Charlotte Mason Monday
Are you excited on Mondays to get started on a new homeschool week!? No? Well…sometimes we need a little boost. Mason Monday is my way of giving you that boost. I’ll be sharing details about Mason’s methods, quoting her wisdom, answering questions, and providing links to Mason users.
The Heart of Wisdom teaching approach is a combination of several teaching methods including some of Charlotte Mason’s methods (we embrace some and reject others). Mason was an innovative educator in England in the 1800s. Her unique methods are motivating. If you have a post or a question about Charlotte Mason’s methods please share in the comments.
FREE Charlotte Mason E-book
Education Is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life, is a free ebook offered by SimplyCharlotteMason.com in the hope that it will encourage and equip homeschoolers. This book presents just three of Mason’s key ideas and gives real-life examples and applications so you can see what those ideas might look like in your home.- Charlotte Mason’s Methods Organized into Four Steps
It took six large volumes to contain Mason’s writings. This post gives you a good overview and explains how the Heart of Wisdom approach combines the best of Mason’s methods with four steps that teach to the four learning styles. - Why I Like Charlotte Mason
One homeschool mother’s reasoning behind using Mason’s approaches. - What Do Charlotte Mason and Spurgeon Have in Common?
Mother at Home’s blog brings up an important question about Mason. Mason was not perfect and bought into some worldly philosophies of her time. It’s important to understand her worldview and the mistakes she made. I have questioned some of choices about literature myself and came to the conclusion her outside discovery learning, copywork, book of the centuries, and other teaching methods are worth pursuing while at the same time her mistakes are something we can all learn from. I’ll be addressing this more on another Monday. 
How to Use the Handbook of Nature Study
One family’s ideas on using Anna Comstock’s book Handbook of Nature Studyas the textbook and the great outdoors as the classroom.
- Charlotte Mason Resources
Books on the Charlotte Mason approach at discount prices from Homeschool-Books.com
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What I like about Heart of Wisdom is that you, Robin, have done a bulk of the thinking and sifting for the user. Charlotte Mason did, indeed, have some very good ideas in regard to teaching children, but she had a completely humanistic view of the nature of man (rejected the idea that man is totally depraved) and so much of what she has to offer must be thrown by the wayside as rubbish. HOW takes out the meat and spits out the bones of Charlotte Mason’s ideas and adds meat from others providing a Biblically-based approach to education. Thanks!
I am most definately having a ‘Monday’ issue. My son wanted to read and read and read all morning and I found myself annoyed. But, basically I let him on the condition that he gave me a book report when he finished this afternoon.
voila. Two things solved. 1-my son isn’t annoyed that he couldn’t finish his book and 2-I still tricked him into doing some writing, which he isn’t a fan of.
Now, that’s Charlotte Mason to me.
books, book and more books.
ChildLightUSA is a great resource, too! They have three magazines with a mixture of new and old articles about this philosophy of education archived online. If you are interested in meeting some Charlotte Mason kindred spirits, the conference is in Boiling Springs, NC from June 11 to June 14.
Tammy
Tammy’s last blog post..Preparing for Literacy
Thanks for linking to my post. I enjoyed reading the other links you provided to other CM blogs. It is always fantastic to read how other families are putting CM to work in their life.
Love you blog,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Barb-Harmony Art Mom’s last blog post..Evening Grosbeak in My Feeder and How We Identify a Bird
Thanks Robin for the links, as you know Im a “BIG” CM fan and we use her methods of HSing. as usual your blog is awesome, hope your having a wonderful week. Keep me in prayer.
I enjoyed wandering around your blog today! Great links!
Kathy’s last blog post..The world is your oyster!
Just wanted to share with you that The Old Schoolhouse magazine sent out their weekly email that I think is called Homeschool Minute.
This is what was in today’s with a link to click:
Heart of Wisdom is another philosophy I really love. They are offering a free 70 page excerpt from the book The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach. This free download includes interesting chapters like Lessons from Exodus and What is Education, What is Wisdom? There are many gems in this free download!
I just wanted to share that I am giving away a Charlotte mason DVD set on my blog! The link to enter is here:
http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2010/06/all-day-charlotte-mason-seminar-review.html