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 thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, natural lore, Read more
The preschool years are a great time to lay excellent foundations of habits for our children. In the Charlotte Mason method, we begin formal academic lessons at the age of 6, but that doesn’t mean that children before that age don’t learn—on the contrary, it’s considered among the most important Read more
When we think about a Charlotte Mason education, we tend to think of all the literature books that the students read, and feel like they’ll be stuck indoors all day reading. It’s a gentle, yes, but rigorous education, structured according to important principles of learning and how children are created Read more
In the Charlotte Mason homeschool, we hold fast to three main instruments of education: Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life. In this post, we hope to unpack the concept of education being dependent on atmosphere. What does Miss Mason mean when she says “Education is an atmosphere”? …for Read more
Every Charlotte Mason homeschool clings to this famous motto: I am, I can, I ought, I will. But what did Miss Mason herself say about this? Why has it made such a big influence on the lives of students throughout the generations? First off, the actual phrase can be traced Read more