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More Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual
Thousands of home educators benefited from the practical ideas contained in Catherine Levison's primer, A Charlotte Mason Education. Now Catherine takes an in-depth journey offering even more ideas for implementing the popular methods of Charlotte Mason into home schooling. In this concise and practical guide, Levison presents the key points of Charlotte Mason's methods as...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
March 1st 2001
by Sourcebooks
(first published October 15th 1999)
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For an overview of the program it gives you the required information. Hence the 3 stars.
As for the author's approach.... I'd give it one star which makes it difficult to take seriously or finish reading.
She's very opinionated, she talks down to her audience and keeps refering to previous books she has written or other materials. A good non-fiction overview of a topic is not emotional and it should give the reader all the information required in that book and allow them if they wish to expand upo...more
As for the author's approach.... I'd give it one star which makes it difficult to take seriously or finish reading.
She's very opinionated, she talks down to her audience and keeps refering to previous books she has written or other materials. A good non-fiction overview of a topic is not emotional and it should give the reader all the information required in that book and allow them if they wish to expand upo...more
This author really rubs me the wrong way. I got a few ideas from it but mostly found it irritating. For example, she tried to compare Charlotte Mason to "unschooling" when CM is pretty far from it. Maybe she was trying to reach a broader homeschooling audience? She said that she "unschools" in the summer. Bah! Don't we all?
I do appreciate her lists at the end of the book but I would definitely never buy it.
I do appreciate her lists at the end of the book but I would definitely never buy it.
Don't waste your time reading this book. The author herself says that anyone wanting to use Mason's philosophy to educate children should read Charlotte Mason's books. Take the author at her word and don't read this poorly written and edited book. For more, and specifically for why I say this book is poorly written:
http://satiasreviews.blogspot.com/201...
http://satiasreviews.blogspot.com/201...
I probably would've liked it more if I'd read the first one first. But it's taking the library forever to get it to me, so I went ahead with the second. It's got some good information, but there's more of the author's own opinions and commentaries than I would've liked. i.e. It's okay to sway from pure C.M. teachings in this area but not in others. But all in all I got some useful information from it.
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I am currently reading all things Charlotte Mason. This book and the one before it were a very good "condensation" of the original works of Charlotte Mason to give a good overview of her philosophy of education and some practical examples of how it works.
I thought this book was really good, Although I've seen mixed reviews. If you are already familiar with CM than this book will help you. I wouldn't recommend it as a first book for introduction to CM, however I would recommend it to better educate in planning a CM schedule and curriculum.
Good brief overview of her ideals about education--but not a book I'd recommend. I like her ideas of keeping a child's full attention for brief periods of time, but disagree with her philosophies regarding math.
I found that I really enjoy Charlotte Mason's "gentle art of learning" approach to education. I also learned that I can educate my children!
Jun 09, 2009
Meredith Henning
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This one is always good for refreshment and I am especially interested in her High School chapter as we are only a year away from this for my oldest!
This offers some good ideas on classical education, but the writing itself is very dense and a little cultish.
More great info from a straightforward writer.
Helpful Charlotte Mason information.
I skipped around a bit in this one...
This is the best author I've found so far about the Charlotte Mason approach to education. She writes about both philosophy and practical details. If you don't know about C.M., her ideas are mainly used by homeschoolers but also a few private schools. The basics are: short, focused lessons, lots of time in nature, character building, living books (not textbooks), and plenty of time to play.
This is not a discussion or summary of Mason's works. It's more a how to implement her method. I love how it's organized. It has just the information I need without having to dig around.
I love this book and use it often. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in the Charlotte Mason method.
I love this book and use it often. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in the Charlotte Mason method.
I am actually not finishing this book. Nothing wrong with it, it's just that there's a lot to do in life and it's not that compelling of a read. The last half of the book seems to discuss much older homeschoolers, and as I haven't any, doesn't apply to me!
More useful and practical advice about the Charlotte Mason method. This is the first book that I have found that really delves into using the Charlotte Mason method in high school. Most others seemed geared to younger ages.
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