Morning Time, or Morning Basket, as others call it because they usually gather all their materials for the activity in a basket, is not exactly a Charlotte Mason (CM) concept but is a common practice in homeschooling where a family gathers to tackle subjects they can do altogether. It is pretty much like a plenary […]
In this post I describe our Kindergarten Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health which, under DepEd are combined as one subject called MAPEH. But all are very much part of a Charlotte Mason (CM) educational. Music Music was a subject we did on the fly, i.e., I didn’t prepare a list of songs to learn
History is tackled as early as Year 1 in a Charlotte Mason (CM) education. But since my dear daughter (DD) is still in Kindergarten (which isn’t actually required in a CM education), instead of diving into Philippine History head on, I decided to leisurely take our time reading about our culture instead. I tried to
Geography in Kindergarten? Yes, because we follow the Charlotte Mason (CM) educational philosophy in homeschooling. I actually cannot remember having a Geography subject in school. (It would fall under Araling Panlipunan or Makabansa if we want to align it with DepEd’s prescribed subjects). Not in elementary, not in high school, not even in college. That
Science in the early years of a Charlotte Mason (CM) education mostly focuses on Nature Study (outdoors) because it is believed to be the foundation for Science. But it doesn’t mean that books are not read for the subject. The books, however, in the early years, are more on the nature lore type, not technical
Way before my dear daughter (DD) started Kindergarten, back when I first discovered Charlotte Mason (CM), I’ve been scouting for a Math curriculum and have decided then to go with RightStartTM Mathematics based on rave reviews by its users. And if my dear husband (DH) is alive, it’s probably what we’d be using for Math.
As I mentioned in my previous post, reading literature is one of the hallmarks of a Charlotte Mason (CM) education. So the choice of lesson books for the subject is one of great importance. I have also mentioned previously that I would be following AmblesideOnline‘s (AO) curriculum when my dear daughter (DD) starts Year 1.
One of the hallmarks of a Charlotte Mason (CM) education is reading literature. In fact, there are some circles who describe a CM-type of education as literature-based learning because of CM’s emphasis on living books. So when I was trying to create a curriculum for Filipino for my dear daughter’s (DD) Kindergarten year, I researched
Bible is one of the “meals” that comprise the abundant feast (a wide and generous curriculum) in a Charlotte Mason (CM) education. And I am very happy and grateful that I “met” CM because if not for her, I wouldn’t think of letting my kids read and study the Bible as part of school (i.e.,
Copywork is how Charlotte Mason (CM) taught children how to write (handwriting or penmanship), and it is exactly what it sounds like, copying a text by writing it down by hand. And why not? Instead of requiring children to repeatedly write the same letter all over a page (this I remember doing in elementary), if
If you would ask my dear daughter (DD) how she learned to read, she would tell you that I taught her to. But that is not entirely true. I cannot take credit for it because I barely taught her how to read. I think she learned to read intuitively, all by herself. My DD was
My dear daughter’s (DD) Kindergarten year formally commenced our family’s home educational journey. However, it was not particularly an exciting event, as it should have been, because my DD embarked on her educational career without her father, my dear husband, who passed the previous year. I was also in a state of grief and confusion
