Note.–– The following extract has been taken directly from volume 1, Home Education, by Charlotte M. Mason, pp. 309-311. Objects 1. To continue the series of Landseer’s pictures the children …
Time Charts in Form I
To help visualise historical events in their respective time period, Charlotte Mason suggested making use of timelines or date charts. Although none of these charts were specified as required work …
English History: Form IA
Scheduling 2 × 20 minute lessons per week. The second lesson is optional. The P.U.S. programmes state that “A second lesson to be taken on Saturday, 9.20-9.40, otherwise pages read …
English History: Form IB
“For the matter for this intelligent teaching of history, eschew, in the first place, nearly all history books written expressly for children; and in the next place, all compendiums, outlines, …
Recitation: Form I
“The child should speak beautiful thoughts so beautifully, with such delicate rendering of each nuance of meaning, that he becomes to the listener the interpreter of the author’s thought.” [Vol. …
Tales: Form I A&B
Except in Form I the study of Literature goes pari passu with that of History. [Vol. VI, p. 180] In Form I, Literature is known as ‘Tales’, and is a …
Morning Lessons in a Form I Classroom
Students in the first form (age 6-8) spent just two and a half hours in morning lessons, including half an hour for drill and games. The morning ordinarily ran from …
Available Now: ‘The Counties of England’, by C. M. Mason
We are so excited to announce the new release of The Counties of England, by Charlotte Mason. First published in 1881, Charlotte Mason’s third geography book takes the reader on …
Forms in a Charlotte Mason Education (Includes a Comparison with U.K. School Years)
A Short History When the Parents’ Union School1 (P.U.S.) was founded in the late nineteenth century Charlotte Mason sorted the students into four classes based on their age. Class I …
Welcome to Charlotte Mason Beehive
Last Updated: 20 May 2021 Hello everyone, I am so excited to welcome you to my own little corner of this virtual world. Thank you for joining me. It is …
