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…
In this post, I hope to give you some quick practical “how-to” steps in terms of implementing different aspects of a Charlotte Mason method. For more information on each aspect, I encourage you to check back regularly, where I will continue to flesh them out in more detail, including real-life Read more…
Charlotte Mason believes that, no matter what social class a child is, the curriculum we offer him needs to meet three requirements: He requires much knowledge, for the mind needs sufficient food as much as does the body. The knowledge should be various, for sameness in mental diet does not Read more…
“Help, my child abhors narration! What do I do?” Some parents I’ve coached have expressed the struggle of getting their child to narrate. Now, usually, when a child starts off school using the CM method from a young age, narration becomes almost second nature to them. (Correction: narration is actually 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…