This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending a seminar learning about the method of Charlotte Mason and some tips on how to apply her method in our home. Here are a few things I took away from this wonderful day.
She was an amazing woman and I am so thankful to God for her insight!
I am, I can, I ought, I will. We are made in the image of God. We should have balanced goals that we can accomplish. We are under God's authority, our conscience should lead us in the right direction following the rules of right and wrong. And through Christ we should be compelled to do what is right, propelled forward to conquer!
No formal academics before the age of six years! No exceptions. The eyes of a child were formed to see at a distance, to grow a relationship with God and his creation. They just aren't developmentally ready for the formal lessons.
Take your time when studying art and composers. This was one I am so glad to have heard. I just wasn't sure about how to go about studying those two. But the suggestions about how to take our time and really get to know each piece was great. Two weeks at a time will be perfect.
There is much more to learn. Just like the Bible, I don't think I will ever be done learning about all Ms. Mason had to offer. I am going to begin a discussion group studying her volumes. I pray that there is at least one other woman who wants to join me in this journey.
Since I returned home, I've been planning our new school year. We are planning to begin on July 20th. We've got a trip to Canada planned that will occupy two weeks out of the school year and so it was just logical to start two weeks earlier. Also, we may be moving (who knows when - perhaps by Dec.), so starting in September would have just put us farther behind. This way we will probably finish either early or right on time at the end of May or June. Maybe.
For our first year, I am beginning Benjamin in Year 1 of AO. He will technically be in 2nd grade, but I didn't want him to miss any of the readings and I don't think that he will be too far behind starting at this point. For Flopsy, we will begin Year 0 with reading, but no formal reading lessons or math lessons. However, she will be more than welcome to sit in on our lessons with Benjamin! With Peter, I just hope to survive. I'm working on the schedule through "Managers of their Homes." Hopefully I can get it all tied down by August. But realisticly, I'm guessing I'll just get us through each day until we move. I'm going to work at it though.
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