Ever wonder how the Charlotte Mason method teaches science? In this post, we hope to look at some of what she says and see how we can apply it to our CM homeschool! Components of science lessons in a CM homeschool: 1. Nature study / outdoor time A Basis of Read more
Fish are a bit difficult to record in your nature journal unless you’re watching them through an aquarium. In my experience, even after already honing our observation skills with birds that flit from tree to tree and out of sight, when we went snorkeling, it proved more challenging to remember all Read more
The Charlotte Mason method encourages a lot of nature study. In our family, we started by studying flowers and other plants, and insects, too, but I think, for our family, having all boys, studying birds was really what made it click for us. Bird watching as our foray into CM Read more
Nature study in this modern day of technology may not look exactly the same as it did during Charlotte Mason’s time. How do we know which tools to use, and which to skip? Consider this a mini-FAQs as we jump into a year of nature study! Charlotte Mason Nature Study 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