Is this CM to you guys?

Cindie,

You know I’m  newbie too, but I love the looks of this!

It seems like the one element that is often missing in an art curriculum is Charlotte’s concept of lingering over one artist’s work for several weeks. Most curricula that I’ve seen lately are geared more toward giving an overview of many artists rather than forming a relation with one at a time.

Hey Cindie – You COULD probably use that program in a CM friendly way – though I was a little disappointed because I couldn’t find anywhere that it listed WHICH composers and artists were covered.  You could also save a lot of money by not buying it and instead just following the schedule listed in the curriculum guide.  Here’s the link on how to do a picture and music study http://simplycharlottemason.com/basics/started/charlotte-mason-method/#musicstudy  If you feel like you need a little more detail then I’d recommend Karen Andreola’s CM Companion book which goes into a little more detail.  You might even find it at your library.  Then the money you save you can invest in some great classic music cds and laminated art cards.  Or you can print them out yourself on photo paper for FREE by visiting this link [Moderator’s note: I regret that we had to remove this link. Ambleside Online’s terms of service request that we link to them only with permission and then only to their home page. I hope you can find the information described in this post by searching on their site.]

I’m a sucker for pre-packaged curriculum, it’s the only thing my frugal mind seems to zone out on without any semblance of restraint.  That said – I”m slowly learning and am so grateful for SCM it’s simplicity and cost effectiveness are out of sight and unparalleled in my humble opinion.

HTH  – Rebekah

Cindie – If you’re like me in any more ways than our “suckerness” for packaged curriculum – then you’re right, you probably can’t just use simple resources on your own to teach – DON”T STOP READING!!!!  BUT with the CM Organizer you CAN!!!!   TRUST ME!!!!  I’ve been using it for the past several months and it has been such a blessing for keeping us on track and focused.  I LOVE to plan, but I get so excited about all my plans I want to do everything the first day – I have a hard time just doing little bits here and there, but with the organizer, I know what I have to do and do it and click it and collapse it so that I don’t look at it the rest of the day and then move on to the next thing.  YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!  You may have much more restraint than me, in which case you probably can do it without the organizer, but regardless of your selfcontrol I think you’ll find the organizer to be a superb tool and an excellent allocation of resources!

Rebekah