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
It was his father who had taught him everything… Together he and his boy walked through the endless galleries filled with the wonders of the world, the pictures before which through centuries an unbroken procession of almost worshiping eyes had passed uplifted. Because his father made the pictures seem the Read more
Copywork is one of the mainstays of a Charlotte Mason homeschool. We use copywork as a daily activity that supports language arts learning. But if you’re new to the philosophy, you might wonder what it is and how it works its magic. In this post, we hope to give you Read more
Narration. Every student in the Charlotte Mason philosophy possesses this skill and continues to grow in it. It may sound simple. After all, the student merely reads the lesson, and then he’s asked to tell about all he remembers from the reading. For those of us who were not educated Read more