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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
A Natural Reward

What is the natural consequence of work well and quickly done? Is it not the enjoyment of ampler leisure? The boy is expected to do two right sums in twenty minutes: he does them in ten minutes; the remaining ten minutes are his own, fairly earned, in which he should be free for a scamper in the garden, or any delight he chooses. His writing task is to produce six perfect m’s: he writes six lines with only one good Continue Reading…
March 16, 2017
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Myth: Charlotte Mason uses a sight-word approach to reading instruction.

Charlotte Mason’s reading instruction recommendations seem deceptively simple. Home Education takes 23 pages to lay out the process, with examples of lessons given. Right there on page 204 is an example of a “reading at sight” lesson using “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” as the text. But this sample lesson is not given as a model for all reading lessons, nor is it meant to be the beginning of reading lessons or the end of them. Reading instruction begins with letter Continue Reading…
October 18, 2014
Home Education
Myth: CM would have children spending 6 hours outside on a hot July day in Alabama.

In the first place, do not send them; if it is anyway possible, take them; for, although the children should be left much to themselves, there is a great deal to be done and a great deal to be prevented during these long hours in the open air. And long hours they should be; not two, but four, five, or six hours they should have on every tolerably fine day, from April till October. (Home Education, pp. 43-44) Everyone” who Continue Reading…
October 6, 2014