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 common issues relating to the different components of a CM 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 year?” In fact, that’s exactly what a casual acquaintance said 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 thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, natural lore, 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 he only has this short segment with which to finish 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…