One of the foundational tools in a Living Education is narration. It is a practice, stemming from Charlotte’s philosophy that children are persons, that, probably more than anything else, distinguishes her method from all other methods. Narration is not a test to see what knowledge the student has, but rather the way in which we […]
Don’t over complicate narration. Like most CM subjects it can be naturally accomplished. You don’t need instructions to decipher how to do this. Keep it simple- because… it is.——♦♦—— Tell all you can about what you read, did, or saw. Done.
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“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” – Leonardo da Vinci Every moving thing needs a steering mechanism. Whether it be a steering wheel, a rudder, a torso with attached legs, arms and handle bars- movement needs
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Throughout her Volumes, Charlotte Mason sprinkles grains of insight into the question, ‘Why study ourselves’? Often she uses the term self- knowledge for this study. She says, next to the study of God, it is the most important thing a child can learn. More important than reading? More important than math? More important than writing?
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…of all the knowledge which a child should get, the knowledge of God is first in importance, and the knowledge of himself, next. – Charlotte Mason Volume 5 p.363 Charlotte intended for Volume 4 to be read by children under the age of sixteen. Her goal was that these students would grow in character
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These are three helps that I use with First Reading Lessons to aid sight and sound recognition. Buddies.These letter combinations, which I call Letter-Buddies, are often found together in words. They are common enough that it comes in handy to know their sounds.ingedeeth (has two sounds , as in thistle and that)ch (3 sounds but
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In the ‘How to Use the Teacher’s Notes for First Reading Lessons’ the instructions read:Read the poem with the student. Help them with sounds and words when they need help. I suppose that is enough said. But, of course, there is more to say on it- both from my experience and from Charlotte Mason. What
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Sometimes it takes too many words to explain what a Living Education IS. It took Charlotte Mason herself 6 books and hundreds of pages of other publications to explain and describe it. A quicker approach might be to look at it from the reverse—What it is NOT. -A Charlotte Mason Education does not use textbooks
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“A Basis of Facts.—Of the teaching of Natural Philosophy, I will only remind the reader of what was said in an earlier chapter—that there is no part of a child’s education more important than that he should lay, by his own observation, a wide basis of facts towards scientific knowledge in the future. He
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Morning Of Living Ideas Mothers and educators, Gather for morning of inspiration, learning and encouragement as we delve into the principles and practices of a Charlotte Mason Education. Saturday, June 16, 2018 9am- 12:45 at Prairie Preserve Presentations and Workshops: Charlotte Mason introduction – history and principles The Feast is Spread Picture Study Immersion Session
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