“I am, I can, I ought, I will.” ~ Charlotte Mason’s motto for students Last week we looked at how Charlotte’s motto can help us shape our children’s entire being – their way of acting, of thinking, of living. This week, let’s examine the first phrase – I am. What power and potential in …
DISCLAIMER: This is a very difficult subject to approach. On the one hand, I know some are going to say I’m attacking the “sacred cow” so to speak. On the other, some will applaud and say it was about time I made my viewpoints known. You’ll read and come to your own conclusions, make up …
I was rereading some of my Charlotte Mason resources the other day and was reminded of something simple yet profound in Miss Mason’s own class schedules. We often expound upon the varied nature of the lessons a child is offered in a Charlotte Mason style education. I had somehow overlooked the fact that her class …
This week’s TGTM is NOT a freebie. There, that’s out of the way….. Notebooking Success is an ebook written by another homeschooling mom, Jimmie. It is a complete “how to” course on how to implement notebooking in your homeschool, regardless of your kids’ ages, grades, or ability levels. There’s ideas for notebooking every major subject, …
Charlotte Mason knew of children with learning disabilities. She even addressed their special needs in a Parents’ Review article in 1897 when she wrote, “Only let us have patience; let us make allowance for their difficulties; let us begin with concrete rather than abstract ideas; let us develop their bodies; and through their games and …
