“Lessons in word making help him to take intelligent interest in words; but his progress in the art of reading depends chiefly on the reading at sight lessons.” (pg 204) ...
“The first exercises in the making of words will be just as pleasant to the child. Exercises treated as a game, which yet teach the powers of the letters, will ...
“… if the alphabet be taught to the little student, his appreciation of both form and sound will be cultivated. When should he begin? Whenever his box of letters begins ...
Your child is ready for this stage if they can speak clearly and understand words. Anywhere from three to four years old. Learning to hear the individual sounds that make ...
The Reading Process Reading is a complex process; multiple brain processes must work together and multiple skills are required to read words and comprehend them simultaneously. The following is a ...
*This is the scope and sequence suggested by Charlotte Mason and how it was taught in her schools. After teaching geography in a family setting I’ve adapted her methods and ...
In Charlotte Mason’s schools her students did map drills and map making as a large part of their geography lessons. But before children can begin map drills they need to ...
Map Drills and Map Work Once children finish Elementary Geography and have made maps of places they know (like their neighborhood, a park, or their town) then they are ready ...
At the beginning of a school year, before diving into a study of a continent and it’s countries, we draw a large (blank) map of the continent. Over the course ...
It seems that grammar instruction takes one of two roads – either no instruction at all, leaving the student with little knowledge of how to utilize the English language. Or ...
