom. Or another fruit tea like black currant might help it not need sweetener, but I still put a lot of milk in the girls, so that helps too.

Hi Autumn, I've just recently found your channell and I've got to say, I love your honest, Godly heart. I think we should be friends. I'm in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺

You need to try Yorkshire biscuit tea. I'd happily send you a box from the UK

I enjoy tea, but I don't think my kids share the same preference. What does everyone else do in this situation? Should I persistently offer tea until they develop a taste for it, or should I offer a different beverage? I do have reservations about alternatives, as it might not capture the essence of a leisurely tea time that encourages them to unwind and slow down. What would you recommend in this situation? I'm also curious Autumn if you're catholic?

I was about to ask what tea you recommend. I've tried three different kinds and my girls (5 & 3) haven't liked any of them! I may just order the Yorkshire Gold and cross my fingers... if they still don't approve, at least I'll have plenty to enjoy myself!

Does the tea you mentioned have caffeine?

Do your kids have any screen time?