April 5, 2014

Seeing Children As Persons by Melody Poli

Homeschooling my children is a humbling experience. It should be. I was brought low when reading Mason’s ideas about the Sacredness of Personality. This idea slapped […]
February 2, 2014

Practical Suggestions For Narration by Carroll Smith

We end this series on narration for those new to Charlotte Mason with some practical suggestions. I hope these suggestions help teachers and parents to get […]
January 26, 2014

More Thoughts About Narration by Carroll Smith

We continue this week with another blog on narration. In this post I try to answer such questions as, is narration a fad; what are basic […]
January 19, 2014

Narration For The Newbie by Carroll Smith

The next series of Charlotte Mason Institute Blog posts on narration are a conclusion to what I started by in the summer. Narration, the practice of […]
October 20, 2013

The Danger of Safe Reading by Liz Cottrill

Convincing families to venture into the world of living books as the heart and soul of their children’s education has had some challenges, but there is […]
October 6, 2013

The Habits Pendulum by Nancy Kelly

Habits are important in a Charlotte Mason relational education. They are mentioned as the second item of Ms. Mason’s educational trifecta, “Education is an atmosphere, a […]
September 15, 2013

Creating a Mason Atmosphere on a Dime by Carroll Smith

Education as an atmosphere is one of Mason’s fundamental pillars for education. What are the components of education as an atmosphere? There are two broad categories […]
July 22, 2013

Memory Work In A Mason Education by Shannon Whiteside

There seems to be two extremes in education today when it comes to the role that memorization plays in the instruction of children. On the one […]
July 7, 2013

What Should Children Narrate? by Carroll Smith

In the last several blogs we have discussed some key points about narration. 1) It has been used since time began. For centuries people have narrated […]

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