One of the favorite sayings in a Charlotte Mason education is “Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.” In this post, let me break them out into simple terms, but please bear in mind that there’s still so much to discover about each of these ideas! Education is an Read more
How much time does your child spend in the outdoors? If you’re like most people, chances are, your children spend more time indoors, and possibly in front of screens. In recent years, some families have subscribed to the movement of encouraging more time out of doors. For example, the 1000 Read more
The Charlotte Mason method encourages a lot of nature study. In our family, we started by studying flowers and other plants, and insects, too, but I think, for our family, having all boys, studying birds was really what made it click for us. Bird watching as our foray into CM Read more
Nature study in this modern day of technology may not look exactly the same as it did during Charlotte Mason’s time. How do we know which tools to use, and which to skip? Consider this a mini-FAQs as we jump into a year of nature study! Charlotte Mason Nature Study Read more
As part of nature study and outdoor time, Charlotte Mason recommends what she calls sight-seeing exercises. What are sight-seeing exercises? Here is how Miss Mason describes sight-seeing exercises–which she recommends to do AFTER you arrive at your location and the kids have had the time to run around, get loud, Read more