If you are in the process of creating your own Charlotte Mason curriculum and schedule, you may be wondering just how closely you’re adhering to her principles. Let’s take a look at what she says about a typical school day: In practice, however, we find that the use of books Read more…
The Charlotte Mason method is well known for laying a very strong foundation for language arts, but it’s not as complicated as you might expect an excellent language arts program to be. Would you believe that, using her philosophy, you can go as far as not to need to purchase Read more…
Perhaps you have recollections of memorizing poems when you were in school. Most likely, you would repeat a line over and over until you could commit it to memory and recall it at will. But do you know that the Charlotte Mason method of recitation and memorizing poems is “learnt Read more…
Poetry is one of the ways that the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling overflows with beauty. You might encounter a child educated in the CM way beautifully reciting a whole poem with emotion, and you wish your own child can do the same. But, before you force your child to Read more…
Charlotte Mason is quoted as advising parents to have their kids out of doors for “not two, but four, five, or six hours they should have on every tolerably fine day.” I admit, four to six hours outdoors seems to be the norm for kids who grew up during the Read more…