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Forums
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| CM Educating | 4,561 | 29,929 |
General Questions about CM – Wondering what Charlotte Mason is all about? Ask your questions here. |
188 | 1,296 |
Getting Started with CM – Discussions for those who want to begin using the Charlotte Mason approach. |
342 | 2,364 |
CM High School (& Beyond) – Discussions about using CM methods in the high school years and beyond. |
171 | 1,202 |
Original Homeschooling Series – Discussions on the original six-volume set of writings by Charlotte Mason. |
35 | 333 |
| CM Specifics | 28 | 213 |
Living Books – "Let their books be living books, the best that can be found in liberal supply and variety." |
416 | 2,658 |
Narration – "Let him narrate what he has read." |
164 | 945 |
History – "It is a great thing to possess a pageant of history in the background of one's thoughts." |
895 | 5,316 |
Geography – "The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas, and to furnish the imagination with pictures." |
187 | 1,116 |
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." |
180 | 1,141 |
Math – "Let his arithmetic lesson be to the child a daily exercise in clear thinking and rapid, careful execution." |
421 | 3,152 |
Science & Nature Study – "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without." |
674 | 4,241 |
Foreign Languages – "[A foreign language] should be acquired as English is, not as a grammar, but as a living speech." |
142 | 922 |
Writing (Copywork & Composition) – "Composition is not an adjunct but an integral part of their education in every subject." |
272 | 1,588 |
Dictation (Spelling) – "The whole secret of spelling lies in the habit of visualising words from memory." |
134 | 774 |
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." |
322 | 2,042 |
Music & Art – "Let the children learn from the first under artists, lovers of their work." |
266 | 1,613 |
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." |
132 | 844 |
Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare – "The best thoughts of the best minds taking form as literature, and at its highest as poetry." |
264 | 1,766 |
Government & Economics – "They come into the world with many relations waiting to be established; relations with places far and near, with the wide universe, with the past of history, with the the social economics of the present . . . " |
3 | 13 |
Beginning Reading – "Let us recognise that learning to read is to many children hard work, and let us do what we can to make the task easy and inviting." |
11 | 55 |
| Planning Your CM Education | 135 | 1,031 |
Schedules – Sharing ideas and finding what works for your family during each season of life. |
211 | 1,777 |
SCM Curriculum Guides – Discussions, questions, and suggestions about our free Curriculum guide (for grades 1-12) and Early Years guide. |
152 | 1,062 |
CM Organizer – Share your tips, tricks, questions, and comments about our online planner and record-keeper designed specifically for CMers. |
612 | 2,998 |
| Moms' Porch | 481 | 4,166 |
Let's Chat – "Let the mother go out to play!" |
1,899 | 17,916 |
Habits – "The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days." |
219 | 1,931 |
Special Needs Children – "Truly parents are happy people—to have God's children lent to them." |
79 | 616 |
Homeschooling Questions and Answers – Common questions we get asked by well-meaning (or not) others and answers that might help. |
109 | 1,059 |
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." |
24 | 93 |
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