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How to Know Your Child Is Ready for Reading Lessons
Teaching your child to read can seem daunting, but if you look for these signs, you'll know when your child is ready.
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Post and articles about Charlotte Mason’s approach to teaching reading.
10 Tips for Reading Aloud
Find out how you can become your child's favorite book narrator! Here are 10 tips for reading aloud well.
Do You Need to Teach Your Child to Read Before 1st Grade?
Do you need to teach your child to read before 1st Grade? The answer may surprise you!
New Delightful Reading Kits
Over the years since Delightful Reading first came out, we have seen many faces light up as parents discover Charlotte Mason’s brilliant method of teaching children to read. Her techniques work with both new readers and reluctant readers and have…
Teaching Beginning Reading: Subject by Subject, Part 13
When my oldest child was a little one, the thought of teaching her how to read hovered in my mind as a huge challenge. I don’t remember waking up at night, wondering if I would be able to teach her…
Reading for the Pleasure of Others, Part 5
Reading aloud well is an art form and a skill that we would do well to practice, especially those of us who use the Charlotte Mason approach for homeschooling. Reading aloud holds a prominent place in Charlotte’s methods; it rests…
Reading for the Pleasure of Others, Part 4
I once worked with an organist who had been taught the mechanics of playing the instrument. She had also been informed about the idea of “playing with feeling” and was careful to vary the speed and volume of the piece…
Reading for the Pleasure of Others, Part 3
During my high school years, I spent summers working at a camp. One particular week, all the campers had various special needs, and my job was to help serve the meals to their tables. As I was going about my…
Reading for the Pleasure of Others, Part 2
Last week we started a series on the art of reading aloud. Those of us who use the Charlotte Mason Method of homeschooling read aloud regularly. And Charlotte gave us some tips to help us read in a way that…
Reading for the Pleasure of Others, Part 1
From the time my children were tiny, reading aloud has been a fixed pleasure in our lives. I remember sitting on the couch with a stack of books that my little ones had gleefully selected, hauled over, and handed to…
“Still Better,” Hymns in Prose for Children
It always intrigues me to find out exact titles that Charlotte Mason recommended in her writings and used in her schools. Recently I came across this recommendation: Describing the best material to use for reading lessons, Charlotte said, Short fables,…
A Variety of Tools for Teaching Reading
A few weeks ago we were on the road in Texas, between conventions, when our battery light came on. My husband is mechanically minded (for which I am often thankful), so he knew what to do. We found the nearest…
Delightful Reading: A Charlotte Mason Reading Curriculum
Several months ago we received a note from a homeschool mom who was teaching her son how to read using Charlotte Mason’s method. (If you’re just joining this discussion, you can read our articles about Charlotte’s method of teaching reading.)…
Word-Building and Phonics: Teaching Reading, part 4
As you learned last time, Charlotte Mason’s reading lessons used two approaches: sight words and word-building. To add variety and keep things interesting for the student, Charlotte alternated lessons between the two. Last week we described how to do a…
Sight Words and Sentences: Teaching Reading, part 3
Up to this point in our series on teaching your child to read, we have been talking about informal play activities. Once your child can read several dozen words from those activities, it’s time to start actual reading lessons. Charlotte…