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This Charlotte Mason poetry lesson uses "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To be used with students older than six. #poetry #CharlotteMasonCharlotte Mason

“Christmas Bells” Charlotte Mason Poetry Lesson

October 9, 2017 Comments : 2

When I taught fourth grade, I loved studying Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with my students. His poem, Christmas Bells, is both beautiful and so applicable to the tragedies in the world today. It was written during the Civil War, and he had lost his wife not too long before in a fire. His son had joined the war without his blessing, and was seriously injured. Longfellow sat down and penned this poem Read More

Even though we don't do formal lessons yet, I've been thinking about what homeschool could look like in the future. What does a Charlotte Mason lesson look like?Charlotte Mason

How to Teach a Charlotte Mason Lesson

September 25, 2017 Comment : 1

The Charlotte Mason concept of masterly inactivity is sometimes confused with unschooling. Unschooling, in which mothers have no guiding curriculum for their child, is very different than Charlotte Mason's philosophy. But, since mothers are to practice the art of letting their children learn without outright telling them what to learn, these two philosophies might seem similar at the surface. I Read More

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