Our list for Living Books for Ancient & World History: Classical Conversations Cycle 1 is below! I am so happy to share these with you! (Weeks 8 and on will be added soon!) We are on the threshold for a new school year. With a new fifth volume, Classical Conversations has updated their guides and…
How to incorporate the Waldorf Method into Charlotte Mason Homeschool
I have written here how our newly planned Charlotte Mason homeschool schedule had saved my sanity. Also, at the same time, it convinced me to be more consistent with my children. No more flouncing around through the days and the “oh we’ll get to that subject” attitude. You can see my posts on it here:…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons: Recitation
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 used with…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lesson: Spelling Lesson
Charlotte Mason’s First Spelling Lesson, is the third suggested reading lesson as described in Home Education, Volume One. This lesson’s sequence can be used with any beautiful nursery rhyme or poem. Suggestions for poems are at Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons. affiliate links used Spelling Lesson Now we are ready for, what Charlotte Mason calls, the…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons: Sound Lesson
Charlotte Mason’s Reading Method After your child has reached the age of 6 and has become comfortable with letter sounds and phonetic word building, he may be ready for Charlotte Mason’s First Sound Lesson, as described in Home Education, Volume One. This lesson’s sequence is found below, and it can be used with any beautiful…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons: Reading Lesson
Charlotte Mason’s Approach to Reading This is the third in our six part series on Charlotte Mason’s method for teaching reading. Below is Charlotte Mason’s First Reading Lesson, as described in Home Education, Volume One (affiliate link). This lesson’s sequence can be used with any beautiful nursery rhyme or poem. Suggestions for poems are at Charlotte Mason…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons: The Alphabet & Building Words
Charlotte Mason’s Approach to Reading Literacy learning, according to Charlotte Mason in her Home Education, Volume One, begins with a beautiful exploration of the alphabet and moves on to tactilely creating words through learning sounds. This is all done in a playful and pleasurable manner. affiliate links used I pushed my son far to soon…
Charlotte Mason Reading Lessons
Charlotte Mason’s Approach to Reading I purged all of my twaddle phonics readers. I threw them away and will not look back. And it took me at least six months of reading and studying Charlotte Mason’s methods, to reveal that truly, truly our twaddle phonics readers were hindering my son more than they were helping him. {This…
Charlotte Mason Schedule: Year One
I am looking forward to sharing our First Grade Charlotte Mason Inspired Schedule. Here we are, in our Year 1 (Form 1B) of homeschooling. I have never felt more grounded or more sure that I am doing what is right for my son and his education. Ever since I began listening to the A Delectable…
a day in the life of our charlotte mason homeschool
Day in the life of our Charlotte Mason Homeschool! I cannot contain my excitement for my newfound hope in our homeschool. The methods of Charlotte Mason have, and will continue, to transform our homeschool and our home life. As I shared in my last post, Why I needed a schedule and how Charlotte Mason has…
learning to read with living books
The story of how I learned that living books and teaching my son to read using the methods of Charlotte Mason would help him to excel in reading. My son was hitting a wall with learning to read. And as a former kindergarten teacher I really thought I had it all figured out. After all, I…
charlotte mason inspired homeschool schedule
How I decided to create a homeschool schedule and begin using the methods of Charlotte Mason to guide our homeschool days. I am constantly at odds with myself. I love organization, I’ve even shared some of my tips and tricks here on the blog, but I also love to be home with my children, lazing…
