As an educational philosophy, the Charlotte Mason method places a strong emphasis on excellence, using the best quality sources for living ideas, ranging from literature, to artwork, to music, and even handicraft. We start off by exposing, then immersing ourselves, with the greatest minds. One way that Miss Mason encourages Read more…
One of the most common misconceptions of the Charlotte Mason method is that it’s all about reading books, plenty of books! While it’s true that we do devour a huge number of pages in a CM homeschool, it’s a myth that it’s all about books. In fact, Miss Mason is Read more…
When I was growing up, I’ve always known I was smart—even if I didn’t always embrace it. (That’s probably a topic for another day, being bullied for being smart!) I used to think that some people are smart while others aren’t. But… it was when I already had kids of Read more…
Reading. Ahhh… Isn’t this every homeschooling mom or homeschooling-mom-wannabe’s greatest fear: not being able to teach our children to read? In this post, we want to share an overview of reading lessons as outlined by Charlotte Mason. We hope to elaborate on each phase in future posts, but we believe 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…