“Help, my child abhors narration! What do I do?” Some parents I’ve coached have expressed the struggle of getting their child to narrate. Now, usually, when a child starts off school using the CM method from a young age, narration Read more…
One common question I get from Charlotte Mason homeschooling families is: Why does my child narrate only the last part of what was read? In this series of blog posts, we want to help you troubleshoot some of the most Read more…
When someone new to Charlotte Mason takes a look at any CM booklist for one school year, the almost guaranteed response is an eyebrow raise or a scrunched up nose, and the question, “Can they read all that in one Read more…
Miss Mason says this: “Education is the Science of Relations.” What does that mean? Studying her words, in another place, Miss Mason expounds on it as follows: “that a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and Read more…
One of the most important principles in the Charlotte Mason method is the use of short lessons. The idea is that a short time allotted for certain school work teaches the child to pay close attention, because he knows that Read more…