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Introducing Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason was a British educator. She believed education was "an atmosphere, a discipline, a life". She believed education was about finding out who we are and how we fit into the world.
Charlotte Mason believed children are not black slates waiting to be filled with information. She thought children themselves should be exposed first-hand to ideas and knowledge instead of the teacher acting as a middle man.
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Learning about who we are
- The most important thing to learn is the knowledge of God, found in the Bible.
- History is taught chronologically, using well-written source documents and biographies.
- Literature is taught along with history, using books from or about the same period.
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Language arts and Memorisation
- Language arts is learned through narration where a child is telling back a story, first orally and later in written form.
- Copywork consists of transcribing a well-written piece of literature.
- Dictation is done from passages from literature books.
- Memorisation is used to give children material to "chew" on, so Charlotte Masons' students memorised passages from the Bible and poetry.
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Science
Charlotte Mason emphasised nurturing curiosity and a sense of wonder.
In the early years, science consisted of nature study with an emphasis on close observation of creation as a means to knowledge of God.
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Short lessons and habit training
- A Charlotte Mason schedule consists of short lessons - 10 or 20 minutes per subject for the younger children but longer for older children. The emphasis is on excellent execution and focused attention.
- Habit training. Children are taught the meaning of the motto "I Am, I Can, I Ought, I Will." Competition with other children is discouraged as each child should do his best in everything.
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