Teaching our children to read and write are probably two of the main concerns of the homeschooling beginner. Thankfully, in the Charlotte Mason method, we can find her recommendations even for teaching these two mechanical skills. Printing is the first phase of actually writing with pencil and paper. Here is Read more…
Charlotte Mason reading lessons take into account the most important parts of learning to read. We begin with teaching the child the letter sounds, then encourage him in building words with his letters. But we also realize that the English language does not always follow the same rules of phonics. Read more…
Many parents worry about teaching their child to read. In this post, we hope to share some insights from Charlotte Mason’s advice on reading lessons. Once your child is able to identify his letters and letter sounds, we can move to the next phase of Charlotte Mason reading lessons: word-making Read more…
Teaching our children to read doesn’t have to be complicated or daunting. Many children learn to read on their own, while others may require a little bit of hand-holding. Perhaps the pressure to teach children to read at younger ages may have resulted to many of the frustrations that parents 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…