In previous posts, I and other homeschool bloggers here at families.com have discussed our experiences with charlotte mason curriculum.
Read:
A little Bit of Charlotte Mason This article discusses how the Charlotte Mason Method influences how my family home schools even though we are typically eclectic homeschoolers.
More Charlotte Mason: An atmosphere, a discipline, a life This article talks about the philosophy behind a Charlotte Mason Curriculum.
Charlotte Mason: Reluctant Narrators This article discusses how to deal with a common roadblock in Charlotte Mason Homeschooling.
More on Charlotte Mason and Living Books This article explains what kind of books to use to teach students.
More on Charlotte Mason: The “Science of Relations” This article discusses tying different subjects together.
Charlotte Mason: What’s the Point of Copywork? This article explains the point of copywork.
While these articles are very informative, I thought I would give you a deeper understanding of what the Charlotte Mason Curriculum is about. I will go about this by introducing you to a Charlotte Mason Vocabulary.
Ambleside: You will hear this word often when dealing with Charlotte Mason Curriculum. Ambleside England is actually where Charlotte Mason lived and had her teachers college. The name has been adapted and is used in different versions of Charlotte Mason curriculum.
Art: Art is a huge part of Charlotte Mason studies. Charlotte Mason taught about different artists for 12 weeks at a time. In the process of artist study, a student would study and individual painting, discuss the painting, recreate the painting, and learn about the artist. Art also is integrated in using nature notebooks as well.
Books: Books are the key to a Charlotte Mason Education. Being a literature based education, more emphasis is placed on novels “living books” in the form of historical fiction and biographies. Textbooks and workbooks are rarely used.
“Book of Centuries”: is a tool that was created by Charlotte Mason herself. It is a timeline created in a binder notebook, that student will continually add to. At the end of their education, this book will finally be complete and packed with information.