The transition between preschool and kindergarten represents an important milestone in your Charlotte Mason homeschooling journey. If you’ve been following a Charlotte Mason approach during the preschool years, you’ve already provided your child with a wonderful foundation of outdoor exploration, living books, and natural learning through everyday life. Now, as your little one approaches ages…
A Charlotte Mason inspired preschool focuses on gentle, natural learning rather than formal lessons. You’ll find children exploring outdoors, listening to beautiful stories, and developing good habits through everyday activities like helping in the kitchen, taking part in household chores, and engaging in meaningful conversations.
Starting on a Charlotte Mason homeschool journey can feel both exciting and overwhelming. The Charlotte Mason method offers a rich, yet gentle, living education centered around nurturing a child’s mind, heart, and character, but knowing exactly where to begin can be challenging.
February offers us the perfect opportunity to celebrate love, beauty, and relationships through one of our favorite Charlotte Mason traditions – poetry tea time.
When I began planning my homeschool journey, I knew classic literature would be at its heart. I wanted my children to experience the rich language and timeless stories that have captivated readers for generations. These books do more than entertain – they shape character, build vocabulary, and cultivate a deep appreciation for beautiful writing.
Poetry is such an important part of a Charlotte Mason education, helping children to connect beautiful language with the world around them. In my homeschool, seasonal poetry has become one of my favorite ways to include verse in our daily life. We enjoy reading autumn poems while collecting leaves, and spring verses naturally pair with…
In a Charlotte Mason education, kindergarten looks quite different from what many might expect. As Mason herself wrote in Home Education, “In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother’s first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet growing time, a full six years of passive receptive life,…
Are you looking for Charlotte Mason spring nature study ideas for your homeschool? Those first warm days of spring, when the world starts waking up, provide the perfect backdrop for gentle nature study in our homeschools. Tiny buds appear on branches, early flowers push through the soil, and bird songs fill the morning air.
Looking for a gentle way to explore nature with your children this Christmas season? This free 4-week evergreen nature study guides your family through peaceful observations and simple journaling. The Christmas season naturally draws our attention to the beauty of the evergreen tree. While winter settles in, these trees offer a wonderful opportunity for gentle…
Many of you already love the McGuffey Readers for their excellent reading materials. Through my many years of homeschooling, I’ve discovered they provide something even more valuable – a complete language arts foundation when paired with Charlotte Mason’s methods. Today, I’ll show you how to create a comprehensive language arts program using these beloved readers.