Hi, Adrienne. You're right, Calico Captive and Witch of Blackbird Pond used to be listed for Module 5 but weren't included in the new handbook lessons when we finalized the list. Those are both great books, but we didn't have room to include them in the revised schedule.

Thanks for pointing out that they still have the module 5 tag; we'll need to remove those to help others avoid confusion. We appreciate your help!

Bumping for help:)

I was trying to organize books I already have from ones I need to buy, and am confused about some listings in the bookfinder.  For example: Sign of the Beaver, Calico Captive, and Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare are all listed in the bookfinder for SCM Module 5.  But only Sign of the Beaver is actually in the Module 5 list.  Does that mean the other two used to be and aren't now, or does it just mean they fit with the module but aren't listed?  Hope that made sense, thanks!  Adrienne 

These were *very* helpful to me as I am considering Delightful Reading for my 5th child. Just wanted to say thanks for creating and posting them. :)

Thanks ladies!  That was very helpful, I think the question came because my sweet mother-in-law (who is a retired schoolteacher) was questioning my choices of artists that didn't "fit" in the time period.

It's not really as confusing as you might think, studying a bit about an artist or composer from a different historical time period.  We often temporarily stray from our main studies to focus on the historical background of Christopher Columbus when Columbus Day rolls around, St. Patrick and Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, and we "travel back in time" to the beginning of the current era in order to examine the times surrounding Christ's birth every Christmas season.

These detours from our regular course of study for history don't seem to confuse things at all, so I don't think choosing artists from differing time periods would matter, either.  If you are creating a timeline or Book of Centuries, this would likely enhance their understanding of time.

Adrienne, no, it is NOT at all necessary for your children to have all the artists be of the time period studied.  For one thing, that wouldn't work well.  (What 6 artists would you pick for the first three modules???)  and then there are periods, like Renaissance and nineteenth century, that you'd have TOO MANY to study well. Also it would get more difficult I think to keep attention and memory straight when everyone was painting in a similar style.  Much easier to remember if you spread the artists around so you get a good sampling of many styles.   Your children are quite capable of making the necessary connections.  We always make a BOC entry for each artist and composer we study, so we can see where they DO fit as we study our history, but trying to "force" them to always fit would be impractical AND would deprive your child of the opportunity to make connections.  We have never really tried to make the artists and composers "fit", and one day when we were entering BOC entries over the early 19th century, one of my sons noticed the artists and composers we already had grouped on neighboring pages.  He made the connection himself between the revolutionary movements of the late 18th and 19th centuries, romanticism in music and poetry, and developments in art like impressionism, and wondered if everyone in all walks of life began challenging rules, in politics, art, literature and music.  (I was delighted, because the answer is YES!)  But how much less interesting it would have been if I'd just introduced all of it and TOLD him all that. 

This is my first year doing SCM and I'm a little confused about the artists chosen for picture study.  Forgive me if I'm just missing something, but it seems like if I go by the curriculum guide, most of the artists aren't in the correct time period.  For example, I'm getting ready to start Mod. 5 (1550-1850) so Giotto, Boticelli, da Vinci, are earlier than that time period, and some that are correctly in that time period (Rembrandt, Velasquez, etc.) are listed under Module 3, ancient Rome.  Is it just more of a general picture study and not mattering if they are in the correct time period?  Thanks!  Adrienne   

Hi!

The bookfinder has a lot of resources, not all are used in the various modules or guides.

hth a bit!

I'm getting ready for module 5, and there was a book on sale online by the Maestros, Liberty or Death: The American Revolution.  So I looked it up in the bookfinder and it says it's for Module 5, grades 1,2,3.  But it's not in the curriculum guide for Module 5.  So is it just that it used to be on the list, or do I still need this book and am not looking at the guide correctly?    Thanks so much. obviously still new to SCM:)  Adrienne

Thank you Doug!!!

In case you haven't noticed yet, we've been busy pushing out some new videos that we hope will be helpful:

Delightful Reading Overview is a demonstration of teaching your child how to read using the Delightful Reading kit.

Simply Charlotte Mason's Free Curriculum Guide is an introduction and instructions for our curriculum guide.

Basic and Intensive Phonics shows the differences between phonics approaches and tells which one Charlotte Mason used.

OK, details from Michelle? I'm jealous!! :) Thank-you, Michelle, for your kind encouragement on this site!

Nancy G.

Thank you, Michelle, for your personal encouragement and information.

I'm committed to following the SCM guide as my framework and using the other sites, like AO, as resource lists for possible books. It's very clear that this is the Lord's leading and I'm ready to follow! I have moments of weakness when I feel as if I can't put it all together, but the Lord shows me again and again that "I can do all things through Christ", when it's His plan I follow instead of mine.

Kelsy, AO stands for Ambleside Online, the CM style curriculum that first introduced my to CM.

Blessings,

Christie

Whats AO? I'm new to all this so I'm lost!