Charlotte Mason Living Books
What’s Inside: Charlotte Mason living books: What they are, how to select them, and why they benefit your kids. This post may contain affiliate links. … Read More »Charlotte Mason Living Books
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Charlotte Mason 20 Principles
20 principles that are the basis of the Charlotte Mason homeschooling method.
Educator Charlotte Mason wrote and taught in the 1880s, and yet her educational methods are extremely practical today, especially for homeschooling families who would like to raise self-learners.
These 20 principles are the underlying foundation for a solid beginning to creating lifelong learners.
- Free Printable of the 20 Principles
- Overview of CM Principles
- Quotes from the Principles
- Principle 1: Children are born Persons
- Principle 3: Teachability and Authority
- Principles 5-8: Education is an atmosphere, a discipline & a life
- Principle 12: Ideas to Uplift Your Morning Basket Time
- Principle 14: Charlotte Mason Narration
- Using Your Brain: Is it a Lost Art? A look at the tests done by 8th graders in CM schools in the 1920s
- Positive Affirmations: I am, I can, I ought, I will
Positive affirmations for women & kids
What’s inside: You’ve seen positive affirmations for women (and kids) but here’s a fun look at a Charlotte Mason approach to “positive affirmations”. This post… Read More »Positive affirmations for women & kids
Charlotte Mason Narration
What’s inside: A look at Charlotte Mason narration (which is her Principle #14), how it works, why you should incorporate it into your learning, and… Read More »Charlotte Mason Narration
Ideas to Uplift your Relations with Morning Basket Time
Morning basket ideas: How it fits in with CM Principle 12 Here are two ideas: “Morning Basket time” and “Education is the science of relations.”… Read More »Ideas to Uplift your Relations with Morning Basket Time
Charlotte Mason Quotes on 20 Principles
I’m having so much fun with the Charlotte Mason 20 Principles that I wanted to share the fun! So I’ve gathered all of the quotes… Read More »Charlotte Mason Quotes on 20 Principles
Principle 5: Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, & a Life: AKA 3 Instruments of Education
What’s inside: Charlotte Mason’s quote “Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, & a Life” is principle # 5 in her 20 Principles towards an Educational… Read More »Principle 5: Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, & a Life: AKA 3 Instruments of Education
Using your Brain for a Change – A Lost Art
What’s inside: Some say using your brain is a lost skill. As homeschoolers, we teach our children to become independent learners. But could they pass… Read More »Using your Brain for a Change – A Lost Art
Charlotte Mason Principle #1: Children are Born Persons
Children are Born Persons Charlotte Mason begins with the principle that children are born persons. In Chapter 2 of Book 1 of Volume 6: Towards… Read More »Charlotte Mason Principle #1: Children are Born Persons
Charlotte Mason Principle 3: Authority & Teachability
Charlotte Mason Principle 3 And so we continue in our study of Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles: this post looks at Principle 3, Authority & Docility… Read More »Charlotte Mason Principle 3: Authority & Teachability
Charlotte Mason Principles
What’s Inside: A look at the 20 Charlotte Mason Principles which are the underlying foundation for Charlotte Mason’s method of homeschooling. Using these principles can… Read More »Charlotte Mason Principles