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I was looking at the sample typical weekly schedule,
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and I’m wondering what is the difference between the assigned reading and literature? Is the literature during family time what mom is using as a read aloud?
Blessings,
Missy
That’s right. Assigned reading is any additional reading in history or whatever subject that is assigned to the older children to read independently. The Literature listed in the Family section is for the family read-aloud.
I’m new to SCM and am also wondering about the difference between “Literature” and “Assigned Reading.” Say I start reading Pilgrim’s Progress with my children for “Literature,” do I assign independent reading from the same book or do I pick a different one from the suggested reading list? Thanks for the help!
It’s up to you to decide whether you think your child needs more assigned reading. If he/she is already doing some individual assigned reading for history or other subjects, he may not need more. If you think he does need more, feel free to select a different book, a title different from the one you are reading aloud together. You can choose one off the list or do a search in the CM Bookfinder for Literature or Leisure Reading for the appropriate grade range and get some other suggestions.
Hello! we are new to charlotte mason & I am currently planning our upcoming year. We have 4 children, 4, 6, 10 & 13. iI am going to use FIAR with the littlest, as I don’t want to change too much @ one time, but am going all out with the older 2.
Again, as we are new…I am going to combine as much as possible into family lessons, but I am having a bit of a time trying to figure out what books to use for each lesson.
Our history has been a bit spotty, but as I want them to be fully engaged, we are going to jump in with the Middle Ages. I have picked out 9 books for us to read this year, 3/term. Beginning with Augustine @ Kent, a few on knights & then leading into the explorers & conquistador, finishing with Martin Luther.
For geography, I now try to find living books that describe these same places that we will be studying?? I feel like the explorer books would be perfect for geography, but obviously I don’t want to jump ahead in our history lessons & get things all muddled.
Then there is literature…for this aspect we go with age appropriate classics *not* related to either history or geography??
I am sorry if this is a lot, but I am just wanting to make sure that I have it all clear.
Thank you in advance for your help!!
Warmly, Jessi
We love FIAR…I think it’s very CM-friendly for the early years! I’ve always intended to keep up with it (at least through K or 1st), but it often gets left out. I know a few moms that continue with it, in addition to their older DC’s studies, but I haven’t been sucessful.
The SCM history guides focus on Europe and Asia for that time period. Any books that talk about those areas would be great…it can even be from a different time period. We love books on missionaries for geography since they often tell about the people, culture, and surroundings of the different countries. You can also add in map drills of those areas…we do these in addition to putting together Geopuzzles of the areas we are working on. There are many different ways to cover geography!
For literature, we sometimes work on a history read aloud, but usually read through classics. With 4 DC, I pick books for a variety of ages and they all listen in. Last year we read a Little House book (they all enjoyed), All of a Kind Family (geared toward the younger ones), A Christmas Carol (geared toward my older two), etc. This year we’ll be focusing on the Chronicles of Narnia. We may also add in a history read aloud or two, but I may just assign these to the older two.
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