Book Notes: When Children Love to Learn
I loved this thought from the book. It is so true. If you are using Charlotte's methods thinking you are recreating some bygone educational experience-like sleeping in an antique bed and breakfast- that is not what she ever intended. She believed that there were universal truths about children.That certain tried and tested practices helped children learn. She believed these could be applied to all children despite economic, cultural, and ethnic differences. The basic nature of children has not changed since Charlotte's day. We may add in new technologies and modern culture but this does not change the very nature of a child and how they learn.
"Miss Mason's educational philosophy is not about what someone thought as a Victorian; it is not tied to the the past, as if trying to hark back to a golden age. These ideas, being true ones, have an unchangeable underlying pattern (form) and yet give freedom for individual life and practice. When the Christin worldview gives this form, there is much stability and also freedom for appropriate adaptions. That is what makes this way of educating children so exciting. " ~When Children Love to Learn by Elaine Cooper page 25
Wishin' and Hopin' and Thinkin' and Prayin', Plannin' and Dreamin'...
Ok, I am probably making this WAY harder than it really is or needs to be, but I gotta have a plan or else all chaos breaks loose with four boys. It is kind of like how dogs can smell fear, little boys can tell when you are unprepared and then take advantage of it.
'Oh look, Mom doesn't have anything planned for me to do! While she is working with my brother...I think I'll see if that hanging light over the dinning room can hold my weight.'
I need to have at least a brief outline of what and who I am teaching each day ahead of time. I can always alter it later depending on what we ACTUALLY get done. I've learned over the last 6 years homeschooling-what we plan to do that day and what we actually get done and two different things. Thank you dear Lord, for erasers. I'm excited that using the CM methods will reduce the actual 'teaching' time and save me possibly hours a day,but I still gotta have a plan. After all ....“To be prepared is half the victory.”~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I'm including these first drafts of my planning and planner pages in hopes that they may help or inspire others. I am so grateful to all the homeschool mom's who have put up samples of their planers and schedules. It is always nice to have something to look at and get ideas from.
Chart with CM Subjects listed
Includes categorizing them by disciplinary or inspirational,Subjects done together or individually, how often they should be taught, if they need moms help or can work independently on that subject, ages to start, if they need narrated, and curriculum source.
I tried to stick closely to CM recommendations. I used the book When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today
and the AO website to help me.
Weekly School Planner Pages:
Includes 2 individual planning pages that I'll fill in per child per week and will put on clipboards on each boys shelf with books. And also a page for subjects and things we do together that I will keep on a shelf with the materials and books needed for me.
'Oh look, Mom doesn't have anything planned for me to do! While she is working with my brother...I think I'll see if that hanging light over the dinning room can hold my weight.'
I need to have at least a brief outline of what and who I am teaching each day ahead of time. I can always alter it later depending on what we ACTUALLY get done. I've learned over the last 6 years homeschooling-what we plan to do that day and what we actually get done and two different things. Thank you dear Lord, for erasers. I'm excited that using the CM methods will reduce the actual 'teaching' time and save me possibly hours a day,but I still gotta have a plan. After all ....“To be prepared is half the victory.”~
I'm including these first drafts of my planning and planner pages in hopes that they may help or inspire others. I am so grateful to all the homeschool mom's who have put up samples of their planers and schedules. It is always nice to have something to look at and get ideas from.
Chart with CM Subjects listed
Includes categorizing them by disciplinary or inspirational,Subjects done together or individually, how often they should be taught, if they need moms help or can work independently on that subject, ages to start, if they need narrated, and curriculum source.
I tried to stick closely to CM recommendations. I used the book When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today
and the AO website to help me.
- Spreadsheet form that can be downloaded and saved as an Excel file.
Weekly School Planner Pages:
Includes 2 individual planning pages that I'll fill in per child per week and will put on clipboards on each boys shelf with books. And also a page for subjects and things we do together that I will keep on a shelf with the materials and books needed for me.
- PDF Version
- Microsoft Publisher Version as a Download for you to customize for personal use.
Artist Study: Claude Monet
Woman with a Parasol: Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875, National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
This term on Ambleside Online the Artist Study is on Claude Monet.
Great Resources for this artist study can be found listed over at Fisher Academy. (Thanks Amy)
Oscar Claude Monet was born in 1840. He was the founder of the French Impressionist movement. The Impressionist style was named after what he titled one of his paintings- Impression, Sunrise.
Impressionist paintings usually include visible brush strokes, natural settings, open composition, light at different times of day, everyday subjects, people in motion and in different positions,and varied angles. Most Impressionist painters painted en plein air, which is a French expression that means "in the open air". They believed that the natural light and fresh air added to this paining style. Other Impressionist painters include; Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Paul Cézanne, and Mary Cassatt.
Artist Study: Claude Monet
Woman with a Parasol: Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875, National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
This term on Ambleside Online the Artist Study is on Claude Monet.
Great Resources for this artist study can be found listed over at Fisher Academy. (Thanks Amy)
Oscar Claude Monet was born in 1840. He was the founder of the French Impressionist movement. The Impressionist style was named after what he titled one of his paintings- Impression, Sunrise.
Impressionist paintings usually include visible brush strokes, natural settings, open composition, light at different times of day, everyday subjects, people in motion and in different positions,and varied angles. Most Impressionist painters painted en plein air, which is a French expression that means "in the open air". They believed that the natural light and fresh air added to this paining style. Other Impressionist painters include; Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Paul Cézanne, and Mary Cassatt.
Spiritual Sunday: Anyway...
"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; BE KIND ANYWAY.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends, and some true enemies; BE SUCCESSFUL ANYWAY.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you; BE HONEST AND SINCERE ANYWAY.
What you spend years creating, others may tear down overnight; CREATE ANYWAY.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous; BE HAPPY ANYWAY.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow; DO IT ANYWAY.
In the final analysis, it's between you and God; IT WAS NEVER ABOUT YOU AND THEM ANYWAY."
~Mother Teresa
