Some who have read Charlotte Mason think that in teaching their own children, they can apply her ideas according to personal whims. Finding out how powerfully a child learns and responds to literature, some make the mistake of believing that reading mostly enjoyable literary books will offer a complete education! Others are afraid of any textbook. They have the mistaken idea that every school subject should be “fun.” Practicing the scales while learning to play the piano, learning new vocabulary when studying French, learning the times tables need not be fun at all. We must understand that
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