When I first started home educating 17 years ago homeschooling was something you researched by reading books which you got at the library or a homeschooling friend. You learned the practical aspect of homeschooling by visiting like minded families and seeing how they implemented their philosophies. With the advent of the internet and weblogs we are given this amazing ability to see in the homes of home educating families around the world at any time of the day. The only downside I have found to this phenomenon is that these picture perfect homeschools can leave you feeling overwhelmed and ill equipped to home educate your own family. On the upside however you can learn so much from these amazing women who open up their hearts and share their experiences and insights on home educating. The more I learn about the Charlotte Mason method of home educating the more I'd like to know of how to implement it in today's modern home school. Today I would love to share with you 10 Charlotte Mason blogs that I've been learning from. These are presented in random fashion and not in order of preference. 1. Practical Pages I love spending time at Practical Pages. Nadene is an encouraging down to earth Charlotte Mason inspired Home educator who shares many free resources. Charlotte Mason this page is a goldmine of links to everything Charlotte Mason on Nadene's blog. Famous Artists FREE Pages this is a treasure trove of links to all the beautiful downloads available on Practical Pages 2. Journey and Destination Carol blogs over at journey-and-destination where she shares her heart, resources and insights into home educating her children. She has seven children and has home schooled them all. Five have graduated. Here are a few posts to whet your appetite Culture of Character Science & Natural History with a 15 Year old Boy A 10 Year Old's Nature Notebook & maybe a rare find... Living Science Books for the 20th Century: Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks Coming Late to Ambleside Online - some thoughts on the high school years 3. Sage Parnassus Nancy is a veteran homeschool mom of 20 years and the hostess at Sage Parnassus where she loves to write about the Charlotte Mason philosophy and method of Education. She also serves on the Charlotte Mason Institute Board. She has six children of whom two have graduated and she is still home educating her youngest four. Science - Each New Thing is a Delight Science Narration Journals Commonplacing as a Habit 4. A Peaceful Day Jeanne homeschools her daughter following the Ambleside Online curriculum and shares her thoughts and insights over at A Peaceful Day Meditative copy-work The Home Library Spelling Wisdom 5. ArchipelagO This community blog is the official Ambleside Online Blog and has seven contributors. Beginning Charlotte Mason's Methods with Older Students From the Parents' Review: How to Prepare and Present a Lesson What Is Twaddle? 6. Fisher.Academy.International This blog is home to the monthly Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival where you will find an abundance of wonderful Charlotte Mason encouragement. Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival Book of Centuries Science of Relations 7. Charlotte Mason Institute The Charlotte Mason Institute is a relatively new space I've been exploring but their blog contains some thought provoking posts. A Brief Discussion on Living Books Finding Life in a Dead Language Natural History: Implementing Special Studies 8. Jimmie's Collage Jimmie homeschool's her daughter using the Charlotte Mason Method and Notebooking. 10 Favorite Websites for Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Nature Study Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Q & A 9. A Charlotte Mason Home Deborah blogs at A Charlotte Mason Home which is dedicated to bringing Charlotte Mason's ideas to the modern homeschool family. Art Appreciation Living Books, Twaddle & Whole Books Twaddle-Free Literature by Grade Level 10. Simply Charlotte Mason Simply Charlotte Mason is the home of two Charlotte Mason educating families with over 40 years of Charlotte Mason educating experience between them. Doing Nature Study in your Yard Feed Your Mind What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Other posts in the 5 Days of Charlotte Mason Resources Series Charlotte Mason Education Resource List Shakespeare for a Charlotte Mason Education Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool Bloggers Charles Dickens for a Charlotte Mason Education The Schoolhouse Review Crew will be joining forces with Homeschool Blogging Connection to bring you a week full of back to school encouragement. I encourage you to grab a cup of tea and take some time to take a look at what my fellow bloggers are sharing this week in the 2015 Back to Homeschool Blog Hop Joanie @ Simple Living Mama Aurie @ Our Good Life Jennifer @ A Peace of Mind Jenn @ Treasuring Life's Blessings Kemi @ Homemaking Organized Wendy @ Life at Rossmont Katie @ DailyLife Joelle @ Homeschooling for His Glory Kim @ Homestead Acres Melissa @ Mom's Plans Annette @ A Net In Time What are some of your favourite Charlotte Mason inspired bloggers to follow ? I'd love to add them to my list. Blessings Chareen
Narration is a fabulous tool to learn to understand your children. What are their thoughts? What are their opinions? And, what have they learned?
Habit Training in the Preschool Years The preschool years are filled with wonder, curiosity, and a time to start building the foundations for the future. As a Charlotte Mason home educator, instead of putting any academic pressure on my preschooler, I focus on establishing and setting up good habits in his life. Why Habit Training?
Habits should be an integral part of your Charlotte Mason homeschool - Where do you start in teaching habits to your kids as you're homeschooling?
Why narration is beneficial for your child inside and outside of your homeschool and how it helps develop public speaking and composition.
I think many Charlotte Mason homeschoolers have been under the false assumption that Elementary Science means reading naturalists’ books in the morning and taking a nature walk in the afterno…
Do you have a Christ center Charlotte Mason Homeschool? If not, here are some powerful tips on how he can be the master of your day!
Tired of nagging your children to get them to finish their school work? Today, Kathy Livingston shares how she encourages her children to self-pace.
A Day in the Life of Ashley, Homeschool Mama of Four We are the Key family and I'm Ashley (the mom)! We live in Southeast Texas and we’ve been homeschooling since 2011 when our oldest
Five books that will help you grow in your role as a Charlotte Mason homeschool parent.
There are so many great options for middle and high school homeschool electives for teens that it can be hard to narrow down the choices.
Art Middlekauff explains how to learn the Charlotte Mason method, a lesson he had to learn the hard way.
Today's tip has to do with one key part of a Charlotte Mason education that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Charlotte Mason advised...
“The question is not,––how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education––but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?” Charlotte Mason – Volume 3 (School Education) This digital download is ready for you to simply print, frame, and hang for inspiration and motivation in your homeschool! You can find the print version, which is shipped to you, here: https://ahumbleplace.com/product/charlotte-mason-how-full-is-the-life-quote-with-watercolor-line-art-print/
“We can’t make a child hear God’s voice, but maybe we can place the child in the place where we know he takes walks.” I can still remember hearing this spoken at the ChildlightUSA Conference (now…
Ramblings about planning AO Year Seven...for the first time.
Charlotte Mason was an amazing educator! Perhaps my favorite quote from Charlotte Mason reveals her understanding that a personal knowledge of and intimacy with God is the highest form of education. This is where we must
Charlotte Mason's 6th principle says "education is an atmosphere." Creating a positive home atmosphere has more to do with who we are than what we do.
John James Audubon is a favorite among nature lovers. You can not do a nature study without first learning about Audubon. His drawings were scientific in nature and they turned into beautiful art prints that so many can enjoy. He was an American ornithologist, artist and naturalist known for his bird drawings and paintings of North American birds, and we've rounded up some free resources, printables, and unit studies to help you study his life and work.
Share Wildflower Ramblings!Charlotte Mason emphasized continuous work through the recitation, that is, reading by sight out loud, of beautiful poems, scripture, and hymns throughout a child’s learning. Charlotte Mason’s Recitation Method, as described in Home Education, Volume One, is below. These continuous lessons, from age 6 on up through Form VI (12th grade) can be...
Looking for a unique way to get your kids excited about maps, continents and world landmarks? You can make homeschool geography fun with chalk pastels!
Let your kids do their copy work in a way that is appealing to them with our printable copy work pages. Something as simple as an appealing page to write on can turn a once-dreaded task into a delight. This printable pack comes with 4 different page designs so your child has several to choose from each day he does copy work. Copy work, or transcription, is an integral part of language arts instruction in the Charlotte Mason homeschool method. The "simple" activity of transcribing a passage covers spelling, grammar, composition and penmanship. Your child can copy any passage you choose on these pages, or you can allow him to choose an interesting passage from his reading to copy. These pages are designed for kids ages 6 to 12. WHAT'S INCLUDED: THIS IS A DIGITAL FILE - NO PHYSICAL PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED A 5-page printable PDF file containing the following: 4 copy work pages 1 instruction page File Specifications: 8.5" x 11" High Resolution Artwork Copyright is for household use only. Please do not share outside your immediate household. You may contact me about permission for classroom or co-op use. Please keep in mind that colors will appear different on various computer screens, so the final printed product may end up slightly different. RETURN POLICY: Digital Downloads are NOT eligible for return. If you are having issues downloading or have misplaced your download, please contact me and I do my best to serve you.
Why did Charlotte Mason restrict her students to a single reading? I want to let my child read books he loves over and over! An explanation.
Did you know there's a gentle way to teach the language arts? This post teaches you about Charlotte Mason phonics and spelling lessons.
Are you a Fen-sucked Dull-Eyed Canker-blossom? Do you know how many sonnets the Bard wrote, or which phrases we use that he coined? Have you any idea what an oxlip looks like? If you're curious about answering any of these questions, then this Ultimate Guide to Teaching Shakespeare might be for you!
"The question is not,––how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education––but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?" Charlotte Mason - Volume 3 (School Education) This digital download is ready for you to simply print, frame, and hang for inspiration and motivation in your homeschool! You can find the print version, which is shipped to you, here: https://ahumbleplace.com/product/charlotte-mason-how-full-is-the-life-quote-with-watercolor-background-print/
We are so excited to introduce to you our newest curriculum in The Peaceful Press family. One of the underlying principles for the new curriculum, The Playful Pioneers can be summed up in this quote by Charlotte Mason, “The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished h
Click here for the 2020-21 PEC List Click here for the 2021-22 PEC List Divinity The Unfolding Mystery by Edmund ClowneyBoth an accessible introduction for those new to the Bible and a fascinating …
Let your kids do their copy work in a way that is appealing to them with our printable copy work pages. Something as simple as an appealing page to write on can turn a once-dreaded task into a delight. This printable pack comes with 4 different page designs so your child has several to choose from each day he does copy work. Copy work, or transcription, is an integral part of language arts instruction in the Charlotte Mason homeschool method. The "simple" activity of transcribing a passage covers spelling, grammar, composition and penmanship. Your child can copy any passage you choose on these pages, or you can allow him to choose an interesting passage from his reading to copy. These pages are designed for kids ages 6 to 12. WHAT'S INCLUDED: THIS IS A DIGITAL FILE - NO PHYSICAL PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED A 5-page printable PDF file containing the following: 4 copy work pages 1 instruction page File Specifications: 8.5" x 11" High Resolution Artwork Copyright is for household use only. Please do not share outside your immediate household. You may contact me about permission for classroom or co-op use. Please keep in mind that colors will appear different on various computer screens, so the final printed product may end up slightly different. RETURN POLICY: Digital Downloads are NOT eligible for return. If you are having issues downloading or have misplaced your download, please contact me and I do my best to serve you.
Artist Joshua Johnson (c. 1763—c. 1824) was an American painter of African and European ancestry from the Baltimore area, and he's known for his naïve paintings of prominent Maryland residents. Documents dated from 1782 state that Johnson was the "son of a white man and a black slave woman owned by a William Wheeler, Sr." His father, George Johnson (also spelled Johnston in some
Hello friends! Getting it in just under the wire! Morning time and the rest of our academic schedule is still looking similar to our Quarter 3 routine, so I will just dive right into the book list …
I've had so much fun gathering our 1st grade homeschool curriculum! My oldest child will be a first grader in the fall of 2022. He’s an..
Does Charlotte Mason work for a dyslexic child, even with all the literature and books? Find out how this method is perfect for a unique learner.
