Penmanship instruction

Learning Handwriting in France:http://www.schoolsworld.tv/node/1736

CM education and memorization

There seems to be two extremes in education today when it comes to the role that memorization plays in the instruction of children.  On the one hand, modern education disdains the idea of rote memory and says that it takes away one’s creativity. However, this philosophy is inconsistent, because students are then asked to memorize names, events, definitions, and spelling words for a test. And the next day, much of that information is forgotten anyway.

On the other end of the spectrum, the renewal of classical education has brought memorization to the forefront as a primary method for teaching elementary-age children.
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https://childlightusa.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/memory-work-in-a-mason-education-by-shannon-whiteside/#comment-2078

Charlotte MAson style play builds better brains

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514

Sociability

Young children and socialization.

Troubleshooting the homeschool

Excellent blog on troubleshooting in the homeschool.

Teaching reading: a synopsis of Charlotte Mason's methods.

A fellow Ambleside user and homeschooling mother has written a series of blogs on CM reading methods- an excellent synopsis of teaching reading the CM way. For those just starting out and for those who want to improve their young readers' abilities, let's study what Charlotte said on the topic:

Teaching ABCs... the first step. Click here.
Word building part I. Click here.
Word building part II. Click here.
Principles behind reading by sight AND sound. Click here.
Further info about reading by sight and sound. Click here.

You can also read my own blog on the subject here
It includes a free printable resource to help you in your first reading lessons.

Happy reading!

Shakespeare makes us smarter.

More on brain science supporting Charlotte Mason's ideas:
Science shows studying Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain.

Reasons Common Core Standards Fail

The public school system can't agree on what everyone "should" know.

Another reason to love Charlotte Mason, who had one standard in mind: self- education.

Parenting tips from Charlotte Mason.

Why Homeschooling?

http://www.audiosancto.org/sermon/20120818-Why-Homeschool.html

a Catholic talk on reasons to homeschool from Audio Sancto

What are the Liberal Arts?

What are the Liberal Arts?

http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/what-are-the-liberal-arts.html

On pagan myth and the baptism of culture

On pagan myth and the baptism of culture

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1986/november/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19861129_aborigeni-alice-springs-australia_en.html

On Dorothy Sayers

Against the Dorothy Sayers movement
http://www.classicalliberalarts.com/library/Against_Sayers.pdf

On the Domestic Schedule:

On the Domestic Schedule:
http://avilian.blogspot.com/2012/03/avilian-homeschool-routine.html