Teaching Method Resources
The Charlotte Mason (CM) Method
A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
More Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
The Original Homeschooling Series by Charlotte Mason
Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
The Charlotte Mason (CM) Learning Method
This is a gentle, flexible liberal arts method of teaching children using:
-Short lessons 15-20min lessons per subject (Core subjects include reading, writing, and math; all other subjects are added on to the core.)
-Living books or books that are rich and come alive during reading
-Narrative recall beginning with oral and advancing to written usually around the age 10
-Nature walks and hands-on science lessons through observation
-Good moral training habits
-Fine arts in both art and music appreciation
In essence children basically read, study, look at, or experience the best possible reading materials and natural educational opportunities and narrate back the important ideas they have taken away from them. This is a very simplified explanation.
There is much more to the Charlotte Mason method than we have listed here so feel free to explore her method by reading some of her own free resources online using the links at the left. You may also wish to purchase some resources that teach you about the method itself or how to adopt and implement it in your own homeschool. For your convenience you can do that right from this page using the tool at the top. We have either read or own all of these resources we recommend above.
" I am, I can, I ought, I will."
- Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason
(1842-1923)
Some of Our CM Learning Resources
Our Novel/Book Study Resources (Includes resources such as copywork sheets, art sheets, texts to read, print out or listen to, and more)
Copywork Sheets
My Book Mini-books in Various Subjects
Our Learning Cards for Art
Our Learning Cards for Music
Some of our Resource Tools that complement the CM Method of education
Read The Original Homeschooling Series by Charlotte M. Mason online
Read articles from The Parents' Review, A Monthly Magazine of Home-Training and Culture edited by Charlotte Mason online
Free Full Online Curriculums using the Charlotte Mason Learning Method
(Catholic Curriculum)
Ambleside Online (Christian Curriculum)
Special
Features of this Method
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Short lessons to help keep children attentive and engaged in the material,
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Exposes children to the best quality literary materials
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Focuses on first hand learning rather than assimilated learning from secondary or tertiary sources
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Encourages children to "make leaps" out of curiosity, creative thinking, and love of learning
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Stresses the formation of good habits and good moral character development
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Allows Godly oriented direction to be pursued
Weaknesses
of this Method
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Very child centered
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May become too eclectic - all over the place
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May steer on to focus on books rather than applied knowledge
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Hard to determine what is twaddle or watered down literature
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May leave out some higher learning studies because of the emphasis on art, literature, music, and nature
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Requires steadfastness in character building and moral training