Social media is full of misconceptions on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy. She says no formal education until 6 but she NEVER says not teach your child if she/he is interested. In fact, she says to introduce wooden letters and sounds as the child is interested. If you read her books, she makes the assumption that the child should already know letter sounds and names by the time they start formal lessons. She also has a list of attainments that children should be able to do before starting formal lessons. Charlotte Mason IS classical education ( 7 liberal arts) By the time children reach form 3 they are doing far more rigorous work than most modern day high schoolers in my opinion. There is a heavy emphasis on living books, but again in the upper forms children are reading primary sources and speeches.
I am much less of a CM purist now than I was in the beginning. For instance, I prefer a spelling program to dictation and that while pointing out grammar in copy work is good, learning grammar explicitly with the help of a workbook is also good.
@@YasminB-u9d I’m glad you brought that out because I tried doing an oral only lessons for grammar with my son, super gentle program but he preferred the workbook! Lol. I hear many say workbooks aren’t as enjoyed or effective but my son seems to thrive with them.
Charlotte Mason Homeschooling doesn’t mean slow or gentle. I know plenty of people who do it quite rigorously but they just tend to attract that type of people. We read soooo many books and utilize non fiction texts as spines. As your children get older you will see the long term benefits of information retention in books and media that are more entertaining or “living”. We are not Charlotte Mason purists at all through as most now a days aren’t as we much perfer modern living books 😊
I didn’t expand in the video, but I’ve noticed lots of ones who follow CM say to let their children’s first years to focus on play and learning through play, especially outdoors. And I agree that that is a huge part of learning for early years. I just also know in the early years kids can soak up so much info and so I think it’s a great opportunity to give lots of facts. Which I’ve heard CM advises against. Not sure if I have the wrong 🤔 but other than that, I like how you mention many people do CM rigorously.. I think that’s great to hear and I know we all have the power to adjust as needed to make it work for our home 😊
Social media is full of misconceptions on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy. She says no formal education until 6 but she NEVER says not teach your child if she/he is interested. In fact, she says to introduce wooden letters and sounds as the child is interested. If you read her books, she makes the assumption that the child should already know letter sounds and names by the time they start formal lessons. She also has a list of attainments that children should be able to do before starting formal lessons. Charlotte Mason IS classical education ( 7 liberal arts)
By the time children reach form 3 they are doing far more rigorous work than most modern day high schoolers in my opinion. There is a heavy emphasis on living books, but again in the upper forms children are reading primary sources and speeches.
I love this! We need more honesty and respectful disagreement and less toxic positivity in this community
I am much less of a CM purist now than I was in the beginning. For instance, I prefer a spelling program to dictation and that while pointing out grammar in copy work is good, learning grammar explicitly with the help of a workbook is also good.
@@YasminB-u9d I’m glad you brought that out because I tried doing an oral only lessons for grammar with my son, super gentle program but he preferred the workbook! Lol. I hear many say workbooks aren’t as enjoyed or effective but my son seems to thrive with them.
Charlotte Mason Homeschooling doesn’t mean slow or gentle. I know plenty of people who do it quite rigorously but they just tend to attract that type of people. We read soooo many books and utilize non fiction texts as spines. As your children get older you will see the long term benefits of information retention in books and media that are more entertaining or “living”. We are not Charlotte Mason purists at all through as most now a days aren’t as we much perfer modern living books 😊
I didn’t expand in the video, but I’ve noticed lots of ones who follow CM say to let their children’s first years to focus on play and learning through play, especially outdoors. And I agree that that is a huge part of learning for early years. I just also know in the early years kids can soak up so much info and so I think it’s a great opportunity to give lots of facts. Which I’ve heard CM advises against. Not sure if I have the wrong 🤔 but other than that, I like how you mention many people do CM rigorously.. I think that’s great to hear and I know we all have the power to adjust as needed to make it work for our home 😊