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…
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…
How would you like to be able to “go places” even while you’re stuck at your desk or inside the four walls of a room? Charlotte Mason describes the power of having a “picture gallery” in our minds of the sceneries we’ve seen: Though she does not paint her pictures Read more…
Do you know that nature study is more than an academic requirement for the Charlotte Mason homeschool? Miss Mason is adamant about the benefits of plenty of outdoor time for the kids. But she also sets out a whole passage on the benefits of the sight-seeing exercises she describes as Read more…
In the Charlotte Mason method, we understand the value of time out in nature. Miss Mason recommends children to be outdoors 4 to 6 hours a day in good weather, but also to find time to get out of the house even when the weather is not ideal. If you’re Read more…