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Your Questions Answered: When You Want to Quit Homeschooling
Sonya and Laura share encouragement and ideas for dealing with homeschool burnout.
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How to Teach Shakespeare
Here's a simple approach to enjoying the plays of William Shakespeare.
Your Questions Answered: Questions about Dictation
Today we want to dive into a few questions that we’ve received from different home educating parents who have questions about Charlotte Mason’s method of dictation. If you’re not familiar with that wonderful method for teaching children spelling, then take…
Hints to Teachers
On my bookshelf I have a copy of a book from the early 1900s that was used in Charlotte Mason’s schools. Many books like this contain an introduction full of helpful comments, but the introduction to this book is so…
New Picture Study: Holbein
A new artist has been added to the award-winning Picture Study Portfolios collection: Hans Holbein. Each Holbein picture in the portfolio has an interesting story behind it that will encourage your child to look closely and discover more about the…
Your Questions Answered: Favorite School Supplies for a Charlotte Mason Home School
Today, we want to tackle a fun topic: school supplies for a Charlotte Mason education. We already talked about what we consider back-to-school essentials for the mom, and those are more the attitudes that set the atmosphere of your home.…
How to Teach Grammar
The Charlotte Mason Method approaches grammar a little differently, but it's an approach that makes total sense.
Nature Study: Not Just a Checklist
Today we want to discuss a mind-set that could be robbing you of some of the richness involved in nature study the Charlotte Mason way. We want to talk about whether your mind-set is a checklist (“Yep, just do that.”)…
Charlotte Mason Notebooking
Some of you have asked about notebooking and whether that is a Charlotte Mason method. It’s a good question, and the answer all depends on what you’re thinking of when you think “notebooking.” For some people, notebooking is like scrapbooking.…
What to Do If Your Child Doesn’t Like a School Subject
What should you do when your child doesn't like a certain school subject? Sonya and Laura discuss ways to approach this in your home school.
How to Do a Book of Centuries
A Book of Centuries is a timeline in a book. Find out how and download a free printable template.
Dealing with Our Past Homeschooling Mistakes
Imagine a scenario with me. You are teaching your child how to write. So, as Charlotte Mason detailed, you set before that child a model of the handwriting you want him to copy. Now let me ask you a question:…
3 Simple Ways to Enrich Your Homeschool Experience
Just five minutes, three times a week, can enrich your homeschool experience more than you might realize.
Your Questions Answered: Back-to-School Essentials for Mom
This time of year, it seems like no matter which store you go into, there are lists and lists of back-to-school supplies: these are the things the students will need to get into the school days ahead. But what about…
How to Do Dictation
Prepared dictation is a brilliant way to teach spelling in the context of great ideas.
2 Ways to Schedule Your Homeschool Day
Today I’d like to walk through two different ways to schedule a school day. Both are viable options. Use the one that fits best during this season of life. Over the years—or even during different terms of a single year—you…
4 Ways to Schedule Your Homeschool Year
Here's a look at four possible homeschool year schedules. Choose the one that works for your family!
Getting Started with a Book of Mottoes, or Commonplace Book
A book of mottoes is a wonderful lifelong habit to form. Here's how to do it.
How to Do Transcription
Handwriting practice that encourages careful work and accurate spelling—that's transcription.
Finding a Substitute Book
In a Charlotte Mason education, it’s the books that shine. They are the teachers, and a lot depends on them. That’s why we are selective when it comes to the books we recommend in our curriculum at Simply Charlotte Mason.…