In the Charlotte Mason method, we use living books for all our school lessons, but they are especially needed for language arts or literature lessons. Living books are written in excellent language and told in an engaging story or narrative form, and the Little House on the Prairie series fits Read more
When I was first starting out in the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling, I was a bit skeptical about getting my son to sing hymns. I mean, I didn’t come from a family that sang hymns, so even to me, the words were foreign and the melody lines were not Read more
Narration is one of the foundational elements of a Charlotte Mason education. Look at what Miss Mason herself says about narration: Let him read to a child of any age from six to ten an account of an incident, graphically and tersely told, and the child will relate what he Read more
In the Charlotte Mason method, when our children are not yet strong readers, we as parents read aloud to them. This is because we use excellent living books from a young age. Sometimes it may be because the child isn’t reading yet, or if he already is reading, because his Read more
One of our most common desires for our children is that they would love reading. Don’t we all wish they were able to learn from whatever they read, and that they would have the attention span to get through a whole book? The problem is, how can they learn to Read more