The Charlotte Mason method of home education is a great way to develop a life-long learner and to raise a student who truly loves to learn. The Simply Charlotte Mason site is a great way to introduce yourself to Charlotte Mason and her ideas and get super tools for teaching in your home.
Charlotte Mason was a British educator who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Her method, the Charlotte Mason method, is centered around the idea that education is three-pronged: Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life.
I have used the Charlotte Mason method in our home school for over 18 years. I like the flexibility and the kind of people the method produces. My children love to learn, are capable researchers and are able to connect with a large range of people on many different topics and levels. In other words, the are very well rounded people. We have tried to major on laying down a good foundation of manners and good habits of study and speech. Simply Charlotte Mason has a great book to help you get on track with that called Laying Down The Rails.
Check out the Simply Charlotte Mason site and find out who Charlotte Mason was, what her method is all about, why her teaching methods are so helpful and find lots and lots of free help in addition to the high quality purchased materials.I have purchased several items from this site and I am very satisfied with them all. I especially like the Spelling Power books.
They offer a planner, ideas for scheduling your days or weeks depending on the age of your child, lots of books suggestions too. It was always difficult for me to find the books I needed for our lessons when the children were young. This site has all of the books you hear people talk about using with the Charlotte Mason method.
They also offer a free eBook called Getting Started In Homeschooling.
Simply Charlotte Mason has a free Curriculum Guide and a ton of free eBooks to help you. There is just no way I could possibly list everything they offer!
This post was not a paid advertisement! 🙂 I like the site and I use it often so I thought I would share a great thing with you!
Hilde,
The only thing I can think of is to look for a page translator online. I don’t know much about them but I know there is one here:
http://translate.google.com/
I read trough the website but couldn’t find if there is any translation available. My English is ok but I prefer to read in Dutch wich is my native language. And as I still live in the Netherlands it would also be easier o have it in dutch for the children.
I also refer to the Simply Charlotte Mason site a lot, and they have a weekly e-mail newsletter, which is a great resource also! I have Laying Down the Rails, and it is a wonderful compilation of just about everything Charlotte Mason wrote about habit training.
I love the Charlotte Mason method AND that site. I refer there a lot. I’m glad you gave it a shout out. It’s such a great way to educate our children.
HUGS!