The great thing about teaching geography the Charlotte Mason way is that we get to experience the different places through the excellently-written living books. It’s almost as if we are actually there! That makes for memorable learning, and one that our kids can engage with, versus all the memorization of Read more…
If you are in the process of creating your own Charlotte Mason curriculum and schedule, you may be wondering just how closely you’re adhering to her principles. Let’s take a look at what she says about a typical school day: In practice, however, we find that the use of books Read more…
The Charlotte Mason method is well known for laying a very strong foundation for language arts, but it’s not as complicated as you might expect an excellent language arts program to be. Would you believe that, using her philosophy, you can go as far as not to need to purchase Read more…
Perhaps you have recollections of memorizing poems when you were in school. Most likely, you would repeat a line over and over until you could commit it to memory and recall it at will. But do you know that the Charlotte Mason method of recitation and memorizing poems is “learnt Read more…