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| CM Educating | 3,180 | 19,814 |
General Questions about CM – Wondering what Charlotte Mason is all about? Ask your questions here. |
129 | 815 |
Getting Started with CM – Discussions for those who want to begin using the Charlotte Mason approach. |
267 | 1,782 |
CM High School (& Beyond) – Discussions about using CM methods in the high school years and beyond. |
128 | 900 |
Original Homeschooling Series – Discussions on the original six-volume set of writings by Charlotte Mason. |
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| CM Specifics | 20 | 142 |
Living Books – "Let their books be living books, the best that can be found in liberal supply and variety." |
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Narration – "Let him narrate what he has read." |
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History – "It is a great thing to possess a pageant of history in the background of one's thoughts." |
625 | 3,543 |
Geography – "The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas, and to furnish the imagination with pictures." |
134 | 787 |
Bible – "Their Bible lessons should help them to realise in early days that the knowledge of God is the principal knowledge, and, therefore, that their Bible lessons are their chief lessons." |
133 | 839 |
Math – "Let his arithmetic lesson be to the child a daily exercise in clear thinking and rapid, careful execution." |
275 | 1,962 |
Science & Nature Study – "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without." |
451 | 2,671 |
Foreign Languages – "[A foreign language] should be acquired as English is, not as a grammar, but as a living speech." |
110 | 673 |
Writing (Copywork & Composition) – "Composition is not an adjunct but an integral part of their education in every subject." |
207 | 1,192 |
Dictation (Spelling) – "The whole secret of spelling lies in the habit of visualising words from memory." |
94 | 512 |
English & Grammar – "Grammar, being a study of words and not of things, is by no means attractive to the child, nor should he be hurried into it." |
223 | 1,287 |
Music & Art – "Let the children learn from the first under artists, lovers of their work." |
188 | 1,158 |
Handicrafts & Life Skills – "He practises various handicrafts that he may know the feel of wood, clay, leather, and the joy of handling tools, that is, that he may establish a due relation with materials." |
94 | 624 |
Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare – "The best thoughts of the best minds taking form as literature, and at its highest as poetry." |
185 | 1,230 |
| Planning Your CM Education | 110 | 754 |
Schedules – Sharing ideas and finding what works for your family during each season of life. |
151 | 1,152 |
SCM Curriculum Guides – Discussions, questions, and suggestions about our free Curriculum guide (for grades 1-12) and Early Years guide. |
127 | 814 |
CM Organizer – Share your tips, tricks, questions, and comments about our online planner and record-keeper designed specifically for CMers. |
515 | 2,469 |
| Moms' Porch | 235 | 2,199 |
Let's Chat – "Let the mother go out to play!" |
1,248 | 11,637 |
Habits – "The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days." |
155 | 1,331 |
Special Needs Children – "Truly parents are happy people—to have God's children lent to them." |
56 | 402 |
Homeschooling Questions and Answers – Common questions we get asked by well-meaning (or not) others and answers that might help. |
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Our Book of Mottoes – "In the reading of the Bible, of poetry, of the best prose, the culling of mottoes is a delightful and most stimulating occupation." |
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| Tech Support & Site Help | 139 | 789 |